Benchmarked statewide: the Orlando area's failure rate is 52% above the Florida average. the Orlando area holds 177 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Cafe, 1 Chinese, 1 Dim Sum, and 1 Greek. 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
102 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Tropical storm or no, the citations keep landing: CHINA LEE in Orlando, McKenna's Place Seafood Sports & Spirits in Port Orange and Orange Social in Orange City stacked up first across the Orlando area. 102 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 American, 1 Bar, 1 Chinese, and 1 Sports Bar. 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.
- CHINA LEEOrlando5 HP3 INT14 BASPestScore 594last visit 2026-06-30
- McKenna's Place Seafood Sports & SpiritsPort Orange9 HP6 INT16 BASPestScore 1026last visit 2026-06-30
- Orange SocialOrange City8 HP3 INT7 BASPestScore 887last visit 2026-06-29
- Taco N FuegoSt. Cloud1 BASScore 1last visit 2026-06-24
- Cedar Grill ClermontClermont6 HP5 INT24 BASPestScore 724last visit 2026-06-23
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Near Miss
177 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Only in Florida does this read like routine paperwork: THE BAYOU KITCHEN & LOUNGE in Longwood, SALT SHACK ON THE LAKE in Clermont and GREEN HOUSE CHINESE RESTAURANT in Orlando owned the top of the the Orlando area board. 177 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. The swamp, for once, is not the problem.
- THE BAYOU KITCHEN & LOUNGELongwood5 HP5 INT6 BASPestScore 606last visit 2026-01-20
- SALT SHACK ON THE LAKEClermont5 HP6 INT13 BASPestScore 623last visit 2026-05-13
- GREEN HOUSE CHINESE RESTAURANTOrlando4 HP1 INT14 BASPestScore 474last visit 2026-01-14
- RITZ CARLTON / HIGHBALL & HARVESTOrlando3 HP3 INT1 BASPestScore 381last visit 2026-04-13
- THE AREPA STATIONOrlando3 HP2 INT8 BASPestScore 378last visit 2026-01-13
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Closed/Delinquent
948 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.
If you squint past the palm trees, the report is plain: BOB'S DINER in Orlando, 3RD SUNDAY'S CUISINE in Kissimmee and A W BBQ SEAFOOD AND MORE, in Cocoa ran away with the the Orlando area count. 7 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 1832 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 1007 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46) and 622 social or silence signal. Confidence mix: 1010 suspected and 635 confirmed. Velocity check: 7 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2010-03-20 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. The inspectors merely wrote down the punchline.
- BOB'S DINEROrlandoclosure score 2
- 3RD SUNDAY'S CUISINEKissimmeeclosure score 2
- A W BBQ SEAFOOD AND MORE,Cocoaclosure score 2
- ACAI BRAZILOrlandoclosure score 2
- AL GARETE FOODOrlandoclosure score 2
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⚠️ Caution
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.
Somewhere between the mop sink and the mangroves, the facts arrived: 173 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in the Orlando area on the 11-year pattern view, led by PARCHED OAK, MARYLAND FRIED CHICKEN. The full repeat-offender record sits below. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator.
- PARCHED OAKDeland7 HP6 INT9 BASScore 769Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
- MARYLAND FRIED CHICKENOrlando5 HP6 INT12 BASScore 572Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
- EATS & SWEETS BY MICHEAL LLCOrange City6 HP2 INT9 BASScore 629Active bad actorlast visit 04/02/2026
- VENEMEXDaytona Beach13 HP8 INT24 BASScore 1404Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 05/26/2026
- STONER'S PIZZA JOINT DAYTONADaytona Beach3 HP2 INT10 BASScore 330Active bad actorlast visit 03/10/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
46 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
Down here, the inspector's clipboard reads like fiction: VICTORIOS OYSTER BAR & GRILLE in Longwood, EIGHTY TWENTY ORLANDO in Orlando and OAK HOUSE in Lady Lake topped the the Orlando area ledger this round. 46 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. VICTORIOS OYSTER BAR & GRILLE in Longwood dropped HP+Critical counts from 18 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (88.9% better). For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern. The swamp, for once, is not the problem.
- VICTORIOS OYSTER BAR & GRILLELongwood1 INT3 BASPestScore 63
- EIGHTY TWENTY ORLANDOOrlando2 INT4 BASScore 24
- OAK HOUSELady Lake1 INTScore 10
- LA QUINTA INN AND SUITESOrlando2 BASPestScore 52
- PORCH SOUTH ORANGEOrlando4 BASPestScore 54
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Clean Plates
859 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
859 the Orlando area licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — GA FOODS, FLAME TREE BBQ, NOBLE PURSUIT FLORIDA, LLC among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. GA FOODS stretched a high-priority-free run to 23 inspections covering roughly 5.8 years. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking.
- GA FOODSOrlando1 BASScore 1
- FLAME TREE BBQLake Buena Vista1 BASScore 1
- NOBLE PURSUIT FLORIDA, LLCHaines City3 BASPestScore 53
- KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKENLake Wales3 BASPestScore 53
- EAGLE'S NESTWinter Haven
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🆕 New
New Owners
134 records this window
DBPR ownership-change records in the last 30 days — "Approve Change Owner Request" actions.
The menu did not mention this part, naturally: The ownership-change feed put the sharpest marks on the Orlando area's list. 134 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. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: an ownership-change filing means a new operator took over the license; it does not mean the restaurant closed. The inspectors merely wrote down the punchline.
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Openings
40 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.
South of the I-4 corridor, the violations get colorful: Current the Orlando area tally: 40 opening signals. 90 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 1443 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include TRI ROOTS CAFE LLC in Mount Dora, SCOOPED AND STUFFED in Clermont and FRESH MONKEE HIGHLAND CITY in Lakeland. Ledger type mix: 1443 new-license records and 90 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 519 Unknown and 71 Pizza. Area concentration: 413 ORLANDO and 86 KISSIMMEE. Velocity check: 110 opening signals in the last 90 days, 78 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2024-07-01 to 2026-07-09. 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.
- TRI ROOTS CAFE LLCMount Dora
- SCOOPED AND STUFFEDClermont
- FRESH MONKEE HIGHLAND CITYLakeland
- FIRE BLOOM COASTAL KITCHENCocoa Beach
- BYB VENDING LLCOrmond Beach
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