The kitchen tells on itself. Florida baseline first: Southwest Florida's failure rate is 19% above the Florida average. Southwest Florida counts 164 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Bakery, 1 Beach, 1 Haitian, and 1 Pizza. The line deserved better.
Emergency Orders
22 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
PAPOTAS in Fort Myers, HAAGEN DAZS in Naples and LA CASA DEL TACO MOLCAJETES in Naples carried the front of this Southwest Florida file. 22 emergency-order shutdowns in the 90-day window — DBPR ordered the kitchen closed on the spot. These are the most actionable signals: faster than admin actions, faster than license cancellation, faster than corporate dissolution. Across the Red Alert cohort: 1 Buffet, 1 Ice Cream, 1 Mexican, and 1 Tacos. Trend line: emergency-order volume is steady against the last public cut.
- PAPOTASFort Myers4 HP4 INT5 BASPestScore 495last visit 2026-06-02
- HAAGEN DAZSNaples1 HP3 INT5 BASPestScore 185last visit 2026-05-20
- LA CASA DEL TACO MOLCAJETESNaples2 HP3 INT5 BASPestScore 285last visit 2026-05-14
- CILANTRO GRILLSarasota3 HP1 INT6 BASPestScore 366last visit 2026-05-12
- KING BUFFETArcadia4 HP3 INT6 BASPestScore 486last visit 2026-05-12
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Near Miss
164 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
LA OAXAQUENA TAQUERIA & GROCERY STORE INC in Naples, DOCKSIDE WATERFRONT GRILL in Venice and ACQUA PAZZA COASTAL ITALIAN RESTAURANT in Venice drew the most heat across Southwest Florida recently. They are sitting on the near-miss list. These kitchens pulled high-priority and integrity violations but they managed to keep their doors open for now. Inspectors recorded 164 high-priority citations throughout Southwest Florida in the last 30 days. None of these specific spots were hit with an emergency order to shut down, but a follow-up inspection is never far behind. You can taste the tension in a kitchen when the inspector leaves, and for these three, the work to fix it starts now.
- LA OAXAQUENA TAQUERIA & GROCERY STORE INCNaples3 HP3 INT2 BASScore 332last visit 2025-11-03
- DOCKSIDE WATERFRONT GRILLVenice3 HP2 INT6 BASPestScore 376last visit 2026-01-23
- ACQUA PAZZA COASTAL ITALIAN RESTAURANTVenice3 HP2 INTScore 320last visit 2026-01-20
- LE GOUTEFort Myers3 HP6 INT7 BASPestScore 417last visit 2025-12-16
- PERKINS RESTAURANT & BAKERY #1066North Port3 HP1 INT2 BASPestScore 362last visit 2026-04-23
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Worst Offenders
207 records this window
Active enforcement targets and repeat offenders: restaurants carrying emergency-order history, chronic 11-year systemic violation patterns, or cross-flag enforcement tiers.
The 11-year pattern view shows that 207 historical bad actors have surfaced across Southwest Florida. These are the names that keep showing up in the records, year after year. Leading the pack of repeat offenders are CHINA KITCHEN and CANG TONG. When a kitchen fails this often, it is not an accident. It is a culture.
- CHINA KITCHENSarasotaActive bad actorlast visit 10/31/2025
- CANG TONGSebringActive bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 04/30/2026
- FAFA INC CHINA BUFFETNorth PortActive bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 05/08/2026
- TAQUERIA MI REINABradentonActive bad actorlast visit 04/17/2026
- RICKEMA FOOD SERVICENaplesActive bad actorlast visit 04/16/2026
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Closures
34 records this window
The closed-door file: confirmed shutdowns, owner-validated closure posts, DBPR status signals, and external places data that say service has stopped.
CAMACHO'S BEST TACOS in Palmetto and CAMACHO'S BEST TACOS in Bradenton defined the recent landscape for Southwest Florida. They stood out among 34 restaurants that showed signs of going dark in the 90-day window. These are closure signals, not all confirmed permanent shutdowns. Some are third-party verified, but others are just likely or probable based on inactive licenses and dissolved corporations. The list of those potentially gone includes 2 ice-cream shops, 2 tacos, 1 Burritos, and 1 Cafe. You are looking at 30 standalone restaurants and 4 chain locations in this group. The volume of these signals remains steady. When a kitchen goes quiet, it usually tells a story that the paperwork only confirms after the fact.
