Zoomed out to Florida: the Tampa Bay area's chronic density is 39% below the Florida average. the Tampa Bay area reports 114 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 diners, 1 American BBQ, 1 Bagels, and 1 Bar. 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
120 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Before the cocktail hour, the auditors did their rounds: DISCOVERY INDIAN CUISINE in Palm Harbor, ZAGORA CAFE in Tampa and NAUTICAL BREWS PIZZA in Clearwater headlined the the Tampa Bay area rundown. 120 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 Cafe, 1 Diner, and 1 Pizza. 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. The swamp, for once, is not the problem.
- DISCOVERY INDIAN CUISINEPalm Harbor3 HP3 INT9 BASPestScore 389last visit 2026-06-30
- ZAGORA CAFETampa1 HP2 INT2 BASPestScore 172last visit 2026-06-30
- NAUTICAL BREWS PIZZAClearwater1 HP1 BASScore 101last visit 2026-06-24
- FARANDULERO PIZZERIATampa4 HP3 INT5 BASPestScore 485last visit 2026-03-19
- HUNGRY HOWIES PIZZA AND SUBSSt. Petersburg2 HP4 INT4 BASPestScore 294last visit 2025-12-04
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Near Miss
114 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Even the alligators in the parking lot have seen better: EVE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT in Oldsmar, ZAMBIA SMOKEHOUSE in Tampa and LA PATRONA in Tampa topped the the Tampa Bay area ledger this round. 114 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. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now. The inspectors merely wrote down the punchline.
- EVE'S FAMILY RESTAURANTOldsmar5 HP3 INT6 BASScore 536last visit 2026-03-20
- ZAMBIA SMOKEHOUSETampa3 HP1 INT3 BASScore 313last visit 2026-05-01
- LA PATRONATampa4 HP3 INT2 BASScore 432last visit 2025-09-11
- 3 COINS DINERTampa4 HP7 BASPestScore 457last visit 2026-06-30
- EINSTEIN BROS BAGELS 3913Odessa3 HP1 INTScore 310last visit 2025-11-04
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Closed/Delinquent
440 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.
Down here, the inspector's clipboard reads like fiction: CAZADOR GRILL- VICA in Tampa, EL JEFE CAFE in Tampa and BRUNCH MUNCH in St. Petersburg drew the loudest scorecard in the Tampa Bay area. 9 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 16 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 409 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46) and 373 social or silence signal. Confidence mix: 406 suspected and 383 confirmed. Velocity check: 25 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2009-11-19 to 2026-07-16. 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 swamp, for once, is not the problem.
- CAZADOR GRILL- VICATampaclosure score 3
- EL JEFE CAFETampaclosure score 3
- BRUNCH MUNCHSt. Petersburgclosure score 3
- DRIFT KITCHENSt. Petersburgclosure score 3
- GEORGE'S HOT DOGSTampaclosure score 3
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
169 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.
The menu did not mention this part, naturally: 169 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. 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. The inspectors merely wrote down the punchline.
- 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
35 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
Somewhere between the mop sink and the mangroves, the facts arrived: 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. 35 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). For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern.
- 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
594 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Tropical storm or no, the citations keep landing: 594 the Tampa Bay area licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — BOBBY'S BISTRO & WINE BAR, I WANNA WOK, SON OF A BRISKET BBQ among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. BOBBY'S BISTRO & WINE BAR stretched a high-priority-free run to 17 inspections covering roughly 4.2 years. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking.
- 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
33 records this window
DBPR ownership-change records in the last 30 days — "Approve Change Owner Request" actions.
Only in Florida does this read like routine paperwork: The ownership-change feed pulled the heaviest numbers in the Tampa Bay area. 33 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. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: an ownership-change filing means a new operator took over the license; it does not mean the restaurant closed. The swamp, for once, is not the problem.
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Openings
41 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.
If you squint past the palm trees, the report is plain: Total for the Tampa Bay area: 41 opening signals. 54 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 2242 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include TRATTORIA NAPOLI in Zephyrhills, FICKLE PICKLE in Bushnell and CREAM N CRUNCH in Zephyrhills. Ledger type mix: 2242 new-license records and 54 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 920 Unknown and 105 Pizza. Area concentration: 601 TAMPA and 187 CLEARWATER. Velocity check: 170 opening signals in the last 90 days, 67 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. The inspectors merely wrote down the punchline.
- TRATTORIA NAPOLIZephyrhills
- FICKLE PICKLEBushnell
- CREAM N CRUNCHZephyrhills
- PRETZEL EMPIRE (PATION DECK KIOSK)Tarpon Springs
- GOLFOLOGYSt. Petersburg
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