Madonn', here we go again: Statewide frame: Broward County's failure rate is 100% below the Florida average. Broward County's current board shows 0 recent high-priority hits. In plain Jersey: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county, capisce? What're you gonna do.
Emergency Orders
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Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Fuhgeddaboudit, the paperwork says it all: P F Chang's China Bistro in Fort Lauderdale, Lona in Fort Lauderdale and Tee Jay Thai Sushi in Wilton Manors led the board in Broward County. 36 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. In plain Jersey: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it, capisce? Capisce?
- P F Chang's China BistroFort Lauderdale4 HP1 BASPestScore 451last visit 2026-06-23
- LonaFort Lauderdale6 HP4 INT7 BASPestScore 697last visit 2026-06-22
- Tee Jay Thai SushiWilton Manors8 HP1 INT9 BASPestScore 869last visit 2026-06-22
- Belle Cuisine Caribbean Restaurant LLCFort Lauderdale4 HP5 INT5 BASPestScore 505last visit 2026-06-08
- Elvis Italian GrilleDavie4 HP1 INT6 BASPestScore 466last visit 2026-06-17
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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.
Capisce? Then read the citation: at the numbers and you see a real problem. The law pulled a list of 182 restaurants in Broward County that have been caught actin' up for over a decade. We call 'em bad actors, which is just fancy talk for mooks who keep breakin' the rules year after year. Madonn'. The list of repeat offenders is long, but MATCHBOX SAWGRASS MILLS and LA GOURMANDIZE RESTAURANT are right at the top of it. These places have been on this 11-year pattern view for a long time. It is what it is.
- 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 06/22/2026
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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.
Honest to God, you can't make this up: TRUTH BAR AND LOUNGE in Fort Lauderdale, FOXY BROWN in Fort Lauderdale and NAMI SUSHI & GRILL in Hollywood pulled the heaviest numbers 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. In plain Jersey: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures, capisce? Capisce?
- TRUTH BAR AND LOUNGEFort Lauderdaleclosure score 2
- FOXY BROWNFort Lauderdaleclosure score 3
- NAMI SUSHI & GRILLHollywoodclosure score 3
- ITALO PERUVIAN RESTAURANTCoral Springclosure score 2
- BILLY JOE'S THE CONCH QUEEN LLCPembroke Parkclosure 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.
Look, I seen this movie before: JACKS HAMBURGER HOUSE in Oakland Park, 5TH ELEMENT INDIAN GRILL in Pompano Beach and ISLAND SIGNATURE RESTAURANT LLC in Fort Lauderdale topped the Broward County ledger this round. 35 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. In plain Jersey: an ownership-change filing means a new operator took over the license; it does not mean the restaurant closed, capisce? What're you gonna do.
- 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
62 records this window
Multi-location chain brands flagged via aggregated signals across all locations.
Listen, my friend, the numbers don't stutter: 62 chain brands surface in Broward County’s rollup, covering 483 locations between them: 110 FSQ-confirmed closures, 15 lapsed licenses. Leading brands: Subway, Hz Coffee Group Llc, Hsi Mca Fll Fb Llc. In plain Jersey: a chain rollup groups related brand locations so one sloppy operator cannot hide inside a familiar logo, capisce? What're you gonna do.
- SubwayFlorida71 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
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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.
Ya want the truth? The record's right here: Broward County ledger: 22 opening signals. 219 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 585 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records; 62 reopening, transfer, or reissue records tracked outside the new-opening headline. Current names include EDUARDO'S ITALIAN in Fort Lauderdale, BENNY'S SMASH BURGERS in Plantation and THAT PIZZA JOINT in Coconut Creek. Ledger type mix: 585 new-license records and 219 announcement-led records and 55 reopenings. Cuisine/venue mix: 278 Unknown and 38 Pizza. Area concentration: 212 FORT LAUDERDALE and 75 HOLLYWOOD. Velocity check: 276 opening signals in the last 90 days, 54 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2023-05-19 to 2026-07-02. 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. In plain Jersey: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting, capisce?
- EDUARDO'S ITALIANFort Lauderdale
- BENNY'S SMASH BURGERSPlantation
- THAT PIZZA JOINTCoconut Creek
- WAGYU HOUSEHallandale Beach
- ESSENZA ITALIAN EATERY AND MARKETFort Lauderdale
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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.
Lemme tell you somethin' about this joint: 1 Broward County licensees ran a clean Q3 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — THE GREAT GREEK OF CORAL SPRINGS among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. THE GREAT GREEK OF CORAL SPRINGS stretched a high-priority-free run to 4 inspections covering roughly 1 years. In plain Jersey: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking, capisce?
- THE GREAT GREEK OF CORAL SPRINGSCoral Springs