Whaddya gonna do, the file speaks for itself: Statewide frame: North Florida's failure rate is 61% below the Florida average. North Florida's current board shows 32 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 fast-food spots, 1 Deli, 1 Diner, and 1 Filipino. In plain Jersey: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county, capisce? Capisce?
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
44 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Madonn', here we go again: PIZZA PER-BELLINI in Ocala, PEI WEI EXPRESS OR MANDARIN EXPRESS in Ocala and Hardee's in Chiefland stacked up first across North Florida. 44 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 Asian, 1 Bar, 1 Cafe, and 1 Fast Food. 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? What're you gonna do.
- PIZZA PER-BELLINIOcala1 BASScore 1last visit 2026-01-08
- PEI WEI EXPRESS OR MANDARIN EXPRESSOcala1 BASScore 1last visit 2026-06-30
- Hardee'sChiefland3 HP1 INT8 BASPestScore 368last visit 2026-06-25
- Mom's OGGainesville8 HP3 INT12 BASPestScore 892last visit 2026-06-23
- American GraceTrenton10 HP1 INT16 BASPestScore 1076last visit 2026-06-16
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Near Miss
32 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Fuhgeddaboudit, the paperwork says it all: BRICKS AND BARLEY PIZZA in Panama City Beach, SALTWATER GRILL in Panama City Beach and MEHDIS in Panama City Beach ran away with the North Florida count. 32 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 BAS. In plain Jersey: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now, capisce? Capisce?
- BRICKS AND BARLEY PIZZAPanama City Beach3 HP2 INT2 BASScore 322
- SALTWATER GRILLPanama City Beach3 HP2 BASScore 302
- MEHDISPanama City Beach4 HP3 INT2 BASScore 432
- TACO BELL #042917Gainesville3 HP1 INT5 BASScore 315last visit 2026-06-30
- MCDONALDS 20147Ocala3 HP1 INT3 BASPestScore 363last visit 2026-06-04
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Closed/Delinquent
201 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.
Look, I seen this movie before: BASILICO PELLEGRINO'S ITALIAN CUISINE in Waldo, BLONDIES CAFÉ #13 in Branford and CHARO’S CATERING in Ocala drew the loudest scorecard in North Florida. 11 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 509 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 293 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46) and 67 social or silence signal. Confidence mix: 286 suspected and 75 confirmed. Recency split: 11 in the last 90 days and 83 historical. Dated closure signals run from 2010-11-01 to 2026-06-01. 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?
- BASILICO PELLEGRINO'S ITALIAN CUISINEWaldoclosure score 2
- BLONDIES CAFÉ #13Branfordclosure score 2
- CHARO’S CATERINGOcalaclosure score 2
- CITY FRESHLake Cityclosure score 2
- COOKING UP MAGICLive Oakclosure score 2
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
175 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.
Fuhgeddaboudit, you wanna know who's been slacking off in North Florida? Inspectors with the state found 175 restaurants with chronic violation records recently. It is what it is; these are the operators that keep tripping up the law over and over again. TIPSY COW BAR AND GRILL and FREDDY'S FROZEN CUSTARD & STEAKBURGERS lead this whole mess of repeat offenders. Capisce? That 11-year pattern view just shows you who ain't learning their lesson, these cugines.
- TIPSY COW BAR AND GRILLCedar Key7 HP5 INT2 BASScore 752Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 06/30/2026
- FREDDY'S FROZEN CUSTARD & STEAKBURGERSOcala7 HP2 INT9 BASScore 729Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
- DAIRY QUEEN OF CROSS CITYCross City4 HP7 INT18 BASScore 488Active bad actorlast visit 06/24/2026
- BROAD STRIPES GOLF & SOCIAL CLUBSummerfield5 HP3 INT8 BASScore 538Active bad actorlast visit 12/05/2025
- LOS AVINA MEXICAN RESTURANTNewberry9 HP3 INT6 BASScore 936Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 04/24/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
11 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
Lemme tell you somethin' about this joint: CHUYS in Gainesville, GATOR'S DOCKSIDE OF JONESVILLE in Newberry and LOG CABIN CAFE in Ocala stacked up first across North Florida. 11 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. CHUYS in Gainesville dropped HP+Critical counts from 10 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (80.0% better). In plain Jersey: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern, capisce? What're you gonna do.
- CHUYSGainesville1 INT2 BASScore 12
- GATOR'S DOCKSIDE OF JONESVILLENewberry4 BASScore 4
- LOG CABIN CAFEOcala1 INTScore 10
- METRO DINERGainesville1 INT4 BASPestScore 64
- WENDY'S 13612Gainesville
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Clean Plates
716 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
I'm tellin' ya, this ain't complicated: 716 North Florida licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — SAX GRILLE, FRIENDSHIP PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH, JUANAS PAGODAS AND SAILORS GRILL among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. SAX GRILLE stretched a high-priority-free run to 21 inspections covering roughly 5.2 years. In plain Jersey: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking, capisce?
- SAX GRILLEFort Walton Beach
- FRIENDSHIP PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCHTallahassee
- JUANAS PAGODAS AND SAILORS GRILLNavarre
- CATERING BY BOBPanama City
- FAMILY TY'S GOOD EATSPensacola
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🆕 New
Openings
43 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.
Capisce? Then read the citation: Total for North Florida: 43 opening signals. 5 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 194 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include SAGE IN BLOOM in Pensacola, FLAVOR AND FUEL in Pensacola and COASTSIDE 30A in Santa Rosa Beach. Ledger type mix: 194 new-license records and 5 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 63 Unknown and 14 Pizza. Area concentration: 62 GAINESVILLE and 60 OCALA. Velocity check: 11 opening signals in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2024-07-01 to 2026-07-07. 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?
- SAGE IN BLOOMPensacola
- FLAVOR AND FUELPensacola
- COASTSIDE 30ASanta Rosa Beach
- COASTAL PANTRY COPensacola
- ALLAN'S TABLE ON WHEELSPensacola
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