Statewide frame: the Tampa Bay area's chronic density is 39% below the Florida average. the Tampa Bay area's current board shows 114 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Bar, 1 Brewery, 1 Cuban, and 1 Mexican. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
118 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
JIMMY JOHN'S #1127 in St. Petersburg, LA CEIBENA in Tampa and MINANO RAMEN in Tampa put the sharpest marks on the Tampa Bay area's list. 118 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 Greek, 1 Pizza, and 1 Ramen. 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.
- JIMMY JOHN'S #1127St. Petersburg1 HPScore 100last visit 2026-06-30
- LA CEIBENATampa1 HPPestScore 150last visit 2026-06-30
- MINANO RAMENTampa2 HP1 INT1 BASScore 211last visit 2026-05-07
- LITTLE CAESARSBushnell2 HP3 INT4 BASPestScore 284last visit 2025-08-08
- BOSPHORUS GYROS AND KEBABSLargo1 HP2 INT2 BASScore 122last visit 2026-07-01
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Near Miss
114 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
URBAN CANTINA in Tampa, CAFE RIVIERA in St. Pete Beach and COCOS CRUSH BAR NORTH BEACH in Clearwater Beach carried the front of this the Tampa Bay area file. 114 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.
- URBAN CANTINATampa5 HP6 INT7 BASPestScore 617last visit 2026-03-03
- CAFE RIVIERASt. Pete Beach4 HP1 INT3 BASScore 413last visit 2026-05-01
- COCOS CRUSH BAR NORTH BEACHClearwater Beach3 HP3 BASPestScore 353last visit 2026-02-24
- BIMBIMGO & MOCHINUTLutz3 HP4 INT3 BASPestScore 393last visit 2026-05-07
- CUBAN EATSTampa3 HP1 INTScore 310last visit 2026-02-10
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Closed/Delinquent
436 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.
ROLL IT ICE CREAM in Madeira Beach, ALBERT AND ALMETTA TREATS in Brandon and ALTA PINTA CALLEJERA in Tampa topped the the Tampa Bay area ledger this round. 4 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 830 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 448 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46) and 370 social or silence signal. Confidence mix: 446 suspected and 378 confirmed. Velocity check: 4 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2009-11-19 to 2026-06-12. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures.
- ROLL IT ICE CREAMMadeira Beachclosure score 2
- ALBERT AND ALMETTA TREATSBrandonclosure score 2
- ALTA PINTA CALLEJERATampaclosure score 2
- ANA COFFEE SHOP CORPTampaclosure score 2
- ANTHONY & LUCA'S PIZZA KITCHENPinellas Parkclosure score 2
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
170 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.
OH MY, BROTHER! I got news for you, Tampa Bay, yeah! A massive 170 restaurants with chronic violation records surfaced on the 11-year pattern view, and it is enough to get me HOT, brother! These bad actors have been running a dirty game for over a decade, and the inspectors are finally putting them in the spotlight YEAH! THE MADNESS IS RUNNING WILD, and these repeat offenders are leading the charge at CITRUS SPGS GOLF&COUNTRY CLUB and EL TENAMPA, yeah! When you see that kind of long-term pattern, it means they aren't making small mistakes—it is a full-blown failure to keep the kitchen clean for the families, YEAH!
- CITRUS SPGS GOLF&COUNTRY CLUBCitrus Springs8 HP5 INT14 BASScore 864Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
- EL TENAMPASt. Petersburg9 HP1 INT13 BASScore 923Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 01/13/2026
- GREEN TEAPort Richey9 HP3 INT8 BASScore 938Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
- KAWA JAPANESE STEAK HOUSE & SUSHINew Port Richey6 HP9 INT7 BASScore 697Active bad actorlast visit 06/05/2026
- SIRI'S GOURMET BURGERS & PIZZAGulf Port5 HP2 INT12 BASScore 532Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
34 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
LA GUANTANAMERA RESTAURANT in Seffner, STRANDHILL PUBLIC in Tampa and AHI SUSHI in St. Petersburg drew the loudest scorecard in the Tampa Bay area. 34 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. LA GUANTANAMERA RESTAURANT in Seffner dropped HP+Critical counts from 12 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (83.3% better). PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern.
- LA GUANTANAMERA RESTAURANTSeffner1 INT4 BASScore 14
- STRANDHILL PUBLICTampa
- AHI SUSHISt. Petersburg2 INT3 BASPestScore 73
- CULVER'S OF PLANT CITYPlant City1 INT4 BASPestScore 64
- CHIVES CATERINGSt. Petersburg
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Clean Plates
594 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
THE CREAM RISES TO THE TOP — OH YEAH! 594 Tampa Bay area licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections, yeah! I'm talking about the real dealers like BOBBY'S BISTRO & WINE BAR, I WANNA WOK, and SON OF A BRISKET BBQ. They stayed off the radar of the bad actors because they kept their kitchens spotless for the families and the children, brother! Stylin' out there like a CHAMPION, brother. They earned it by avoiding every high-priority violation—that's just a fancy way of saying they didn't give the inspector any reason to shut 'em down, yeah! BOBBY'S BISTRO & WINE BAR stretched a high-priority-free run to 17 inspections covering roughly 4.2 years. That is consistency, that is power, and that is what the people deserve YEAH!
- BOBBY'S BISTRO & WINE BARClearwater
- I WANNA WOKTampa
- SON OF A BRISKET BBQTampa
- DOUBLE EAGLE IIClearwater1 BASScore 1
- DUBLIN HOUSE PUBLargo
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🆕 New
New Owners
50 records this window
DBPR ownership-change records in the last 30 days — "Approve Change Owner Request" actions.
I GOT NEWS FOR YOU, BROTHER! In the Tampa Bay area, the ownership-change feed is leading the board with a massive 50 ownership-change filings in the 30-day window, yeah! These are operator turnovers where a new owner-of-record steps up on an existing license—it's a change of hands, not a closure or a cancellation, YEAH! DIG IT! The trend line shows this volume is even with the last public cut, brother. The cream rises to the top when these operators swap seats while keeping the lights on, yeah! They are staying in the game and moving the needle, YEAH!
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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.
the Tampa Bay area count: 43 opening signals. 90 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 986 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include MIKIE'S PARADISE in Hudson, BUDDY BREW COFFEE in Valrico and BOTECO BOSSA NOVA in Pinellas Park. Ledger type mix: 986 new-license records and 90 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 361 Unknown and 54 Pizza. Area concentration: 269 TAMPA and 73 CLEARWATER. Velocity check: 102 opening signals in the last 90 days, 49 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.
- MIKIE'S PARADISEHudson
- BUDDY BREW COFFEEValrico
- BOTECO BOSSA NOVAPinellas Park
- GALLO LOCOPlant City
- EARLY START BREAKFAST & LUNCHNew Port Richey
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