Against the statewide grid: Miami-Dade County's chronic density is 26% below the Florida average. Miami-Dade County registers 118 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Cafe, 1 Chicken, 1 Cuban, and 1 Deli. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
69 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
The hurricane shutters are up; the inspections kept going: SWEET BUBBLE in Cutler Bay, CMX BRICKELL STONE SPORTS BAR in Miami and ANDREAS CAFETERIA & COFFEE SHOP in North Miami Beach drew the loudest scorecard in Miami-Dade County. 69 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 Bagels, 1 Daycare, 1 Donuts, and 1 Sports Bar. Trend line: emergency-order volume is steady against the last public cut. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it.
- SWEET BUBBLECutler Bay4 HP4 INT3 BASPestScore 493last visit 2025-12-01
- CMX BRICKELL STONE SPORTS BARMiami8 HP4 INT18 BASPestScore 908last visit 2026-05-20
- ANDREAS CAFETERIA & COFFEE SHOPNorth Miami Beach4 HP1 INT6 BASPestScore 466last visit 2025-11-12
- DUNKIN DONUTS #15Miami1 INT5 BASPestScore 65last visit 2026-07-09
- H&H BAGELSPinecrest4 HP2 INT9 BASPestScore 479last visit 2026-07-07
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Near Miss
118 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Before the cocktail hour, the auditors did their rounds: DR LIMON HOMESTEAD in Homestead, KELLY'S CAJUN GRILL in Miami and THE DAILY CREATIVE FOOD CO in Miami sat at the head of the Miami-Dade County list. 118 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. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now. The swamp, for once, is not the problem.
- DR LIMON HOMESTEADHomestead6 HP5 BASScore 605last visit 2026-01-13
- KELLY'S CAJUN GRILLMiami5 HP2 INT12 BASPestScore 582last visit 2026-01-05
- THE DAILY CREATIVE FOOD COMiami5 HP4 INT7 BASPestScore 597last visit 2026-01-21
- TACO SHOP MEXICAN GRILL 2Miami Lakes3 HP1 BASPestScore 351last visit 2025-10-31
- DELI LANE CAFESouth Miami3 HP1 INT11 BASPestScore 371last visit 2025-11-19
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Closed/Delinquent
422 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 menu did not mention this part, naturally: CASA D'ANGELO AVENTURA in Aventura, CHIMI EL TIGRE in Opa Locka and LEGENDAIRY MILKSHAKE BAR in Miami Beach ran away with the Miami-Dade County count. 7 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 15 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 392 social or silence signal and 202 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46). Confidence mix: 394 confirmed and 237 suspected. Velocity check: 22 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2009-11-14 to 2026-07-17. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures. The inspectors merely wrote down the punchline.
- CASA D'ANGELO AVENTURAAventuraclosure score 2
- CHIMI EL TIGREOpa Lockaclosure score 3
- LEGENDAIRY MILKSHAKE BARMiami Beachclosure score 3
- PSTG MEDIAMiamiclosure score 3
- WHIP N DIP 2Palmetto Bayclosure score 3
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
173 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.
Tropical storm or no, the citations keep landing: 173 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in Miami-Dade County on the 11-year pattern view, led by SANG'S CHINESE FOOD, MAY FU CHINESE RESTAURANT. The full repeat-offender record sits below. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator.
- SANG'S CHINESE FOODNorth Miami Beach8 HP5 INT16 BASScore 866Active bad actorlast visit 12/04/2025
- MAY FU CHINESE RESTAURANTMiami9 HP2 INT11 BASScore 931Active bad actorlast visit 03/04/2026
- CARIBBEAN KITCHEN 305Miami Gardens6 HP3 INT20 BASScore 650Active bad actorlast visit 01/28/2026
- ALEGRIA BY EL RANCHERITODoral7 HP8 INT19 BASScore 799Active bad actorlast visit 02/17/2026
- BON BAGAY RESTAURANT INCORPORATEDMiami3 HP2 INT3 BASScore 323Active bad actorlast visit 03/13/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
23 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
Only in Florida does this read like routine paperwork: CERVECERIA LA TROPICAL in Miami, ANTOJITOS 5 ESTRELLAS in Miami and LA UCHIRENA RAPID FOOD in Doral owned the top of the Miami-Dade County board. 23 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. CERVECERIA LA TROPICAL in Miami dropped HP+Critical counts from 10 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (80.0% better). For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern. The swamp, for once, is not the problem.
- CERVECERIA LA TROPICALMiami4 BASScore 4
- ANTOJITOS 5 ESTRELLASMiami
- LA UCHIRENA RAPID FOODDoral
- MUSEUM TOWER CAFEMiami3 INT5 BASPestScore 85
- PUERQUITO RELLENOHialeah2 INT5 BASPestScore 75
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Clean Plates
361 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Even the alligators in the parking lot have seen better: 361 Miami-Dade County licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — GOLD KOSHER CATERING, 2180 KITCHEN, ALL KIDS CATERING among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. GOLD KOSHER CATERING stretched a high-priority-free run to 19 inspections covering roughly 4.8 years. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking. The inspectors merely wrote down the punchline.
- GOLD KOSHER CATERINGNorth Miami1 BASScore 1
- 2180 KITCHENMiami
- ALL KIDS CATERINGOpa-Locka2 BASScore 2
- MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE AT BAPTIST HEALTHMiami1 BASPestScore 51
- 142A AIFI SMASHED BURGERMiami
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🆕 New
Openings
52 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.
Somewhere between the mop sink and the mangroves, the facts arrived: Total for Miami-Dade County: 52 opening signals. 159 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 1860 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include PREP INDUSTRY in Miami, HOT DOG INTERNATIONAL in Miami and HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS & SUITES MIAMI INTL AIRPORT 36 ST in Virginia Gardens. Ledger type mix: 1860 new-license records and 159 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 727 Unknown and 117 Cafe. Area concentration: 1080 MIAMI and 199 MIAMI BEACH. Velocity check: 292 opening signals in the last 90 days, 117 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2023-07-05 to 2026-07-16. 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. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting.
- PREP INDUSTRYMiami
- HOT DOG INTERNATIONALMiami
- HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS & SUITES MIAMI INTL AIRPORT 36 STVirginia Gardens
- DIRTY RABBITMiami
- BONDI SUSHIMiami
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