While most of Florida's dining scene is currently undergoing a systemic collapse of hygiene comparable to an Everglades swamp in high tide, Broward County managed to stay mostly above water. The county’s failure rate sits at 70% below the state average, a statistical anomaly that suggests either impeccable housekeeping or a very clever hiding spot for the local vermin. In the last 90-day window, the heat finally caught up to 38 recent high-priority hits across Broward County. The carnage of culinary neglect is perfectly balanced by variety: inspectors found exactly 1 American, 1 Chinese, 1 Diner, and 1 Japanese establishment failing to meet the state's standards for edible surroundings.
Emergency Orders
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Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
The menu did not mention this part, naturally: BELLE CUISINE CARIBBEAN RESTAURANT LLC in Fort Lauderdale, ELVIS ITALIAN GRILLE in Davie and LUV'N OVEN ALE HOUSE in Sunrise put the sharpest marks on Broward County's list. 25 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 Fast Food, 1 Haitian, 1 Pizza, and 1 Restaurant. Trend line: emergency-order volume is steady against the last public cut. The inspectors merely wrote down the punchline.
- BELLE CUISINE CARIBBEAN RESTAURANT LLCFort Lauderdale1 HP7 INT8 BASScore 178last visit 2026-04-01
- ELVIS ITALIAN GRILLEDavie5 HP3 INT10 BASPestScore 590last visit 2026-06-05
- LUV'N OVEN ALE HOUSESunrise2 HP4 BASPestScore 254last visit 2026-05-19
- STEAK N SHAKESunrise2 HP1 BASPestScore 251last visit 2026-05-18
- RUMROASTERSDavie1 HP1 INT4 BASPestScore 164
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Near Miss
38 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
The state food safety inspectors recently wandered through Broward County and emerged with a scorecard that suggests some kitchens are operating more like uncontrolled petri dishes than culinary establishments. LUCKY CITY in Margate, KE UH in Weston, and KATANA COCINA NIKKEI in Weston collectively racked up 38 high-priority citations within the last 30 days. While these scores represent a significant lapse in sanitation, none of the three resulted in an emergency-order closure at this time. These establishments currently sit on a regulatory near-miss watch list, maintaining their doors while carrying the heavy baggage of high-priority and intermediate violations. They remain open for now, but they have effectively moved into the inspector's crosshairs for any subsequent follow-up. In the Florida food safety ecosystem, these are the warning signs that the next visit might involve a much more permanent conclusion to the dinner service.
- LUCKY CITYMargate5 HP7 BASPestScore 557last visit 2026-02-05
- KE UHWeston4 HP2 BASScore 402last visit 2026-01-26
- KATANA COCINA NIKKEIWeston4 HP2 INT4 BASPestScore 474last visit 2026-02-09
- OZZIE'S OCEANFRONT RESTAURANT & BARFort Lauderdale6 HP3 INT8 BASScore 638last visit 2026-06-05
- LA CASITA SALVADORENAOakland Park6 HP2 INTScore 620last visit 2026-06-04
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Worst Offenders
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Active enforcement targets and repeat offenders: restaurants carrying emergency-order history, chronic 11-year systemic violation patterns, or cross-flag enforcement tiers.
The regulatory ecosystem in Broward County has birthed a peculiar breed of repeat offender, with 207 historical bad actors surfacing when one examines the 11-year pattern view. These establishments treat state health codes less like sacred laws and more like polite suggestions from an estranged relative. The list is headlined by MATCHBOX SAWGRASS MILLS and LA GOURMANDIZE RESTAURANT, two names that have become synonymous with a chronic inability to keep the kitchen environment hospitable to human consumption. The full repeat-offender record sits below for those who prefer their dining warnings served with a side of grim reality. It is a chronicle of persistent failure where some operators seem to view every inspection as an opportunity to see how many high-priority violations they can stack before the state loses its patience. While others in the county are busy polishing their plates, these specific kitchens have mastered the art of staying on the radar for all the wrong reasons.
- MATCHBOX SAWGRASS MILLSSunriseActive bad actorlast visit 03/16/2026
- LA GOURMANDIZE RESTAURANTMiramarActive bad actorlast visit 10/16/2025
- PIMANFort LauderdaleActive bad actorlast visit 01/30/2026
- ASB PIMAN RESTAURANT INCNorth LauderdaleActive bad actorlast visit 10/01/2025
- ORIGENCooper CityActive bad actorlast visit 05/26/2026
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Closures
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The closed-door file: confirmed shutdowns, owner-validated closure posts, DBPR status signals, and external places data that say service has stopped.
LAKAY MAMA RESTAURANT LLC in Lauderhill, Cajun Boil Plantation LLC in Plantation and Denny's Of Hollywood 7457 in Hollywood took home the heavy medals for culinary negligence in Broward County. The local food safety landscape is currently hosting 28 restaurants carrying one or more defunct-indicator signals within the 90-day public window, a selection of establishments that have fallen silent to the watchful eye of state inspectors. This growing collection of closure-signals includes 3 sandwiches, 1 Bakery, 1 Bar, and 1 Beach, comprised of 27 standalone restaurants and 1 chain location. The volume of these closure-signals remains steady against the last public cut, maintaining a consistent rhythm of regulatory decay. While some of these venues have achieved a Closure Score of 4/4 through third-party verification as permanent closures, others linger in the murky middle ground of likely, probable, or DBPR-flagged-inactive statuses. It is a slow erosion of the local dining scene, where some kitchens have simply vanished into the humid Florida air.
