Palm Beach County is stacking up some serious heat lately; our local count shows 81 recent high-priority hits. That density here is over 31% higher than the Florida average, and that tells you something about how this place runs. We're seeing issues across the board in Palm Beach County. Inspectors drew these flags at Thai spots, American BBQ joints, Colombian eateries, and fast food places. Each one got slapped with a citation drawing serious attention to their kitchen practices.
Emergency Orders
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Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Thirty-four state-ordered temporary shutdowns across Palm Beach County in the last 90 days. DBPR ordered those kitchens closed right there on the spot. Marco's Pizza #8477 in Lake Worth Beach, East Ocean Cafe in Boynton Beach, and Yens Kitchen in Lake Worth Beach topped that list of failures. These red alert orders are fast action; they happen faster than a license gets cancelled or the corporation just vanishes. One cafe, one French place, one pizza joint, and one restaurant all drew those emergency shutdown notices. When inspectors step in with an emergency order, it means something rotten is happening behind those service windows.
- MARCO'S PIZZA #8477Lake Worth Beach3 HP2 BASPestScore 352last visit 2026-06-18
- EAST OCEAN CAFEBoynton Beach6 HP6 INT4 BASPestScore 714last visit 2026-06-17
- YENS KITCHENLake Worth Beach3 HP13 BASPestScore 363last visit 2026-06-09
- CAFE DE ARTISTESJupiter3 HP1 INT1 BASPestScore 361last visit 2026-06-02
- MOFONGO CANDELALake Worth Beach4 HP1 INT1 BASPestScore 461last visit 2026-06-02
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Near Miss
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Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
DELUCA'S ITALIAN KITCHEN & BAR in Boynton Beach, EATHAI in Boca Raton and MISSION BBQ in Boynton Beach headlined the Palm Beach County rundown. These spots landed on the near-miss watch list after drawing high-priority citations. That means they skirted a shutdown but still failed to meet the basic safety standards that keep people from getting sick. Inspectors posted 81 high-priority citations in the 30-day window. None of these resulted in an emergency order, which is when the state steps in and forces a kitchen to lock its doors immediately. The violations centered on HP and INT categories. Any of these locations could see an inspector walking through those doors again very soon.
- DELUCA'S ITALIAN KITCHEN & BARBoynton Beach4 HP5 INT7 BASScore 457last visit 2026-06-19
- EATHAIBoca Raton4 HP2 INT4 BASScore 424last visit 2026-06-19
- MISSION BBQBoynton Beach3 HP1 INT2 BASScore 312last visit 2026-06-19
- A'LU MEXICAN CUISINEBoynton Beach6 HP2 INT4 BASPestScore 674last visit 2026-06-18
- KABUKI SUSHI THAI TAPASBoynton Beach6 HP5 INTPestScore 700last visit 2026-06-18
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Chronic Violation Record
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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.
Cooks don't lie. Temperature logs don't either: 220 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in Palm Beach County on the 11-year pattern view, led by LE BON GOUT RESTAURANT LLC, LE BERGER RESTAURANT LLC. 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.
- LE BON GOUT RESTAURANT LLCLake Worth Beach8 HP3 INT5 BASScore 835Active bad actorlast visit 03/11/2026
- LE BERGER RESTAURANT LLCLake Worth Beach6 HP1 INT6 BASScore 616Active bad actorlast visit 05/11/2026
- GREEN HOUSEWest Palm Beach7 HP4 INTScore 740Active bad actorlast visit 04/09/2026
- HERITAGE PIZZA AND GRILLLake Worth Beach14 HP10 INT3 BASScore 1503Active bad actorlast visit 01/29/2026
- RED CRAB - JUICY SEAFOODWest Palm Beach8 HP3 INT1 BASScore 831Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 05/04/2026
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Closed/Delinquent
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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.
