First pitch, and they're already down a run: Set against the state: Miami-Dade County's chronic density is 26% below the Florida average. Miami-Dade County carries 135 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 cafes, 1 Diner, 1 Ethiopian, and 1 French. Box-score translation: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county. Come on now.
Emergency Orders
37 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Folks, this is a turnover at the worst time: SORIANO BROTHERS CUBAN CUISINE in Hialeah, CUBAN GUYS SANDWICHES AND MORE in Palmetto Bay and Nick Caribbean Restaurant in North Miami Beach put the sharpest marks on Miami-Dade County's list. 37 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: 2 Cuban spots, 1 Fast Food, and 1 Restaurant. Trend line: emergency-order volume is steady against the last public cut. Box-score translation: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it.
- SORIANO BROTHERS CUBAN CUISINEHialeah7 HP3 INT11 BASPestScore 791last visit 2026-06-17
- CUBAN GUYS SANDWICHES AND MOREPalmetto Bay1 HP1 INTPestScore 160last visit 2026-06-16
- Nick Caribbean RestaurantNorth Miami Beach6 HP6 INT15 BASPestScore 725last visit 2025-08-05
- SONIC DRIVE INMiami Gardens5 HP26 BASPestScore 576last visit 2026-06-15
- PARRILLA @ 12Miami Beach2 HP1 INT6 BASPestScore 266last visit 2026-06-12
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Near Miss
135 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Coming in off the bench, the cold facts: I THINK SHE IS in Miami, SUSHI SAKE in Miami and TONY'S TOKYO CUISINE in Miami Beach ran away with the Miami-Dade County count. 135 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. Box-score translation: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now. That is the box score.
- I THINK SHE ISMiami3 HP6 INT6 BASPestScore 416last visit 2025-12-08
- SUSHI SAKEMiami5 HP2 INT10 BASPestScore 580last visit 2025-09-10
- TONY'S TOKYO CUISINEMiami Beach4 HP2 INT11 BASPestScore 481last visit 2026-06-19
- MI PUEBLO RESTAURANTMiami4 HP4 INT7 BASScore 447last visit 2026-06-18
- BISTRO CAFÉMiami3 HP2 INT3 BASPestScore 373last visit 2026-06-18
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Chronic Violation Record
218 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.
Listen up! We are talking about a total mess in Miami-Dade County. 218 restaurants show up with chronic violation records when you look at this 11-year pattern view. Yo, SANG'S CHINESE FOOD and SICHUAN FISH RESTAURANT inMiami-Dade are leading the charge on this list of repeat offenders. When a place keeps drawing violations, that means they’re failing repeatedly; it shows up here as a "bad actor" status. This isn't some one-off slip-up for these spots. This is an 11-year pattern we're looking at, folks. These operators keep getting slapped with paperwork in Miami-Dade County over and over again.
- SANG'S CHINESE FOODNorth Miami Beach8 HP5 INT16 BASScore 866Active bad actorlast visit 12/04/2025
- SICHUAN FISH RESTAURANT SICHUAN CUISINENORTH MIAMI BEACHActive bad actor
- MAY FU CHINESE RESTAURANTMiami9 HP2 INT11 BASScore 931Active bad actorlast visit 03/04/2026
- OCEAN 5 CAFEMIAMI BEACHActive bad actor
- NICK CARIBBEAN RESTAURANTNORTH MIAMI BEACHActive bad actor
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Closed/Delinquent
636 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.
Listen, fam, here's the tape: BEACH BAR & GRILL in Key Biscayne, LATIN CAFE ON THE BEACH in Miami Beach and BARTON G THE RESTAURANT in Miami Beach headlined the Miami-Dade County rundown. 13 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 3 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Box-score translation: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures. That is the box score.
- BEACH BAR & GRILLKey Biscayneclosure score 3
- LATIN CAFE ON THE BEACHMiami Beachclosure score 3
- BARTON G THE RESTAURANTMiami Beachclosure score 2
- BLUE COLLAR RESTAURANTMiamiclosure score 2
- CALAMiamiclosure score 2
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New Owners
57 records this window
DBPR ownership-change records in the last 30 days — "Approve Change Owner Request" actions.
Bottom line for the home crowd: JOJO'S NY STYLE PIZZA in Miami, COURTYARD CAFE in Kendall and ALL DAY EVERYDAY LATIN HOUSE EXPRESS in North Miami anchored the high end of the Miami-Dade County file. 57 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. Box-score translation: an ownership-change filing means a new operator took over the license; it does not mean the restaurant closed.
- JOJO'S NY STYLE PIZZAMiami
- COURTYARD CAFEKendall
- COURTYARD CAFEMiami
- ALL DAY EVERYDAY LATIN HOUSE EXPRESSNorth Miami
- A LA VARITADoral
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Chain Activity
89 records this window
Multi-location chain brands flagged via aggregated signals across all locations.
Listen, we are looking at a massive shakeup across Miami-Dade County. We just saw a chain rollup involving 89 different brands that covers 270 total locations. A brand rollup is basically when one big company buys up or merges with several other restaurant names, and the numbers here are staggering. Yo, look at the fallout from this movement! We are talking about 132 FSQ-confirmed closures and 6 lapsed licenses within this group. The heavy hitters leading this pack include Hz Coffee Group Llc, KFC, and Panera Bread.
- Hz Coffee Group LlcFlorida34 flagged locations
- KFCFlorida23 flagged locations
- Panera BreadFlorida13 flagged locations
- Miami Soccer Sportservice LlcFlorida19 flagged locations
- Jersey MikesFlorida11 flagged locations
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Openings
245 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.
Look, the box score doesn't lie: Total for Miami-Dade County: 245 opening signals. 282 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 627 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records; 84 reopening, transfer, or reissue records tracked outside the new-opening headline. Current names include GALIPAN in Hialeah, K PIZZA in Hialeah and PARIS BAGUETTE in Miami. Ledger type mix: 627 new-license records and 282 announcement-led records and 48 reopenings. Cuisine/venue mix: 536 Unknown and 25 Cafe. Area concentration: 571 MIAMI and 103 HIALEAH. Velocity check: 515 opening signals in the last 90 days, 183 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-23. 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. Box-score translation: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting. Come on now.
- GALIPANHialeah
- K PIZZAHialeah
- PARIS BAGUETTEMiami
- POKEKAIDoral
- UN POLLODoral
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Clean Plates
201 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Tip-off, and the kitchen's already in foul trouble: 201 Miami-Dade County licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — SUSHI SAKE HOMESTEAD, CHEESE BURGER BABY, LAS OLAS CAFE among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. SUSHI SAKE HOMESTEAD stretched a high-priority-free run to 21 inspections covering roughly 5.2 years. Box-score translation: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking. Come on now.
- SUSHI SAKE HOMESTEADHomestead
- CHEESE BURGER BABYMiami Beach
- LAS OLAS CAFEMiami Beach
- LA CRIOLLITA CAFETERIAMiami
- Unnamed restaurantMiami Beach
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