Set against the state: North Florida's failure rate is 60% below the Florida average. North Florida carries 35 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 fast-food spots, 1 American, 1 Diner, and 1 Sandwiches. 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.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
45 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
CHAN'S CHINESE FOOD in Gainesville, PIZZA PER-BELLINI in Ocala and PEI WEI EXPRESS OR MANDARIN EXPRESS in Ocala anchored the high end of the North Florida file. 45 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 Chinese, and 1 Fast Food. 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.
- CHAN'S CHINESE FOODGainesville2 HP1 INT6 BASPestScore 266last visit 2025-12-08
- 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
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Near Miss
35 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
OLE TIMES BUFFET in Lake City, SUBWAY in Lake City and SAN MARCOS MEXICAN GRILL in Panama City Beach put the sharpest marks on North Florida's list. 35 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. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now.
- OLE TIMES BUFFETLake City10 HP4 INT21 BASPestScore 1111last visit 2026-02-10
- SUBWAYLake City4 HP3 INT2 BASScore 432last visit 2025-10-06
- SAN MARCOS MEXICAN GRILLPanama City Beach4 HP2 INT12 BASScore 432
- JIN JIN SUPER KING BUFFETPanama City Beach5 HP3 INT8 BASPestScore 588
- SALTWATER GRILLPanama City Beach3 HP2 BASScore 302
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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.
BASILICO PELLEGRINO'S ITALIAN CUISINE in Waldo, BLONDIES CAFÉ #13 in Branford and CHARO’S CATERING in Ocala put the sharpest marks on North Florida's list. 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. 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.
- 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
174 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 decade plus of dietary mishaps has come to light in North Florida. An 11-year pattern view—essentially a long-term tracker for restaurants that treat health codes like mere suggestions—uncovered 174 establishments with chronic violation records. Leading this parade of repeat offenders are TIPSY COW BAR AND GRILL and FREDDY'S FROZEN CUSTARD & STEAKBURGERS. These are the bad actors, or the regular troublemakers who seem to have a permanent residency on the wrong side of the inspector's clipboard.
- 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
10 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
CHUYS in Gainesville, GATOR'S DOCKSIDE OF JONESVILLE in Newberry and LOG CABIN CAFE in Ocala drew the loudest scorecard in North Florida. 10 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). For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern.
- CHUYSGainesville1 INT2 BASScore 12
- GATOR'S DOCKSIDE OF JONESVILLENewberry4 BASScore 4
- LOG CABIN CAFEOcala1 INTScore 10
- METRO DINERGainesville1 INT4 BASPestScore 64
- FIGS & HONEY LLCOcala
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Clean Plates
717 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Even the alligators in the parking lot have seen better: managed to navigate the regulatory waters without hitting a single sandbar during the 90-day window of Q2 2026. These establishments pulled off what we call clean plates, which is just a polite way of saying they didn't serve up any health code nightmares during their recent inspections. Among the group keeping things sanitary were SAX GRILLE in [City], FRIENDSHIP PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH in [City], JUANAS PAGODAS in [City], and SAILORS GRILL in [City]. These aren't just one-hit wonders who got lucky with a single visit; they are consistent operators who faced repeat inspections without racking up any high-priority or intermediate violations. SAX GRILLE in [City] has turned this into an art form, stretching a streak of zero high-priority violations across 21 inspections spanning roughly 5.2 years.
- 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.
North Florida count: 43 opening signals. 5 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 195 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include MINI&ME PLAY CAFE in Pensacola, SAGE IN BLOOM in Pensacola and FLAVOR AND FUEL in Pensacola. Ledger type mix: 195 new-license records and 5 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 64 Unknown and 14 Pizza. Area concentration: 62 GAINESVILLE and 60 OCALA. Velocity check: 12 opening signals in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2024-07-01 to 2026-07-08. 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.
- MINI&ME PLAY CAFEPensacola
- SAGE IN BLOOMPensacola
- FLAVOR AND FUELPensacola
- COASTSIDE 30ASanta Rosa Beach
- COASTAL PANTRY COPensacola
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