Tip-off, and the kitchen's already in foul trouble: Florida baseline first: North Florida's failure rate is 62% below the Florida average. North Florida counts 39 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Bakery, 1 Burgers, 1 Desserts, and 1 Ice Cream. Box-score translation: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county. Come on now.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
42 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Bottom line for the home crowd: POPEYES LOUISIANA KITCHEN #139 in Tallahassee, THE HUB FAMILY RESTAURANT in Crestview and CHAN'S CHINESE FOOD in Gainesville led the board in North Florida. 42 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 Chinese, and 1 Pizza. Trend line: emergency-order volume is steady against the last public cut. Box-score translation: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it.
- POPEYES LOUISIANA KITCHEN #139Tallahassee2 HP2 INT2 BASScore 222
- THE HUB FAMILY RESTAURANTCrestview1 HP1 BASScore 101
- CHAN'S CHINESE FOODGainesville2 HP1 INT6 BASPestScore 266last visit 2026-07-08
- PEI WEI EXPRESS OR MANDARIN EXPRESSOcala1 BASPestScore 51last visit 2026-07-07
- PIZZA PER-BELLINIOcala1 BASPestScore 51last visit 2026-07-07
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Near Miss
39 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Listen, fam, here's the tape: WAKO JAPANESE CUISINE in Pensacola, DRAGON BOWL SUSHI & ASIAN FUSION in Panama City and MANGO BICHE MIA OAKS in Gainesville sat at the head of the North Florida list. 39 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. Box-score translation: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now. That is the box score.
- WAKO JAPANESE CUISINEPensacola6 HP4 BASPestScore 654
- DRAGON BOWL SUSHI & ASIAN FUSIONPanama City5 HP6 INT8 BASScore 568
- MANGO BICHE MIA OAKSGainesville3 HP2 INT3 BASPestScore 373last visit 2026-02-09
- BURGER HEAVEN ON 27Branford3 HP5 INT6 BASPestScore 406last visit 2025-11-13
- LET'S EAT FRESHOcala3 HP3 INT8 BASPestScore 388last visit 2026-04-09
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Closed/Delinquent
218 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.
Hot take incoming, and the stats back it: CHAMELEON TASTE THE CHANGE in Gainesville, COLLEGE DOG GAINESVILLE in Ocala and DAWG HAUS in Ocala ran away with the North Florida count. 19 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: 286 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46) and 67 social or silence signal. Confidence mix: 274 suspected and 81 confirmed. Velocity check: 15 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2010-11-01 to 2026-07-13. Box-score translation: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures. Come on now.
- 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.
Yo, check the replay on this one: 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. Box-score translation: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator.
- 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.
Alright, gang, roll the highlight reel: CHUYS in Gainesville, GATOR'S DOCKSIDE OF JONESVILLE in Newberry and LOG CABIN CAFE in Ocala carried the front of this North Florida file. 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). Box-score translation: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern. That is the box score.
- 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
718 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Look, the box score doesn't lie: 718 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. Box-score translation: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking. Come on now.
- 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
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.
Buckle up, because the numbers got loud: North Florida count: 47 opening signals. 1 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 499 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include SALTWATER'S WINE BAR in Santa Rosa Beach, SOUTHERN RAINS ANTIQUES & SWEETS in Cross City and CHERRY'S ICE CREAM & COFFEE SHOP in Mc Alpin. Ledger type mix: 499 new-license records and 1 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 185 Unknown and 30 Fast Food. Area concentration: 160 OCALA and 154 GAINESVILLE. Velocity check: 40 opening signals in the last 90 days, 22 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2023-07-06 to 2026-07-14. 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. Box-score translation: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting.
- SALTWATER'S WINE BARSanta Rosa Beach
- SOUTHERN RAINS ANTIQUES & SWEETSCross City
- CHERRY'S ICE CREAM & COFFEE SHOPMc Alpin
- LENNYS GRILL & SUBS 1004Pensacola
- SUSHI KAITallahassee
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