Mira, no me hagas la boca agua — Set against the state: North Florida's failure rate is 62% below the Florida average. North Florida carries 37 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 American, 1 Ice Cream, 1 Sandwiches, and 1 Seafood. Mija, in plain English: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county. Eat something — but not THERE.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
45 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Bueno, mein bubbeleh — CHAN'S CHINESE FOOD in Gainesville, PIZZA PER-BELLINI in Ocala and PEI WEI EXPRESS OR MANDARIN EXPRESS in Ocala carried the front of this North Florida file. 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. Mija, in plain English: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it. Qué barbaridad, mamala.
- 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
37 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Escuchame bien, hijita — JIN JIN 88 CHINESE RESTAURANT LLC #88 in Panama City Beach, SERENDIPITY SODA & SWEETS in High Springs and NORTHWEST GRILLE in Gainesville led the board in North Florida. 37 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. Mija, in plain English: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now. The heart wants what it wants, but the mouth deserves better.
- 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
212 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.
Bendito sea Dios — BASILICO PELLEGRINO'S ITALIAN CUISINE in Waldo, BLONDIES CAFÉ #13 in Branford and CHARO’S CATERING in Ocala anchored the high end of the North Florida file. 11 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 499 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: 281 suspected and 79 confirmed. Recency split: 11 in the last 90 days and 83 historical. Dated closure signals run from 2010-11-01 to 2026-06-01. Mija, in plain English: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures. Que Dios los ayude.
- 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
171 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.
Ay bendito, mija, listen to me. In North Florida, we found 171 restaurants with chronic violation records when looking at the 11-year pattern view—that means these places have been making the same mistakes for over a decade, a real mishegoss of a habit. Oy gevalt, qué desastre, look who is leading this shameful list: TIPSY COW BAR AND GRILL and FREDDY'S FROZEN CUSTARD & STEAKBURGERS. These are the ones coming up as bad actors, the kind of places that just cannot seem to keep a clean kitchen no matter how many times they get caught. Qué barbaridad, mamala.
- 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.
Tateleh, no me hagas reír — 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). Mija, in plain English: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern. Coño ya, bastante.
- 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.
Hijita, te lo digo — 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. Mija, in plain English: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking. Mejor no comas allí, mija.
- 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
44 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.
Dios mío, qué barbaridad — Total for North Florida: 44 opening signals. 5 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 197 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include LENNYS GRILL & SUBS 1004 in Pensacola, SUSHI KAI in Tallahassee and GENESE 129 in Hawthorne. Ledger type mix: 197 new-license records and 5 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 66 Unknown and 14 Pizza. Area concentration: 62 GAINESVILLE and 60 OCALA. Velocity check: 14 opening signals in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2024-07-01 to 2026-07-10. 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. Mija, in plain English: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting. I tell you, mija — feh.
- LENNYS GRILL & SUBS 1004Pensacola
- SUSHI KAITallahassee
- GENESE 129Hawthorne
- COMFORT INN & SUITESCrestview
- BOWLGainesville
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