Folks, this is a turnover at the worst time: Florida baseline first: the Tampa Bay area's chronic density is 39% below the Florida average. the Tampa Bay area counts 113 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 cafes, 1 Brunch, 1 Diner, and 1 Gastropub. Box-score translation: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
115 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Coming in off the bench, the cold facts: APPLEBEE'S NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL & BAR in Tampa, LATIN FLAVORS BAR AND GRILL in Lady Lake and JIMMY JOHN'S #1127 in St. Petersburg sat at the head of the the Tampa Bay area list. 115 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 Latin American, 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. That is the box score.
- APPLEBEE'S NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL & BARTampa9 BASPestScore 59last visit 2026-02-05
- LATIN FLAVORS BAR AND GRILLLady Lake3 HP2 INT4 BASScore 324last visit 2026-05-07
- JIMMY JOHN'S #1127St. Petersburg1 HPPestScore 150last visit 2026-07-09
- LA CEIBENATampa1 HPPestScore 150last visit 2026-07-08
- LITTLE CAESARSBushnell2 HP3 INT4 BASPestScore 284last visit 2026-07-08
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Near Miss
113 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Tip-off, and the kitchen's already in foul trouble: COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT TAMPA NORTHWEST in Tampa, NEIGHBORHOOD JOE in St. Petersburg and SARKU JAPAN in Tampa sat at the head of the the Tampa Bay area list. 113 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. Box-score translation: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now. Come on now.
- COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT TAMPA NORTHWESTTampa4 HP1 INT5 BASScore 415last visit 2026-04-27
- NEIGHBORHOOD JOESt. Petersburg4 HP2 INT4 BASScore 424last visit 2025-12-17
- SARKU JAPANTampa3 HP2 INTScore 320last visit 2026-05-08
- CHINA HOUSETampa3 HP1 INT8 BASPestScore 368last visit 2026-06-30
- LITTLE GREEK CUISINEClearwater3 HP6 INT12 BASPestScore 422last visit 2026-05-06
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Closed/Delinquent
415 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.
Yo, check the replay on this one: BRUNCH MUNCH in St. Petersburg, DRIFT KITCHEN in St. Petersburg and GEORGE'S HOT DOGS in Tampa carried the front of this the Tampa Bay area file. 8 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 14 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 410 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46) and 371 social or silence signal. Confidence mix: 408 suspected and 380 confirmed. Velocity check: 22 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2009-11-19 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.
- BRUNCH MUNCHSt. Petersburgclosure score 3
- DRIFT KITCHENSt. Petersburgclosure score 3
- GEORGE'S HOT DOGSTampaclosure score 3
- HOME SLICE PIZZA COTampaclosure score 3
- MJ'S SMILES FOR MILES FOOD TRUCK LLCTampaclosure score 3
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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.
Listen, fam, here's the tape: 170 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in the Tampa Bay area on the 11-year pattern view, led by DELHI PALACE, PHO KIEN GIANG. 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. That is the box score.
- DELHI PALACEClearwater10 HP4 INT15 BASScore 1055Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 05/20/2026
- PHO KIEN GIANGPinellas Park14 HP7 INT22 BASScore 1492Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 03/31/2026
- EL SANTAFE MEXICAN GRILLLargo10 HP9 INT19 BASScore 1109Active bad actorlast visit 04/28/2026
- WINGHOUSE BAR AND GRILLTampa8 HP3 INT15 BASScore 845Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
- I THAI AND SUSHILargo9 HP7 INT5 BASScore 975Active bad actorCurrently Activelast 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.
Look, the box score doesn't lie: LA GUANTANAMERA RESTAURANT in Seffner, STRANDHILL PUBLIC in Tampa and AHI SUSHI in St. Petersburg put the sharpest marks on the Tampa Bay area's list. 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). Box-score translation: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern. Come on now.
- 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
595 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Listen up, because this is what we want to see in Tampa Bay. We got 595 licensees who kept it locked down during the second quarter of 2026 inspections. They showed up clean—no major flags anywhere. BOBBY'S BISTRO & WINE BAR, I WANNA WOK, and SON OF A BRISKET BBQ are just a few names from that tight crew. These operators earned it by staying perfect across multiple visits, not just getting lucky once in the 90-day window. Look at BOBBY'S BISTRO & WINE BAR; they stretched out a run of inspections with zero high-priority violations for 17 separate checks. That’s almost four and a half years without a stumble. You gotta respect that consistency!
- 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
48 records this window
DBPR ownership-change records in the last 30 days — "Approve Change Owner Request" actions.
Bottom line for the home crowd: The ownership-change feed owned the top of the the Tampa Bay area board. 48 ownership-change filings posted in the 30-day window. Trend line: ownership-change volume is even with the last public cut. These are operator turnovers — a new owner-of-record on an existing license — not closures, cancellations, or revocations. Box-score translation: an ownership-change filing means a new operator took over the license; it does not mean the restaurant closed.
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Openings
40 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.
Alright, gang, roll the highlight reel: the Tampa Bay area count: 40 opening signals. 59 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 2239 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include PRETZEL EMPIRE (PATION DECK KIOSK) in Tarpon Springs, GOLFOLOGY in St. Petersburg and MANOU'S DELIGHT in Tampa. Ledger type mix: 2239 new-license records and 59 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 918 Unknown and 105 Pizza. Area concentration: 603 TAMPA and 187 CLEARWATER. Velocity check: 178 opening signals in the last 90 days, 72 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2023-07-05 to 2026-07-15. 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. That is the box score.
- PRETZEL EMPIRE (PATION DECK KIOSK)Tarpon Springs
- GOLFOLOGYSt. Petersburg
- MANOU'S DELIGHTTampa
- HUMMUS REPUBLICWesley Chapel
- HARUMiddleton
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