Statewide read: Southwest Florida's failure rate is 37% above the Florida average. Southwest Florida posts 96 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 pizza spots, 1 Cafe, 1 Fast Food, and 1 Italian. 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
55 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
MCDONALD'S RESTAURANTS OF FLORIDA INC in Wauchula, Taqueria Ramirez in Fort Myers and Binto Thai Naples Blvd in Naples sat at the head of the Southwest Florida list. 55 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 Fast Food, 1 Juice/Smoothie, and 1 Sushi. 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.
- MCDONALD'S RESTAURANTS OF FLORIDA INCWauchula1 HP1 INT4 BASPestScore 164last visit 2026-04-08
- 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
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Near Miss
96 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
PHO CALI in Sarasota, WENDY'S in Bradenton and LQ RESTAURANT ON MAIN in Sarasota anchored the high end of the Southwest Florida file. 96 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.
- PHO CALISarasota5 HP2 INTScore 520last visit 2025-10-23
- WENDY'SBradenton4 HP1 INT3 BASPestScore 463last visit 2025-11-07
- LQ RESTAURANT ON MAINSarasota3 HP2 BASScore 302last visit 2025-11-03
- BOCCA LUPO COAL FIRED PIZZANorth Port3 HP1 INT5 BASPestScore 365last visit 2026-06-30
- BLUE DOLPHIN CAFESarasota3 HP1 INT2 BASScore 312last visit 2025-12-19
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Closed/Delinquent
237 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.
941TACOS LLC in Bradenton, ANTOJITOS LOS 3 CARNALES in Bradenton and B-TOWN MARKET PLACE in Bradenton stacked up first across Southwest Florida. 3 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 388 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 285 social or silence signal and 211 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46). Confidence mix: 284 confirmed and 217 suspected. Velocity check: 3 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days. Dated closure signals run from 2010-11-01 to 2026-05-29. 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.
- 941TACOS LLCBradentonclosure score 2
- ANTOJITOS LOS 3 CARNALESBradentonclosure score 2
- B-TOWN MARKET PLACEBradentonclosure score 2
- BOATHOUSE TIKI BAR & GRILLCape Coralclosure score 2
- BREAKFAST 2 GO LLCGrove Cityclosure score 2
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
179 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 slow-moving hurricane of sanitation failures is sweeping through Southwest Florida. A deep dive into the records reveals 179 restaurants with chronic violation histories, a group we call bad actors—essentially the regular troublemakers who treat food safety like a suggestion rather than a rule. The list of repeat offenders shows some familiar names leading the pack. CHINA KITCHEN and SIAM THAI sit at the top of this eleven-year pattern, proving that some kitchen habits are harder to break than a Florida drought.
- 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
41 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
SLATER'S GOODS & PROVISIONS in Babcock Ranch, LA CASITA AZUL RESTAURANT INC #2 in Bradenton and PACIFIC COUNTER in Sarasota topped the Southwest Florida ledger this round. 41 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). For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: 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
458 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
In a stretch of Southwest Florida where the humidity is heavy and the food safety standards can sometimes feel as thin as a cheap napkin, 458 licensees managed to navigate the last 90-day window without tripping over a single major violation. This isn't just about luck or a single favorable visit from a state inspector; it represents a clean plate, meaning these kitchens kept their records free of any significant red flags throughout multiple inspections in the second quarter of 2026. The list of operators maintaining this level of discipline includes OLDIES PUB and OBEES, along with COMMERCIAL KITCHEN in Fort Myers. The latter has turned cleanliness into a long-term endurance sport, stretching a streak of 22 consecutive inspections without a single high-priority violation across roughly 5.5 years.
- COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FORT MYERSFort Myers
- OLDIES PUBNorth Port
- OBEESEnglewood
- PASCONE'S RISTORANTEUniversity Park
- THE RANCHFort Myers
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🆕 New
Openings
47 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.
Southwest Florida ledger: 47 opening signals. 35 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 779 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include CLASE AZUL MODERN MEXICAN CUISINE in Cape Coral, HUNGRY HOWIES in Nokomis and HARDEE'S in Fort Myers. Ledger type mix: 779 new-license records and 35 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 274 Unknown and 50 Pizza. Area concentration: 134 FORT MYERS and 125 SARASOTA. Velocity check: 37 opening signals in the last 90 days, 10 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.
- CLASE AZUL MODERN MEXICAN CUISINECape Coral
- HUNGRY HOWIESNokomis
- HARDEE'SFort Myers
- CADILLAC JACK'S HONKYTONK SALOONSarasota
- UMI SUSHIFort Myers
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