- CAMACHO'S BEST TACOSPALMETTOclosure score 2
- CAMACHO'S BEST TACOSBRADENTONclosure score 2
- CAMACHO'S BEST TACOSBRADENTONclosure score 2
- CAMACHO'S BEST TACOSBRADENTONclosure score 2
- CAMACHO'S BEST TACOSBRADENTONclosure score 2
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New Owners
30 records this window
DBPR ownership-change records in the last 30 days — "Approve Change Owner Request" actions.
Somewhere behind the line, the facts got ugly. BAGELS & BREWS CAFE MANATEE in Bradenton, OLD 41 RESTAURANT in Bonita Springs and OH GREEK in Ellenton put the sharpest marks on Southwest Florida's list. 30 ownership-change filings posted in the 30-day window. Trend line: ownership-change volume is even with the last public cut. These are operator turnovers — a new owner-of-record on an existing license — not closures, cancellations, or revocations.
- BAGELS & BREWS CAFE MANATEEBradenton
- OLD 41 RESTAURANTBonita Springs
- OH GREEKEllenton
- PERUVIAN GRILLSarasota
- ASTON GARDENS AT PELICAN MARSHNaples
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Chain Activity
112 records this window
Multi-location chain brands flagged via aggregated signals across all locations.
Walk into any prep room and the truth lives in the cooler: 112 chain brands surface in Southwest Florida’s rollup, covering 402 locations between them: 147 FSQ-confirmed closures, 18 lapsed licenses. Leading brands: Subway, Dunkin', Quality Brand Group Florida Llc. The line deserved better.
- SubwayFlorida93 flagged locations
- Dunkin'Florida51 flagged locations
- Quality Brand Group Florida LlcFlorida23 flagged locations
- Burger KingFlorida33 flagged locations
- Taco BellFlorida39 flagged locations
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Most Improved
2 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
EGGSPERIENCE EATERY in Bradenton and WOW STEAKHOUSE in Cape Coral are doing things the right way. These two spots met the test for sustained improvement, holding onto active licenses and facing at least four inspections in every 12-month window. They did not just survive the scrutiny; they actually listened to it. The math proves the effort. EGGSPERIENCE EATERY in Bradenton dropped its high-priority and critical violations from 4 down to 2 across two 12-month windows, a 50.0% improvement. A kitchen that cleans up like that understands that character is built in the details.
- EGGSPERIENCE EATERYBradenton2 INT4 BASPestScore 74
- WOW STEAKHOUSECape Coral4 INT2 BASScore 42
Openings
93 records this window
New DBPR licenses plus confirmed opening signals: the places that just joined the map and still need their first public-record track record.
Southwest Florida is seeing a surge of new blood in the dining scene. There are 93 opening signals across the region recently. While 53 DBPR-new license records are still waiting for outside confirmation and 3 were announced through news or social media, the momentum is clear. The names on the horizon include UNIDOS A LATIN KITCHEN & BAR in Naples, JASMINE DRAGON in Palmetto, and FRIENDLY & AMIGO RESTAURANT in Naples. Every new kitchen starts with a clean slate and a dream. The real test is whether they can keep that promise once the doors actually swing open for service.
- UNIDOS A LATIN KITCHEN & BARNaplesconfirmed open
- JASMINE DRAGONPalmettoconfirmed open
- FRIENDLY & AMIGO RESTAURANTNAPLESconfirmed open
- TEXAS BEST BARBECUE LLCENGLEWOODconfirmed open
- COLUMBIA RESTAURANTSARASOTAconfirmed open
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Clean Plates
347 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
There is no romance in this part of the meal. 347 Southwest Florida licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — NEW ENGLAND MOORINGS SEA REST, PINCHERS CRAB SHACK, POLLOS KIKY among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. NEW ENGLAND MOORINGS SEA REST stretched a high-priority-free run to 20 inspections covering roughly 5 years. That is management, not mystery.
- NEW ENGLAND MOORINGS SEA RESTCape Coral
- PINCHERS CRAB SHACKNaples
- POLLOS KIKYNaples
- FIRST RESPONSE CATERINGBradenton Beach
- TWO NICHOLS COPort Charlotte
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