CANNOLI KITCHEN PIZZA in Boca Raton, ATLANTIS GRILL & BAR in Atlantis and TROPICAL SMOKEHOUSE in Delray Beach carried the weight of this Palm Beach County file. Six closures were confirmed through news reports, state action, or multiple social signals. When several sources agree a place has gone dark, you can bet the doors are staying shut for good. Another 2 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review. These are reported, not confirmed, meaning we see the smoke but have not yet seen the fire.
- CANNOLI KITCHEN PIZZABoca Ratonclosure score 3
- ATLANTIS GRILL & BARAtlantisclosure score 3
- TROPICAL SMOKEHOUSEDelray Beachclosure score 3
- TASO'S GREEK TAVERNADelray Beachclosure score 3
- TROPICAL SMOKEHOUSEWest Palm Beachclosure 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.
KOKORO SUSHI in Boca Raton, CANNOLI KITCHEN YAMATO in Boca Raton and BURT & MAXS BAR & GRILLE in Delray Beach led the recent Palm Beach County rundown. These names appeared alongside 14 ownership-change filings posted in the 30-day window. Ownership changes are simply operator turnovers where a new owner-of-record takes over an existing license. They are not closures or cancellations. The kitchen keeps running, but the name on the paperwork has shifted.
- KOKORO SUSHIBoca Raton
- CANNOLI KITCHEN YAMATOBoca Raton
- BURT & MAXS BAR & GRILLEDelray Beach
- MIZNER COUNTRY CLUBDelray Beach
- WHISKEY TANGO BAR AND GRILLWest Palm Beach
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Chain Activity
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Multi-location chain brands flagged via aggregated signals across all locations.
Stripped of the marketing, the line reads as follows: 47 chain brands surface in Palm Beach County’s rollup, covering 317 locations between them: 67 FSQ-confirmed closures, 18 lapsed licenses. Leading brands: Subway, McDonald's, Burger King. Kitchen-English translation: a chain rollup groups related brand locations so one sloppy operator cannot hide inside a familiar logo. The line deserved better.
- SubwayFlorida38 flagged locations
- McDonald'sFlorida31 flagged locations
- Burger KingFlorida19 flagged locations
- Jersey Mike's SubsFlorida17 flagged locations
- Florida Sportservice IncFlorida6 flagged locations
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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.
Past the velvet rope, the back of house keeps no secrets: Palm Beach County ledger: 91 opening signals. 187 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 256 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records; 34 reopening, transfer, or reissue records tracked outside the new-opening headline. Current names include CREMA GOURMET in West Palm Beach, BROOKLYN SAUSAGE KING in Boynton Beach and GARDEN BUTCHER in West Palm Beach. Ledger type mix: 256 new-license records and 187 announcement-led records and 18 reopenings. Cuisine/venue mix: 192 Unknown and 19 Pizza. Area concentration: 128 WEST PALM BEACH and 108 BOCA RATON. Velocity check: 278 opening signals in the last 90 days, 92 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2025-02-13 to 2026-06-22. RiskyEats treats these as opening signals: license issue, announcement, or operational evidence can precede the first routine inspection, so the paragraph does not imply a clean inspection history. Kitchen-English translation: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting.
- CREMA GOURMETWest Palm Beach
- BROOKLYN SAUSAGE KINGBoynton Beach
- GARDEN BUTCHERWest Palm Beach
- FIELD OF GREENSPalm Beach Gardens
- MEALS ON WHEELS OF THE PALM BEACHES INCWest Palm Beach
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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.
Fourteen six Palm Beach County licensees kept it clean in Q2 2026. STAR MAMA LLC, THE PALM HOUSE, and E R BRADLEY'S SALOON are among them. These folks kept their inspections spotless across multiple visits; they didn't just get lucky once. STAR MAMA LLC actually ran a high-priority-free run spanning twenty eight inspections over about seven years. That kind of consistency? That is respect for the work. It tells you someone in that kitchen refuses to let anything slide.
- STAR MAMA LLCBoynton Beach
- THE PALM HOUSEJuno Beach
- E R BRADLEY'S SALOONWest Palm Beach
- BAGELS &Lake Worth Beach
- EL FOGONCITOJupiter
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