In the Florida picture: Southwest Florida's failure rate is 26% above the Florida average. Southwest Florida shows 98 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Brazilian Steak, 1 Cafe, 1 Chinese, and 1 Japanese. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county.
Emergency Orders
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Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Taqueria Ramirez in Fort Myers, Binto Thai Naples Blvd in Naples and THE BOWL CENTRAL in Naples anchored the high end of the Southwest Florida file. 59 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 Ice Cream, 1 Juice/Smoothie, and 1 Sushi. Trend line: emergency-order volume is steady against the last public cut. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it.
- Taqueria RamirezFort Myers6 HP9 INT13 BASPestScore 753last visit 2026-06-22
- Binto Thai Naples BlvdNaples5 HP1 INT10 BASPestScore 570last visit 2026-06-16
- THE BOWL CENTRALNaples1 HPPestScore 150last visit 2026-06-09
- THREE GIRLSFort Myers1 HP3 BASScore 103last visit 2026-06-09
- Happy Scoops Ice Cream & Caribbean Paradise SmoothFort Myers5 HP5 INT7 BASPestScore 607last visit 2026-06-02
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Near Miss
98 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
NAMO IZAKAYA in Sarasota, EVIES TAVERN in Sarasota and TRES AMIGOS TAQUERIA in Fort Myers drew the loudest scorecard in Southwest Florida. 98 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. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now.
- NAMO IZAKAYASarasota3 HP1 INT2 BASScore 312last visit 2025-12-15
- EVIES TAVERNSarasota3 HP1 INT3 BASPestScore 363last visit 2026-01-12
- TRES AMIGOS TAQUERIAFort Myers3 HP3 INT9 BASPestScore 389last visit 2025-10-10
- SAMBA BRAZILIAN STEAKHOUSESarasota4 HP2 BASScore 402last visit 2026-06-12
- METRO CAFEFort Myers4 HP1 INT2 BASPestScore 462last visit 2026-06-12
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Chronic Violation Record
173 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.
An eleven-year pattern of culinary misconduct has surfaced across Southwest Florida, revealing 173 restaurants that seem to treat food safety regulations as mere suggestions. This long-term view tracks bad actors, which is just a polite way of saying these establishments have built a career out of failing inspections. The list of repeat offenders is led by CHINA KITCHEN in Naples and SIAM THAI in Naples. These kitchens haven't just slipped up once or twice; they have spent over a decade cycling through the same violations like a predictable seasonal storm.
- CHINA KITCHENSarasota8 HP6 BASScore 806Active bad actorlast visit 10/31/2025
- SIAM THAIBradenton7 HP4 INT3 BASScore 743Active bad actorlast visit 10/08/2025
- SUSHI & PHOBradenton4 HP7 BASScore 407Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 04/28/2026
- COUNTRY GRILL T&TNaples5 HP2 INT14 BASScore 534Active bad actorlast visit 04/02/2026
- LAKE JACKSON LANDINGSebring5 HP8 INT11 BASScore 591Active bad actorlast visit 04/07/2026
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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.
LOS DELFINOS in Bradenton, MADE IN ROME ORGANIC GELATO in Sarasota and LUIGI'S PIZZERIA in Port Charlotte owned the top of the Southwest Florida board. 3 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures.
- LOS DELFINOSBradentonclosure score 2
- MADE IN ROME ORGANIC GELATOSarasotaclosure score 2
- LUIGI'S PIZZERIAPort Charlotteclosure score 2
- JOHNNY TOMATOESVeniceclosure score 2
- EL JALISCO ENGLEWOODEnglewoodclosure score 2
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Chain Activity
85 records this window
Multi-location chain brands flagged via aggregated signals across all locations.
Listen, we are looking at a massive shakeup across Southwest Florida. We just saw a brand rollup involving 85 chain brands that is absolutely staggering, covering 481 total locations between them. When I say brand rollup, I mean one big company is buying up or swallowing up several smaller ones to grow their footprint. The numbers coming out of this are heavy. We are talking about 162 FSQ-confirmed closures and 12 lapsed licenses. That is a lot of empty storefronts and expired paperwork. Leading the pack in this movement are Subway, Dunkin, and Quality Brand Group Florida Llc.
- SubwayFlorida89 flagged locations
- DunkinFlorida49 flagged locations
- Quality Brand Group Florida LlcFlorida23 flagged locations
- Taco BellFlorida42 flagged locations
- Furman'S IncFlorida10 flagged locations
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Most Improved
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Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
LONG ISLAND PIZZA in Cape Coral put the sharpest marks on Southwest Florida's list. 1 restaurant met the sustained-improvement test: at least four inspections in each 12-month window, recent HP+Critical counts cut by 50% or more, and an active license. LONG ISLAND PIZZA in Cape Coral dropped HP+Critical counts from 6 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (66.7% better). For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern.
- LONG ISLAND PIZZACape Coral
Openings
3 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.
Current Southwest Florida tally: 3 opening signals. 42 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 1 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records; 4 reopening, transfer, or reissue records tracked outside the new-opening headline. Current names include LIVE FISH in Clewiston, VYBE in Fort Myers and JP'S HOT FISH in Fort Myers. Ledger type mix: 42 announcement-led records and 2 reopenings and 1 new-license records. Cuisine/venue mix: 11 Unknown and 6 Seafood. Area concentration: 14 FORT MYERS and 14 NAPLES. Velocity check: 36 opening signals in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2025-08-21 to 2026-07-01. 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. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting.
- LIVE FISHClewiston
- VYBEFort Myers
- JP'S HOT FISHFort Myers
Clean Plates
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Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Three Southwest Florida licensees ran a clean Q3 2026 ledger across multiple inspections. We're talkin' about a clean plate, which means these joints didn't have a single major problem when the law came knockin'. ROSY'S CAFÉ in Naples, MOES SOUTHWEST GRILL #599 in Naples, and DETROIT PIZZA JOINT NAPLES all stayed on the straight and narrow. These ain't just lucky breaks; these are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations. That means they didn't trip up on the big stuff that makes you sick or the medium stuff that makes a kitchen look like a mess. Good for them, kid. ROSY'S CAFÉ in Naples even stretched a run with no high-priority violations to 9 inspections covering roughly 2.2 years. When you see a streak like that, you know they're doin' things the right way every single time. Bada bing.
- ROSY'S CAFÉLehigh Acres
- MOES SOUTHWEST GRILL #599Estero
- DETROIT PIZZA JOINT NAPLESNaples