When the inspector's clipboard meets the temp log, the gap is the story: Benchmarked statewide: Miami-Dade County's chronic density is 26% below the Florida average. Miami-Dade County holds 86 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Bar, 1 Cuban, 1 Greek, and 1 Park. Kitchen-English translation: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county. That is management, not mystery.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
63 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Beijing Garden in Miami, Chong's Chinese Rest in Miami and Soriano Brothers Cuban Cuisine in Hialeah carried the front of this Miami-Dade County file. 63 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 Chinese spots, and 2 Cuban spots. Trend line: emergency-order volume is steady against the last public cut. Kitchen-English translation: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it.
- Beijing GardenMiami4 HP6 INT10 BASPestScore 520last visit 2026-06-23
- Chong's Chinese RestMiami6 HP4 INT20 BASPestScore 710last visit 2026-06-23
- Soriano Brothers Cuban CuisineHialeah5 HP7 INT12 BASPestScore 632last visit 2026-06-17
- Cuban Guys Sandwiches and MorePalmetto Bay7 HP2 INT5 BASPestScore 775last visit 2026-06-16
- Nick Caribbean RestaurantNorth Miami Beach4 HP6 INT7 BASPestScore 517last visit 2025-08-05
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Near Miss
86 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Mercy for the line cook, none for the GM: LA CARRETA RESTAURANT IV in Hialeah, MILLERS CAFETERIA in Miami and MEZE BISTRO in Miami carried the front of this Miami-Dade County file. 86 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. Kitchen-English translation: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now. The line deserved better.
- LA CARRETA RESTAURANT IVHialeah3 HP2 INT5 BASScore 325last visit 2026-07-01
- MILLERS CAFETERIAMiami3 HP4 INT5 BASPestScore 395last visit 2026-07-01
- MEZE BISTROMiami4 HP6 INT13 BASPestScore 523last visit 2026-06-15
- TIAGOS TACOSMiami4 HP6 INT10 BASPestScore 520last visit 2026-06-12
- NINO GORDOMiami4 HP4 INT6 BASPestScore 496last visit 2026-06-12
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Closed/Delinquent
36 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.
There is no romance in this part of the meal. AMOK FOOD CATERING in Miami, BAIOCCO in Miami and BELLS DELICIOUS TAKE AWAY in Miami carried the front of this Miami-Dade County file. 6 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. Kitchen-English translation: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures. That is management, not mystery.
- AMOK FOOD CATERINGMiamiclosure score 2
- BAIOCCOMiamiclosure score 2
- BELLS DELICIOUS TAKE AWAYMiamiclosure score 2
- CRISPY KRUNCHY CHICKENMiamiclosure score 2
- EL CHURRASCASO GRILLMiamiclosure score 2
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
170 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.
I've seen this in kitchens from Saigon to Sarasota: 170 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in Miami-Dade County on the 11-year pattern view, led by SANG'S CHINESE FOOD, MAY FU CHINESE RESTAURANT. The full repeat-offender record sits below. Kitchen-English translation: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator.
- SANG'S CHINESE FOODNorth Miami Beach8 HP5 INT16 BASScore 866Active bad actorlast visit 12/04/2025
- MAY FU CHINESE RESTAURANTMiami9 HP2 INT11 BASScore 931Active bad actorlast visit 03/04/2026
- BEACHES BAR & GRILL SUNRISE CAFEMiami Beach7 HP11 INT20 BASScore 830Active bad actorlast visit 03/23/2026
- CARIBBEAN KITCHEN 305Miami Gardens6 HP3 INT20 BASScore 650Active bad actorlast visit 01/28/2026
- ALEGRIA BY EL RANCHERITODoral7 HP8 INT19 BASScore 799Active bad actorlast visit 02/17/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
23 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
The kitchen tells on itself. CARROT EXPRESS WEST KENDALL in Miami, ANTOJITOS 5 ESTRELLAS in Miami and LA UCHIRENA RAPID FOOD in Doral led the board in Miami-Dade County. 23 restaurants 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. CARROT EXPRESS WEST KENDALL in Miami dropped HP+Critical counts from 22 to 4 across the two 12-month windows (81.8% better). Kitchen-English translation: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern. The line deserved better.
- CARROT EXPRESS WEST KENDALLMiami2 INT2 BASScore 22
- ANTOJITOS 5 ESTRELLASMiami
- LA UCHIRENA RAPID FOODDoral
- OUTBACK STEAKHOUSEMiami1 INT1 BASPestScore 61
- PUERQUITO RELLENOHialeah2 INT5 BASPestScore 75
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Clean Plates
360 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Across Miami-Dade County, 360 licensees ran a clean ledger during the second quarter of 2026. These operators maintained what regulators call a clean plate, meaning they completed their inspections with zero high-priority or intermediate violations. Among those maintaining these standards were GOLD KOSHER CATERING, 2180 KITCHEN, and ALL KIDS CATERING. This consistency is not about one lucky visit; it is the result of sustained compliance across multiple inspections. GOLD KOSHER CATERING has established a significant track record of safety. The operator stretched a high-priority-free run to 19 inspections covering roughly 4.8 years.
- GOLD KOSHER CATERINGNorth Miami1 BASScore 1
- 2180 KITCHENMiami
- ALL KIDS CATERINGOpa-Locka2 BASScore 2
- MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE AT BAPTIST HEALTHMiami1 BASPestScore 51
- 142A AIFI SMASHED BURGERMiami
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🆕 New
New Owners
160 records this window
DBPR ownership-change records in the last 30 days — "Approve Change Owner Request" actions.
Heat, salt, time — and a citation if you're not careful: COURTYARD CAFE in Kendall, EL PULGARCITO MIX in Miami and BURGERS & SHAKES in North Miami put the sharpest marks on Miami-Dade County's list. 160 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. Kitchen-English translation: an ownership-change filing means a new operator took over the license; it does not mean the restaurant closed. That is management, not mystery.
- COURTYARD CAFEKendall
- COURTYARD CAFEMiami
- EL PULGARCITO MIXMiami
- BURGERS & SHAKESNorth Miami
- PURA VIDA MIAMIKendall
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Openings
243 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.
Somewhere behind the line, the facts got ugly. Miami-Dade County count: 243 opening signals. 283 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 840 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records; 95 reopening, transfer, or reissue records tracked outside the new-opening headline. Current names include ACHLA in Miami, CHEF NESSAS KITCHENS in Miami and CHELY ENTERPRISES in Miami. Ledger type mix: 840 new-license records and 283 announcement-led records and 90 reopenings. Cuisine/venue mix: 374 Unknown and 68 Cafe. Area concentration: 688 MIAMI and 113 MIAMI BEACH. Velocity check: 344 opening signals in the last 90 days, 117 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2023-06-13 to 2026-07-04. 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. Kitchen-English translation: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting.
- ACHLAMiami
- CHEF NESSAS KITCHENSMiami
- CHELY ENTERPRISESMiami
- EL SABROSO CATRACHO 2Homestead
- SWEET PARIS CREPERIE AND CAFEMiami
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