The regulatory question is simple: Florida comparison: Broward County's failure rate is 41% below the Florida average. Broward County lands at 64 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Bar, 1 Cafe, 1 Chinese, and 1 Haitian. Translation for the public record: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county. That is not atmosphere; it is a compliance record.
Emergency Orders
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Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
This is the part operators cannot wave away: P F CHANG'S CHINA BISTRO in Fort Lauderdale, LONA in Fort Lauderdale and TEE JAY THAI SUSHI in Wilton Manors owned the top of the Broward County board. 38 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 Chinese, 1 Haitian, 1 Restaurant, and 1 Seafood. Trend line: emergency-order volume is steady against the last public cut. Translation for the public record: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it.
- P F CHANG'S CHINA BISTROFort Lauderdale1 HP1 INT3 BASScore 113last visit 2025-08-27
- LONAFort Lauderdale1 HP1 INT2 BASScore 112last visit 2026-03-26
- 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
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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.
Florida statute 61C-1.002 sets the cadence; the inspectors honor it: AL'S TABLE CORP in Margate, NEW CARIBBEAN RESTAURANT in Lauderdale Lakes and PEPPA SEED in Pembroke Pines stacked up first across Broward County. 64 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. Translation for the public record: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now. That is not atmosphere; it is a compliance record.
- AL'S TABLE CORPMargate5 HP4 INT4 BASPestScore 594
- NEW CARIBBEAN RESTAURANTLauderdale Lakes4 HP9 INT5 BASPestScore 545
- PEPPA SEEDPembroke Pines5 HP2 INT4 BASScore 524last visit 2026-03-11
- MING WAH CHINESE RESTAURANTTamarac4 HP1 INT3 BASScore 413last visit 2026-01-15
- NAGOYA SUSHINorth Lauderdale4 HP5 INT3 BASPestScore 503last visit 2025-11-13
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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.
Trajectory tells the truth statistics hide: 222 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. Translation for the public record: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator. That is not atmosphere; it is a compliance record.
- 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 actorCurrently Activelast visit 12/02/2025
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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.
Cross-reference Sunbiz dissolution against DBPR active status — the gap matters: TRUTH BAR AND LOUNGE in Fort Lauderdale, FOXY BROWN in Fort Lauderdale and NAMI SUSHI & GRILL in Hollywood led the board in Broward County. 1 closure confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 1 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Translation for the public record: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures. The numbers are the story.
- TRUTH BAR AND LOUNGEFort Lauderdaleclosure score 2
- FOXY BROWNFort Lauderdaleclosure score 3
- NAMI SUSHI & GRILLHollywoodclosure score 3
- ITALO PERUVIAN RESTAURANTCoral Springclosure score 2
- EL PATIO DEL CHEFHollywoodclosure score 2
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New Owners
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DBPR ownership-change records in the last 30 days — "Approve Change Owner Request" actions.
The inspection record spans eleven years; the pattern is clear: JACKS HAMBURGER HOUSE in Oakland Park, 5TH ELEMENT INDIAN GRILL in Pompano Beach and ISLAND SIGNATURE RESTAURANT LLC in Fort Lauderdale led the board in Broward County. 38 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. Translation for the public record: an ownership-change filing means a new operator took over the license; it does not mean the restaurant closed.
- JACKS HAMBURGER HOUSEOakland Park
- 5TH ELEMENT INDIAN GRILLPompano Beach
- ISLAND SIGNATURE RESTAURANT LLCFort Lauderdale
- AMANTE'S ITALIAN RESTAURANTDeerfield Beach
- GG'S OF NEW YORKNorth Lauderdale
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Chain Activity
65 records this window
Multi-location chain brands flagged via aggregated signals across all locations.
Public records, properly weighted, leave little room for spin: 65 chain brands surface in Broward County’s rollup, covering 495 locations between them: 110 FSQ-confirmed closures, 18 lapsed licenses. Leading brands: Subway, Hz Coffee Group Llc, Hsi Mca Fll Fb Llc. Translation for the public record: a chain rollup groups related brand locations so one sloppy operator cannot hide inside a familiar logo. That is not atmosphere; it is a compliance record.
- 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
103 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.
Read the EOR action codes the way auditors do: Current Broward County tally: 103 opening signals. 229 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 299 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records; 50 reopening, transfer, or reissue records tracked outside the new-opening headline. Current names include GARY RACK'S FARMHOUSE KITCHEN in Coral Springs, SCOOBY'S PUPUSAS in Fort Lauderdale and YC EVENTS LLC in Coral Springs. Ledger type mix: 299 new-license records and 229 announcement-led records and 30 reopenings. Cuisine/venue mix: 256 Unknown and 19 Cafe. Area concentration: 148 FORT LAUDERDALE and 53 POMPANO BEACH. Velocity check: 336 opening signals in the last 90 days, 72 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2023-05-19 to 2026-06-25. 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. Translation for the public record: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting.
- GARY RACK'S FARMHOUSE KITCHENCoral Springs
- SCOOBY'S PUPUSASFort Lauderdale
- YC EVENTS LLCCoral Springs
- MICKLEY & FABYPompano Beach
- COMMON ROOMHollywood
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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.
Three years of inspection records tell this story: 86 Broward County licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — VISION CAFE, GULFSTREAM PARK THEME PARK CARTS, CHEF TALLY WORLD FAMOUS JERK CHICKEN among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. VISION CAFE stretched a high-priority-free run to 11 inspections covering roughly 2.8 years. Translation for the public record: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking. The numbers are the story.
- VISION CAFEPompano Beach
- GULFSTREAM PARK THEME PARK CARTSHallandale Beach
- CHEF TALLY WORLD FAMOUS JERK CHICKENMiramar
- RED ZEPPELINCrystal River
- CHEF K PROVISIONSMargate
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