Statewide frame: Southwest Florida's failure rate is 33% above the Florida average. Southwest Florida's current board shows 100 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 fast-food spots, 2 pizza spots, 2 sushi bars, and 1 Bagels. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
56 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
THE OMELET SHOP/DRIFTERS in Cape Coral, MCDONALD'S RESTAURANTS OF FLORIDA INC in Wauchula and Taqueria Ramirez in Fort Myers anchored the high end of the Southwest Florida file. 56 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. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it.
- THE OMELET SHOP/DRIFTERSCape Coral5 HP1 INT9 BASPestScore 569last visit 2026-01-27
- 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
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Near Miss
100 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
SPICE STATION in Sarasota, CULVER'S OF PARRISH in Parrish and JERSEY GIRL BAGELS in Parrish ran away with the Southwest Florida count. 100 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.
- SPICE STATIONSarasota4 HP1 INT1 BASPestScore 461last visit 2025-11-17
- CULVER'S OF PARRISHParrish3 HP2 INT4 BASPestScore 374last visit 2026-03-13
- JERSEY GIRL BAGELSParrish3 HP1 BASScore 301last visit 2026-02-23
- SZECHUAN CHINESE RESTAURANTNaples3 HP5 BASPestScore 355last visit 2026-06-30
- PHO CALISarasota5 HP2 INTScore 520last visit 2025-10-23
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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 put the sharpest marks on Southwest Florida's list. 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. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: 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.
179 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in Southwest Florida on the 11-year pattern view, led by CHINA KITCHEN, SIAM THAI. 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.
- CHINA KITCHENSarasota8 HP6 BASScore 806Active bad actorlast visit 10/31/2025
- SIAM THAIBradenton7 HP4 INT3 BASScore 743Active bad actorCurrently Activelast 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
43 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 led the board in Southwest Florida. 43 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). PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: 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.
458 Southwest Florida licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FORT MYERS, OLDIES PUB, OBEES among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FORT MYERS stretched a high-priority-free run to 22 inspections covering roughly 5.5 years. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking.
- 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, QUE CHILERO in Naples and NCN KOLUCAN in Sarasota. Ledger type mix: 779 new-license records and 35 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 273 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. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting.
- CLASE AZUL MODERN MEXICAN CUISINECape Coral
- QUE CHILERONaples
- NCN KOLUCANSarasota
- HUNGRY HOWIESNokomis
- HARDEE'SFort Myers
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