Cooks don't lie. Temperature logs don't either: Against the statewide grid: Southwest Florida's failure rate is 28% above the Florida average. Southwest Florida registers 97 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Brazilian Steak, 1 Cafe, 1 Chinese, and 1 Hotel. 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
59 records this window
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 drew the loudest scorecard in Southwest Florida. 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. Kitchen-English translation: 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 2026-06-30
- Happy Scoops Ice Cream & Caribbean Paradise SmoothFort Myers5 HP5 INT7 BASPestScore 607last visit 2026-06-30
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Near Miss
97 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Stripped of the marketing, the line reads as follows: NAMO IZAKAYA in Sarasota, EVIES TAVERN in Sarasota and TRES AMIGOS TAQUERIA in Fort Myers put the sharpest marks on Southwest Florida's list. 97 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.
- NAMO IZAKAYASarasota3 HP1 INT2 BASScore 312last visit 2026-07-01
- EVIES TAVERNSarasota3 HP1 INT3 BASPestScore 363last visit 2026-07-01
- TRES AMIGOS TAQUERIAFort Myers3 HP3 INT9 BASPestScore 389last visit 2026-07-01
- 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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Closed/Delinquent
95 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.
Mercy for the line cook, none for the GM: 941TACOS LLC in Bradenton, ANTOJITOS LOS 3 CARNALES in Bradenton and ARCADIA TRUCK STOP in Arcadia owned the top of the Southwest Florida board. 3 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Kitchen-English translation: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures. The line deserved better.
- 941TACOS LLCBradentonclosure score 2
- ANTOJITOS LOS 3 CARNALESBradentonclosure score 2
- ARCADIA TRUCK STOPArcadiaclosure score 2
- B-TOWN MARKET PLACEBradentonclosure score 2
- BADASS COFFEENaplesclosure score 2
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
169 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.
A pattern of chronic safety failures has emerged across Southwest Florida. Data from an 11-year pattern view identifies 169 restaurants with recurring violation records, highlighting a group of bad actors—operators who consistently fail to meet basic health and safety standards over long periods. Leading this list of repeat offenders are CHINA KITCHEN in [City Not Provided] and SIAM THAI in [City Not Provided]. These establishments have demonstrated a long-term inability to maintain compliance with state food safety regulations.
- CHINA KITCHENSarasota8 HP6 BASScore 806Active bad actorlast visit 10/31/2025
- SIAM THAIBradenton7 HP4 INT3 BASScore 743Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
- RICKEMA FOOD SERVICENaples6 HP7 INT4 BASScore 674Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 04/16/2026
- 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
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
44 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
Travel enough kitchens and the patterns rhyme: SLATER'S GOODS & PROVISIONS in Babcock Ranch, LA CASITA AZUL RESTAURANT INC #2 in Bradenton and PACIFIC COUNTER in Sarasota sat at the head of the Southwest Florida list. 44 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. SLATER'S GOODS & PROVISIONS in Babcock Ranch dropped HP+Critical counts from 22 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (90.9% better). Kitchen-English translation: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern.
- SLATER'S GOODS & PROVISIONSBabcock Ranch
- LA CASITA AZUL RESTAURANT INC #2Bradenton1 BASScore 1
- PACIFIC COUNTERSarasota7 BASPestScore 57
- CULINARY CENTER AT ESPLANADE GOLF & COUNTRY CLUBLakewood Ranch
- FIRESTONE WOOD FIRED GRILLEFort Myers2 BASScore 2
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Clean Plates
459 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
459 licensees in Southwest Florida ran a clean plate across multiple inspections in the second quarter of 2026. A clean plate means they walked out of every inspection without a single high-priority violation to report. These operators do not rely on luck; they rely on discipline. Among those keeping it tight were OLDIES PUB and OBEES. COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FORT MYERS even stretched its streak to 22 inspections over roughly 5.5 years without a high-priority slip. That kind of consistency is rare, and it takes someone upstairs who refuses to let the standards slide.
- COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FORT MYERSFort Myers
- OLDIES PUBNorth Port
- OBEESEnglewood
- PASCONE'S RISTORANTEUniversity Park
- THE RANCHFort Myers
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🆕 New
New Owners
123 records this window
DBPR ownership-change records in the last 30 days — "Approve Change Owner Request" actions.
When the inspector's clipboard meets the temp log, the gap is the story: TWIN PEAKS in Sarasota, LOS 4 REYES LLC in Labelle and BRAZIL STREET FOOD in Cape Coral anchored the high end of the Southwest Florida file. 123 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.
- TWIN PEAKSSarasota
- LOS 4 REYES LLCLabelle
- BRAZIL STREET FOODCape Coral
- EBERT'S PIZZA KITCHENSebring
- METRO CAFE RESTAURANTEFort Myers
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Openings
29 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.
Heat, salt, time — and a citation if you're not careful: Total for Southwest Florida: 29 opening signals. 34 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 777 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records; 53 reopening, transfer, or reissue records tracked outside the new-opening headline. Current names include LIVE FISH in Clewiston, VYBE in Fort Myers and EMPANADAS THE LA COLOMBIANA in Bonita Springs. Ledger type mix: 777 new-license records and 45 reopenings and 34 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 279 Unknown and 55 Pizza. Area concentration: 143 FORT MYERS and 132 SARASOTA. Velocity check: 36 opening signals in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2024-07-01 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. Kitchen-English translation: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting. That is management, not mystery.
- LIVE FISHClewiston
- VYBEFort Myers
- EMPANADAS THE LA COLOMBIANABonita Springs
- HEIDI'S GERMAN RESTAURANTFort Myers
- UNABELLA28100Bonita Springs
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