- LAKAY MAMA RESTAURANT LLCLauderhillclosure score 5
- Cajun Boil Plantation LLCPlantationclosure score 5
- Denny's Of Hollywood 7457Hollywoodclosure score 5
- CRAFT FT LAUDERDALEFort Lauderdaleclosure score 3
- DENNY'S OF OAKLAND PARK 7458Fort Lauderdaleclosure score 3
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New Owners
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DBPR ownership-change records in the last 30 days — "Approve Change Owner Request" actions.
JACKS HAMBURGER HOUSE in Oakland Park, 5TH ELEMENT INDIAN GRILL in Pompano Beach, and ISLAND SIGNATURE RESTAURANT LLC in Fort Lauderdale drew the loudest scorecard in Broward County. These establishments aren't folding into the Florida soil just yet; instead, they are undergoing a series of ownership-change filings. In the 30-day window, 30 ownership-change filings were posted across the county. This volume of operator turnover—a new owner-of-record stepping onto an existing license—is currently even with the last public cut. These shifts represent a changing of the guard rather than closures, cancellations, or revocations.
- JACKS HAMBURGER HOUSEOakland Park
- 5TH ELEMENT INDIAN GRILLPompano Beach
- ISLAND SIGNATURE RESTAURANT LLCFort Lauderdale
- PEPE'S STREET TACOS ON WHEELSHollywood
- LUC LAKAY KITCHEN LLCSunrise
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Chain Activity
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Multi-location chain brands flagged via aggregated signals across all locations.
The culinary landscape of Broward County is currently hosting a sprawling ecosystem where 65 chain brands have established an empire across 496 locations. It is a dense thicket of corporate dining where Subway, Hz Coffee Group Llc, and Hsi Mca Fll Fb Llc lead the pack like apex predators in a sawgrass marsh. The administrative weeds are growing thick, with 110 FSQ-confirmed closures and 18 lapsed licenses scattered throughout the region. While the menu might promise a consistent experience, the ledger suggests a more volatile migration of dining options across the county.
- SubwayFlorida72 flagged locations
- Hz Coffee Group LlcFlorida7 flagged locations
- Hsi Mca Fll Fb LlcFlorida15 flagged locations
- Dunkin'Florida14 flagged locations
- Southeast Enterprise Holdings LlcFlorida8 flagged locations
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Most Improved
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Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
In a Florida landscape where kitchen hygiene often feels like an optional suggestion rather than a legal requirement, BLOCK 40 FOOD HALL in Hollywood managed to pull off a minor miracle of culinary evolution. While most establishments treat the Department of Business and Professional Regulation as a recurring natural disaster to be weathered, this venue actually decided to lean into the sunshine and reform its ways. The establishment met the rigorous sustained-improvement test by enduring at least four inspections in each 12-month window while simultaneously slashing its high-priority and critical violation counts by more than 50%. Specifically, BLOCK 40 FOOD HALL in Hollywood saw those dreaded numbers drop from 4 to 2 across two consecutive 12-month windows, a 50.0% improvement that suggests the kitchen staff finally traded their apathy for some actual soap.
- BLOCK 40 FOOD HALLHollywood1 INT2 BASScore 12
Openings
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New DBPR licenses plus confirmed opening signals: the places that just joined the map and still need their first public-record track record.
Broward County is currently experiencing a gastronomic migration of sorts, with 234 opening signals appearing on the horizon like a heat haze over the Everglades. Of these hopeful ventures, 21 were announced via social media or news reports, while another 28 DBPR-new license records are sitting in the hopper, awaiting outside confirmation to see if they actually have the structural integrity to serve a sandwich. The newcomers seeking a foothold in the local ecosystem include MR SHUTTLE'S PIZZA BY THE SEA LLC in Fort Lauderdale, SOUTHERN EATS KITCHEN in Pompano Beach, and BENNY'S SMASH BURGERS in Plantation. They are currently navigating the gauntlet of Florida’s regulatory landscape, hoping to transform from mere paperwork into permanent fixtures on the dining scene.
- MR SHUTTLE'S PIZZA BY THE SEA LLCFort Lauderdaleconfirmed open
- SOUTHERN EATS KITCHENPompano Beachconfirmed open
- BENNY'S SMASH BURGERSPlantationconfirmed open
- THAT PIZZA JOINTCoconut Creekconfirmed open
- UKIAH JAPANESE SMOKEHOUSEFort Lauderdaleconfirmed open
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Clean Plates
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Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
In a landscape where culinary standards can occasionally resemble an Everglades swamp, 163 Broward County licensees managed to navigate the recent inspection cycle with the grace of a heron on still water. These establishments, including NIRALA DESI FOOD in Fort Lauderdale, TAQUERIA EL JOVENAZO in Pompano Beach, and J A W DELI CORP in Fort Lauderdale, maintained a clean ledger across multiple inspections during Q2 2026. It is a rare feat of consistency where the rewards are earned through repeated scrutiny rather than a single lucky escape from the inspector's clipboard. The sheer endurance of NIRALA DESI FOOD in Fort Lauderdale deserves its own commemorative plaque, having stretched a high-priority-free run across 30 inspections spanning roughly 7.5 years. In an industry where hygiene can be as fickle as a tropical squall, this level of sustained compliance is less of a fluke and more of a disciplined marathon. These operators have successfully avoided the headlines by ensuring their kitchens remain sanctuaries of safety rather than hazards to the public.
- NIRALA DESI FOODSunrise
- TAQUERIA EL JOVENAZONorth Lauderdale
- J A W DELI CORPPembroke Pines
- APPETITESPembroke Park
- MENTENYC LLCWeston
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