Lemme tell you somethin' about this joint: Against the statewide grid: Palm Beach County's chronic density is 31% above the Florida average. Palm Beach County registers 1 recent high-priority hit. 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.
Look, I seen this movie before: FIREHOUSE SUBS in Boynton Beach, Marco's Pizza #8477 in Lake Worth Beach and East Ocean Café in Boynton Beach drew the loudest scorecard in Palm Beach County. 69 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 Cafe, 1 Fast Food, 1 French, and 1 Pizza. 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?
- FIREHOUSE SUBSBoynton Beachlast visit 2026-06-22
- Marco's Pizza #8477Lake Worth Beach1 HP1 INT2 BASPestScore 162last visit 2026-06-18
- East Ocean CaféBoynton Beach6 HP1 INT3 BASPestScore 663last visit 2026-06-17
- Yens KitchenLake Worth Beach11 HP2 INT5 BASPestScore 1175last visit 2026-06-09
- Café De ArtistesJupiter4 HP2 INT1 BASPestScore 471last 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.
Capisce? Then read the citation: SAZIO EXPRESS in Delray Beach anchored the high end of the Palm Beach County file. 1 high-priority citation 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. In plain Jersey: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now, capisce?
- SAZIO EXPRESSDelray Beach4 HP3 INT1 BASPestScore 481last visit 2026-01-20
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.
Ya want the truth? The record's right here: at the 11-year pattern view and it’s enough to make you sick. That’s just a fancy way of saying we looked at the long haul to see who keeps messin' up year after year. In Palm Beach County, the law found 176 restaurants with chronic violation records that just won't quit. Madonn', look at these mooks. LE BON GOUT RESTAURANT LLC and HERITAGE PIZZA AND GRILL are leading the pack of repeat offenders. They keep havin' the same problems over and over again. Fuhgeddaboudit.
- LE BON GOUT RESTAURANT LLCLake Worth Beach8 HP3 INT5 BASScore 835Active bad actorlast visit 03/11/2026
- HERITAGE PIZZA AND GRILLLake Worth Beach14 HP10 INT3 BASScore 1503Active bad actorlast visit 01/29/2026
- KING'S SUPER BUFFETWest Palm Beach11 HP2 INT5 BASScore 1125Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 01/28/2026
- KABUKI SUSHI THAI TAPASWellington9 HP6 INT6 BASScore 966Active bad actorlast visit 12/18/2025
- FLAVOR OF INDIA RESTAURANTLake Worth Beach4 HP3 INT8 BASScore 438Active bad actorlast visit 10/14/2025
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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.
Listen, my friend, the numbers don't stutter: TOWN HERO in Lantana, DUMPLING KING in Boca Raton and BYRDS HOT CHICKEN in Boynton Beach put the sharpest marks on Palm Beach County's list. 6 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 2 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?
- TOWN HEROLantanaclosure score 2
- DUMPLING KINGBoca Ratonclosure score 2
- BYRDS HOT CHICKENBoynton Beachclosure score 2
- CANNOLI KITCHEN PIZZABoca Ratonclosure score 3
- ATLANTIS GRILL & BARAtlantisclosure score 3
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New Owners
18 records this window
DBPR ownership-change records in the last 30 days — "Approve Change Owner Request" actions.
Honest to God, you can't make this up: KOKORO SUSHI in Boca Raton, CANNOLI KITCHEN YAMATO in Boca Raton and JACOB'S RESTAURANT & DELICATESSEN in Boynton Beach put the sharpest marks on Palm Beach County's list. 18 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.
- KOKORO SUSHIBoca Raton
- CANNOLI KITCHEN YAMATOBoca Raton
- JACOB'S RESTAURANT & DELICATESSENBoynton Beach
- 3 NATIVESRoyal Palm Beach
- EBFOODS, LLCWest Palm Beach
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Chain Activity
44 records this window
Multi-location chain brands flagged via aggregated signals across all locations.
Whaddya gonna do, the file speaks for itself: 44 chain brands surface in Palm Beach County’s rollup, covering 260 locations between them: 67 FSQ-confirmed closures, 12 lapsed licenses. Leading brands: Subway, McDonald's, Burger King. 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.
- SubwayFlorida36 flagged locations
- McDonald'sFlorida31 flagged locations
- Burger KingFlorida19 flagged locations
- Jersey Mike's SubsFlorida17 flagged locations
- Florida Sportservice IncFlorida5 flagged locations
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Openings
20 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.
Between you and me, it's a shame: Total for Palm Beach County: 20 opening signals. 179 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 469 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records; 44 reopening, transfer, or reissue records tracked outside the new-opening headline. Current names include BUCKS COAL FIRED in North Palm Beach, CREMA GOURMET in West Palm Beach and GARDEN BUTCHER in West Palm Beach. Ledger type mix: 469 new-license records and 179 announcement-led records and 32 reopenings. Cuisine/venue mix: 191 Unknown and 45 Pizza. Area concentration: 149 BOCA RATON and 136 WEST PALM BEACH. Velocity check: 225 opening signals in the last 90 days, 66 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2024-07-03 to 2026-06-26. 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?
- BUCKS COAL FIREDNorth Palm Beach
- CREMA GOURMETWest Palm Beach
- GARDEN BUTCHERWest Palm Beach
- JUPITER GRILLJupiter
- SHAHS OF KABOB PERSIAN EATERYBoca Raton
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