Set against the state: North Florida's failure rate is 59% below the Florida average. North Florida carries 38 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 American, 1 Ice Cream, 1 Sandwiches, and 1 Seafood. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: 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 drew the loudest scorecard in North Florida. 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. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: 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
38 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
JIN JIN 88 CHINESE RESTAURANT LLC #88 in Panama City Beach, SERENDIPITY SODA & SWEETS in High Springs and NORTHWEST GRILLE in Gainesville drew the loudest scorecard in North Florida. 38 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. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now.
- JIN JIN 88 CHINESE RESTAURANT LLC #88Panama City Beach5 HP4 INT7 BASPestScore 597
- SERENDIPITY SODA & SWEETSHigh Springs4 HP1 INT1 BASScore 411last visit 2025-10-06
- NORTHWEST GRILLEGainesville3 HP8 BASPestScore 358last visit 2026-02-23
- OLE TIMES BUFFETLake City10 HP4 INT21 BASPestScore 1111last visit 2026-02-10
- SAN MARCOS MEXICAN GRILLPanama City Beach4 HP2 INT12 BASScore 432
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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 pulled the heaviest numbers in North Florida. 11 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 507 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 292 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46) and 67 social or silence signal. Confidence mix: 285 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. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: 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
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.
I GOT NEWS FOR YOU, BROTHER! In North Florida, we are looking at a staggering 173 restaurants with chronic violation records surfacing on the 11-year pattern view, yeah! These aren't just small slips—they are bad actors who have stayed in the spotlight of failure for over a decade. THE MADNESS IS RUNNING WILD, YEAH! TIPSY COW BAR AND GRILL and FREDDY'S FROZEN CUSTARD & STEAKBURGERS are leading the pack of repeat-offenders. I remember way back when these operators made a lot of promises to the inspector—promises that they did NOT keep, brother!
- 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 headlined the North Florida rundown. 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). PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: 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.
717 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. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking.
- 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 ledger: 43 opening signals. 5 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 196 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include GENESE 129 in Hawthorne, COMFORT INN & SUITES in Crestview and BOWL in Gainesville. Ledger type mix: 196 new-license records and 5 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 65 Unknown and 14 Pizza. Area concentration: 62 GAINESVILLE and 60 OCALA. Velocity check: 13 opening signals in the last 90 days, 11 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.
- GENESE 129Hawthorne
- COMFORT INN & SUITESCrestview
- BOWLGainesville
- MINI&ME PLAY CAFEPensacola
- SAGE IN BLOOMPensacola
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