The kitchen tells on itself. Set against the state: Broward County's failure rate is 61% below the Florida average. Broward County carries 46 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Brunch, 1 Burritos, 1 Cafe, and 1 Chinese. Kitchen-English translation: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county. The line deserved better.
Emergency Orders
15 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
TEE JAY THAI SUSHI in Wilton Manors, BELLE CUISINE CARIBBEAN RESTAURANT LLC in Fort Lauderdale and ELVIS ITALIAN GRILLE in Davie pulled the heaviest numbers in Broward County. Inspectors issued 15 emergency orders in the last 90 days. An emergency order is a state-mandated temporary shutdown where regulators force a kitchen to close on the spot because the danger is too immediate to wait for paperwork. The Red Alert group included 1 Fast Food, 1 Haitian, 1 Pizza, and 1 Restaurant. The volume of these sudden closures has remained steady compared to the last period of public records.
- TEE JAY THAI SUSHIWilton Manors4 HP1 INT6 BASPestScore 466last visit 2026-06-17
- BELLE CUISINE CARIBBEAN RESTAURANT LLCFort Lauderdale1 HP7 INT8 BASPestScore 228last visit 2026-06-08
- ELVIS ITALIAN GRILLEDavie5 HP3 INT10 BASPestScore 590last visit 2026-06-17
- LUV'N OVEN ALE HOUSESunrise2 HP4 BASPestScore 254last visit 2026-05-19
- STEAK N SHAKESunrise2 HP1 BASPestScore 251last visit 2026-06-10
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Near Miss
46 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Somewhere behind the line, the facts got ugly. UNTOASTED in Pembroke Park, ESSENZA ITALIAN EATERY AND MARKET in Fort Lauderdale and CUBAN CAFE in Pompano Beach ran away with the Broward County count. 46 high-priority citations posted in the 30-day window — none of these resulted in an emergency-order closure (those are in Red Alert). They are the near-miss watch list: restaurants that drew inspector attention but stayed open. Any of them could receive a follow-up inspection. The recurring violation labels were HP and INT. Kitchen-English translation: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now.
- UNTOASTEDPembroke Park4 HP1 INT2 BASScore 412last visit 2026-06-19
- ESSENZA ITALIAN EATERY AND MARKETFort Lauderdale5 HP1 INT2 BASScore 512last visit 2026-06-18
- CUBAN CAFEPompano Beach5 HP4 BASPestScore 554last visit 2026-06-18
- EL TAYTAHallandale Beach4 HP5 INT6 BASPestScore 506last visit 2026-06-18
- WONG'S TAKE OUTPlantation4 HP1 BASScore 401last visit 2026-06-18
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Chronic Violation Record
208 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.
Cooks don't lie. Temperature logs don't either: 208 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in Broward County on the 11-year pattern view, led by MATCHBOX SAWGRASS MILLS, LA GOURMANDIZE RESTAURANT. The full repeat-offender record sits below. Kitchen-English translation: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator. That is management, not mystery.
- MATCHBOX SAWGRASS MILLSSunrise11 HP1 INT3 BASScore 1113Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 03/16/2026
- LA GOURMANDIZE RESTAURANTMiramar4 HP4 INT3 BASScore 443Active bad actorlast visit 06/17/2026
- PIMANFort Lauderdale4 HP5 INT5 BASScore 455Active bad actorlast visit 06/15/2026
- ASB PIMAN RESTAURANT INCNorth Lauderdale6 HP1 INT3 BASScore 613Active bad actorlast visit 10/01/2025
- TEN TEN SEAFOOD & GRILLSunrise9 HP6 INT17 BASScore 977Active bad actorlast visit 12/02/2025
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Closed/Delinquent
57 records this window
Two tiers: confirmed closures (owner-validated posts, news, and external places data that say service has stopped) and DBPR delinquent/inactive licenses (Primary Status Code 45/46) — a regulatory state, not by itself a confirmed closure.
