An admin complaint clears a different liability than a closure does: 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. Translation for the public record: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county. The numbers are the story.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
41 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
The regulatory question is simple: CHAN'S CHINESE FOOD in Gainesville, PEI WEI EXPRESS OR MANDARIN EXPRESS in Ocala and PIZZA PER-BELLINI in Ocala carried the front of this North Florida file. 41 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. Translation for the public record: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it. That is not atmosphere; it is a compliance record.
- CHAN'S CHINESE FOODGainesville2 HP1 INT6 BASPestScore 266last visit 2025-12-08
- PEI WEI EXPRESS OR MANDARIN EXPRESSOcala1 BASPestScore 51last visit 2026-06-30
- PIZZA PER-BELLINIOcala1 BASPestScore 51last visit 2026-01-08
- 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.
The public record leaves one hard question: 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. Translation for the public record: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now. The numbers are the story.
- 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
223 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.
The inspection record spans eleven years; the pattern is clear: CHAMELEON TASTE THE CHANGE in Gainesville, COLLEGE DOG GAINESVILLE in Ocala and DAWG HAUS in Ocala anchored the high end of the North Florida file. 20 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 7 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 294 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46) and 67 social or silence signal. Confidence mix: 279 suspected and 83 confirmed. Velocity check: 16 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 16 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2010-11-01 to 2026-07-13. Translation for the public record: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures.
- CHAMELEON TASTE THE CHANGEGainesvilleclosure score 3
- COLLEGE DOG GAINESVILLEOcalaclosure score 3
- DAWG HAUSOcalaclosure score 3
- HAPPY LUMPIAOcalaclosure score 3
- ROCK N ROLL BBQ COMPANYOcalaclosure score 3
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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.
Florida statute 61C-1.002 sets the cadence; the inspectors honor it: 171 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in North Florida on the 11-year pattern view, led by TIPSY COW BAR AND GRILL, FREDDY'S FROZEN CUSTARD & STEAKBURGERS. The full repeat-offender record sits below. Translation for the public record: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator. That is not atmosphere; it is a compliance record.
- 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.
Three years of inspection records tell this story: 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). Translation for the public record: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern. The numbers are the story.
- 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.
This is the part operators cannot wave away: 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. Translation for the public record: 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
46 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.
Trajectory tells the truth statistics hide: Total for North Florida: 46 opening signals. 2 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 276 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: 276 new-license records and 2 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 95 Unknown and 16 Diner. Area concentration: 85 GAINESVILLE and 79 OCALA. Velocity check: 37 opening signals in the last 90 days, 19 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. Translation for the public record: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting. That is not atmosphere; it is a compliance record.
- LENNYS GRILL & SUBS 1004Pensacola
- SUSHI KAITallahassee
- GENESE 129Hawthorne
- COMFORT INN & SUITESCrestview
- BOWLGainesville
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