Not on the City of Calgary's licence register when we last read it in full, on 1 Nov 2026. Search the City’s register ↗The licence below is the last record we hold. It is not a statement about whether the business is open.
Contact
Checked through Jul 12, 2026 — no public listing found.
BEANBOX BY CHAI STORIES appears in Calgary business licence data as a recently issued active licence.
Evidence
Calgary Business Licenses
Calgary Business Licenses
City permits filed at this address, newest first. Cancelled, refused and on-hold permits are hidden — a permit that is not proceeding is not activity.
NEW: SIGN - CLASS B (FASCIA SIGNS - 2)
Shared address. Also at this address: Collective - A Craft Beer Shop and Strides Running Store. We can’t tell whose permit this is — call to confirm.
Development permit · Signs - Permitted Use
Interior alterations
Shared address. Also at this address: Collective - A Craft Beer Shop. We can’t tell whose permit this is — call to confirm.
Building permit · Retail Shop — Alteration
Interior alterations - Strides Running Store
Shared address. Also at this address: Collective - A Craft Beer Shop. We can’t tell whose permit this is — call to confirm.
Building permit · Retail Shop — Alteration · City estimate $80,000
NEW: SIGN - CLASS B (FASCIA SIGN)
Shared address. Also at this address: Collective - A Craft Beer Shop and La Torino Trattoria. We can’t tell whose permit this is — call to confirm.
Development permit · Signs - Permitted Use
NEW: SIGN - CLASS B (FASCIA SIGN)
Shared address. Also at this address: Collective - A Craft Beer Shop. We can’t tell whose permit this is — call to confirm.
Development permit · Signs - Permitted Use
No new food and hospitality businesses were licensed in Lake Bonavista in the last 90 days.
See everything new in Lake Bonavista →What we observed at this business, strongest first.
no website found when we checked on Aug 19, 2026
Usually also needed by food and hospitality businesses: Business insurance · Bookkeeping / accounting · POS / payments · Payroll · Signage · Commercial cleaning · IT / telecom · Waste management
Not checked: Social media / SMM · Booking software · E-commerce · Business email on own domain
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"point": {
"type": "Point",
"coordinates": [
-114.0693314,
50.9429706
]
},
"exp_dt": "2027-04-13T08:20:04.000Z",
"address": "12445 LAKE FRASER DR SE",
"getbusid": "16467490",
"globalid": "{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX626939265}",
"comdistcd": "LKB",
"comdistnm": "LAKE BONAVISTA",
"tradename": "BEANBOX BY CHAI STORIES",
"homeoccind": "N",
"first_iss_dt": "2026-04-14T08:20:05.000Z",
"licencetypes": "FOOD SERVICE - PREMISES (SEATING)",
"jobstatusdesc": "Licensed"
}Rules over the city's own licence type. No guesses and no model — the same input always produces the same category.
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"field": "first_iss_dt",
"label": "Licence first issued",
"value": "2026-04-14",
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"sourceDataset": "Calgary Business Licenses",
"sourceRecordId": "82f4bcc1-d3cd-4fca-a6e2-03b68c0a4618"
},
{
"field": "jobstatusdesc",
"label": "Licence status",
"value": "Licensed",
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"sourceRecordId": "82f4bcc1-d3cd-4fca-a6e2-03b68c0a4618"
}
],
"summary": "BEANBOX BY CHAI STORIES appears in Calgary business licence data as a recently issued active licence."
}