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BY MACHO MARV — METRO BRIEFING

Miami — Restaurant Inspection Briefing

Statewide frame: Miami-Dade County's chronic density is 26% below the Florida average. Miami-Dade County's current board shows 85 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 sandwiches, 1 Burgers, 1 Cuban, and 1 Fast Food. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county.

🔥 Alerts

Emergency Orders

67 records this window

Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.

DUNKIN DONUTS #15 in Miami, H&H BAGELS in Pinecrest and VICTORY RESTAURANT & LOUNGE in Miami ran away with the Miami-Dade County count. 67 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 Bagels, 1 Donuts, 1 Lounge, and 1 Seafood. Trend line: emergency-order volume is steady against the last public cut. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it.

  • DUNKIN DONUTS #15Miami1 INT5 BASScore 15last visit 2025-08-13
  • H&H BAGELSPinecrest4 HP2 INT9 BASPestScore 479last visit 2026-02-13
  • VICTORY RESTAURANT & LOUNGEMiami3 HP4 INT12 BASPestScore 402last visit 2026-06-30
  • Mr Lee's Chinese RestaurantMiami Lakes3 HP7 INT16 BASPestScore 436last visit 2026-06-30
  • Conch HeavenMiami11 HP8 INT28 BASPestScore 1258last visit 2026-06-29

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Near Miss

85 records this window

Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.

FANNYS RESTAURANT in Hialeah, LA RUEDA CAFETERIA in Hialeah and EL PRIMO RED TACOS in South Miami led the board in Miami-Dade County. 85 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. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now.

  • FANNYS RESTAURANTHialeah6 HP2 INT6 BASPestScore 676last visit 2026-02-17
  • LA RUEDA CAFETERIAHialeah5 HP4 INT8 BASPestScore 598last visit 2025-11-17
  • EL PRIMO RED TACOSSouth Miami5 HP4 INT8 BASPestScore 598last visit 2026-02-06
  • PHO TASTICMiami4 HP5 INT10 BASPestScore 510last visit 2026-03-09
  • BORED CUBANSouth Miami3 HP4 BASPestScore 354last visit 2026-02-06

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Closed/Delinquent

448 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.

CRAFT COCONUT GROVE in Miami, AMOK FOOD CATERING in Miami and BELLS DELICIOUS TAKE AWAY in Miami owned the top of the Miami-Dade County board. 7 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 3 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 392 social or silence signal and 225 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46). Confidence mix: 397 confirmed and 257 suspected. Velocity check: 10 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2009-11-14 to 2026-07-07. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures.

  • CRAFT COCONUT GROVEMiamiclosure score 3
  • AMOK FOOD CATERINGMiamiclosure score 2
  • BELLS DELICIOUS TAKE AWAYMiamiclosure score 2
  • CRISPY KRUNCHY CHICKENMiamiclosure score 2
  • EL CHURRASCASO GRILLMiamiclosure 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.

174 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in Miami-Dade County on the 11-year pattern view, led by SANG'S CHINESE FOOD, MAY FU CHINESE RESTAURANT. The full repeat-offender record sits below. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator.

  • SANG'S CHINESE FOODNorth Miami Beach8 HP5 INT16 BASScore 866Active bad actorlast visit 12/04/2025
  • MAY FU CHINESE RESTAURANTMiami9 HP2 INT11 BASScore 931Active bad actorlast visit 03/04/2026
  • BEACHES BAR & GRILL SUNRISE CAFEMiami Beach7 HP11 INT20 BASScore 830Active bad actorlast visit 03/23/2026
  • CARIBBEAN KITCHEN 305Miami Gardens6 HP3 INT20 BASScore 650Active bad actorlast visit 01/28/2026
  • ALEGRIA BY EL RANCHERITODoral7 HP8 INT19 BASScore 799Active bad actorlast visit 02/17/2026

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✨ Trusted

Most Improved

23 records this window

Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.

CARROT EXPRESS WEST KENDALL in Miami, ANTOJITOS 5 ESTRELLAS in Miami and LA UCHIRENA RAPID FOOD in Doral stacked up first across Miami-Dade County. 23 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. CARROT EXPRESS WEST KENDALL in Miami dropped HP+Critical counts from 22 to 4 across the two 12-month windows (81.8% better). PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern.

  • CARROT EXPRESS WEST KENDALLMiami2 INT2 BASScore 22
  • ANTOJITOS 5 ESTRELLASMiami
  • LA UCHIRENA RAPID FOODDoral
  • MUSEUM TOWER CAFEMiami3 INT5 BASPestScore 85
  • PUERQUITO RELLENOHialeah2 INT5 BASPestScore 75

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Clean Plates

360 records this window

Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.

360 Miami-Dade County licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — GOLD KOSHER CATERING, 2180 KITCHEN, ALL KIDS CATERING among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. GOLD KOSHER CATERING stretched a high-priority-free run to 19 inspections covering roughly 4.8 years. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking.

  • GOLD KOSHER CATERINGNorth Miami1 BASScore 1
  • 2180 KITCHENMiami
  • ALL KIDS CATERINGOpa-Locka2 BASScore 2
  • MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE AT BAPTIST HEALTHMiami1 BASPestScore 51
  • 142A AIFI SMASHED BURGERMiami

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🆕 New

Openings

50 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.

Miami-Dade County count: 50 opening signals. 290 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 841 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include YAMASHIRO MIAMI in Miami, ROSETTA BAKERY in Miami and JACKSON SOUL FOOD RESTAURANT in Miami. Ledger type mix: 841 new-license records and 290 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 351 Unknown and 62 Cafe. Area concentration: 621 MIAMI and 108 MIAMI BEACH. Velocity check: 326 opening signals in the last 90 days, 122 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. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting.

  • YAMASHIRO MIAMIMiami
  • ROSETTA BAKERYMiami
  • JACKSON SOUL FOOD RESTAURANTMiami
  • GRAND SALON RECEPTION HALLS AND BALLROOMSMiami
  • ACAI EXPRESSMiami

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