NAMI SUSHI & GRILL in Hollywood and EL COLOMBIANO COLOMBIAN CUISINE in Pembroke Pines drew the heat across Broward County. DR SUBS SALADS & MORE in Pompano Beach also landed on the list recently. One kitchen was confirmed shut down through state action or news reports; that's a done deal for these cooks. Another one surfaced from what we’re calling a single-source social signal, and they are still under review—reported, not confirmed yet.
- NAMI SUSHI & GRILLHollywoodclosure score 3
- EL COLOMBIANO COLOMBIAN CUISINEPembroke Pinesclosure score 1
- DR SUBS SALADS & MOREPompano Beachclosure score 2
- ANGELO ELIA THE BAKERY BARFort Lauderdaleclosure score 2
- WORLD FAMOUS OF HOLLYWOOD INCHollywoodclosure score 1
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New Owners
33 records this window
DBPR ownership-change records in the last 30 days — "Approve Change Owner Request" actions.
JACKS HAMBURGER HOUSE in Oakland Park and 5TH ELEMENT INDIAN GRILL in Pompano Beach led the board in Broward County. ISLAND SIGNATURE RESTAURANT LLC in Fort Lauderdale was also among them. Thirty-three operator turnovers hit the logs over the past month. When you see an ownership change filing, it just means someone new took the keys to a spot; it is not a closure. You can taste the panic in these transitions. The paperwork changes hands, but the kitchen stays running unless something breaks down underneath the surface. These aren't signs of failure in the line, they are just shifts in who shows up to cook the meal.
- JACKS HAMBURGER HOUSEOakland Park
- 5TH ELEMENT INDIAN GRILLPompano Beach
- ISLAND SIGNATURE RESTAURANT LLCFort Lauderdale
- AMANTE'S ITALIAN RESTAURANTDeerfield Beach
- THAI CURRY RESTAURANTTamarac
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Chain Activity
65 records this window
Multi-location chain brands flagged via aggregated signals across all locations.
Past the velvet rope, the back of house keeps no secrets: 65 chain brands surface in Broward County’s rollup, covering 496 locations between them: 110 FSQ-confirmed closures, 18 lapsed licenses. Leading brands: Subway, Hz Coffee Group Llc, Hsi Mca Fll Fb Llc. Kitchen-English translation: a chain rollup groups related brand locations so one sloppy operator cannot hide inside a familiar logo.
- 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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Openings
107 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.
Broward County is seeing a massive influx of new players. There were 107 opening signals in the recent window, which is just the tip of the iceberg when you look at the raw data. We tracked 228 announcements from social media or local news and 297 new license records from the DBPR. An opening signal is simply a sign of life—it means a license was issued or an announcement was made, but it does not mean the kitchen has passed its first real test yet. The momentum is heavy with 342 total opening signals over the last 90 days, including 92 in the last 30 days. These records span from 2023-11-03 to 2026-06-18. Beyond the new builds, we tracked 50 records for reopenings, transfers, or reissues. In Fort Lauderdale, there were 146 signals, while Pompano Beach saw 53. Names like GARY RACK'S FARMHOUSE KITCHEN in Coral Springs, MICKLEY & FABY in Pompano Beach, and COMMON ROOM in Hollywood are joining the mix. The breakdown is a heavy tilt toward the unknown, with 254 venues listed without a specific cuisine and 19 cafes. It is a lot of new blood hitting the streets at once.
- GARY RACK'S FARMHOUSE KITCHENCoral Springs
- MICKLEY & FABYPompano Beach
- COMMON ROOMHollywood
- FLORIDA ROOMFort Lauderdale
- PARGA PARTY RENTALS LLCPompano Beach
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Clean Plates
166 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Walk into any prep room and the truth lives in the cooler: 166 Broward County licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — NIRALA DESI FOOD, TAQUERIA EL JOVENAZO, J A W DELI CORP among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. NIRALA DESI FOOD stretched a high-priority-free run to 30 inspections covering roughly 7.5 years. Kitchen-English translation: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking. The line deserved better.
- NIRALA DESI FOODSunrise
- TAQUERIA EL JOVENAZONorth Lauderdale
- J A W DELI CORPPembroke Pines
- APPETITESPembroke Park
- MENTENYC LLCWeston
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