Start with the state: Palm Beach County's chronic density is 31% above the Florida average. Palm Beach County sits at 80 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 American, 1 Bagels, 1 Brewery, and 1 Fast Food. 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
71 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
If you squint past the palm trees, the report is plain: THE ORIGINAL PANCAKE HOUSE in Royal Palm Beach, TOM SAWYER RESTAURANT & PASTRY SHOP in Boca Raton and LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA in Palm Springs pulled the heaviest numbers in Palm Beach County. 71 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: 2 brunch spots, and 2 pizza spots. 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 inspectors merely wrote down the punchline.
- THE ORIGINAL PANCAKE HOUSERoyal Palm Beach3 HP1 INT4 BASPestScore 364last visit 2026-01-13
- TOM SAWYER RESTAURANT & PASTRY SHOPBoca Raton14 HP4 INT2 BASScore 1442last visit 2025-11-12
- LITTLE CAESARS PIZZAPalm Springs3 HPScore 300last visit 2025-09-23
- ANTHONY'S COAL FIRED PIZZABoca Raton6 HP2 INT1 BASScore 621last visit 2026-06-08
- CASTING CARIBBEAN RESTO LLCDelray Beach5 HP3 BASScore 503last visit 2025-12-02
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Near Miss
80 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
South of the I-4 corridor, the violations get colorful: CITY OYSTER in Delray Beach, THE OLIVE GARDEN ITALIAN RESTAURANT 6445 in West Palm Beach and NOBO BREWING COMPANY in Boynton Beach owned the top of the Palm Beach County board. 80 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.
- CITY OYSTERDelray Beach6 HP1 INT2 BASPestScore 662last visit 2026-01-23
- THE OLIVE GARDEN ITALIAN RESTAURANT 6445West Palm Beach5 HP2 INT1 BASScore 521last visit 2026-02-24
- NOBO BREWING COMPANYBoynton Beach3 HP2 INTScore 320last visit 2026-01-14
- MAKEB'S BAGELSWest Palm Beach6 HP1 INT2 BASPestScore 662last visit 2026-01-07
- DELRAY BEACH CLUBDelray Beach5 HP2 INT1 BASPestScore 571last visit 2026-01-16
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Closed/Delinquent
121 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.
Before the cocktail hour, the auditors did their rounds: TROPICAL SMOKEHOUSE in West Palm Beach, TROPICAL SMOKEHOUSE in Delray Beach and LPP CAFE BOCA LLC in Boca Raton led the board in Palm Beach County. 8 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 8 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 114 social or silence signal and 87 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46). Confidence mix: 115 confirmed and 97 suspected. Velocity check: 16 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2010-11-01 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 swamp, for once, is not the problem.
- TROPICAL SMOKEHOUSEWest Palm Beachclosure score 3
- TROPICAL SMOKEHOUSEDelray Beachclosure score 3
- LPP CAFE BOCA LLCBoca Ratonclosure score 3
- BLAZE FL STORE 4 LLCBoca Ratonclosure score 3
- RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTTBoca Ratonclosure score 3
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
174 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.
Out where the heat melts the rules, here is the count: 174 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in Palm Beach County on the 11-year pattern view, led by MIKES WINGS & SEAFOOD, MR MACK ISLAND GRILL. 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.
- MIKES WINGS & SEAFOODGreenacres7 HPScore 700Active bad actorlast visit 10/13/2025
- MR MACK ISLAND GRILLWest Palm Beach12 HP3 INT1 BASScore 1231Active bad actorlast visit 05/11/2026
- SBARROWellington5 HP1 INT2 BASScore 512Active bad actorlast visit 09/23/2025
- RAJAWellington10 HP3 INT1 BASScore 1031Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
- EL SITIO RESTAURANT AND BAKERYRoyal Palm Beach10 HP5 INT16 BASScore 1066Active bad actorlast visit 06/24/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
19 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
The hurricane shutters are up; the inspections kept going: ELISABETTA'S/BAR CAPRI in West Palm Beach, RISTORANTE SANTUCCI in West Palm Beach and ELMO'S ROCK BAR & GRILL INC in Boynton Beach owned the top of the Palm Beach County board. 19 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. ELISABETTA'S/BAR CAPRI in West Palm Beach dropped HP+Critical counts from 18 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (88.9% better). For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern.
- ELISABETTA'S/BAR CAPRIWest Palm Beach2 INT4 BASPestScore 74
- RISTORANTE SANTUCCIWest Palm Beach1 BASScore 1
- ELMO'S ROCK BAR & GRILL INCBoynton Beach2 BASPestScore 52
- CHINA TOWN CHEFPalm Beach Gardens1 INT2 BASScore 12
- WENDY'S 8963North Palm Beach1 BASScore 1
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Clean Plates
135 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Florida files this kind of thing under 'Tuesday': 135 Palm Beach County licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — OUT OF MANY CAFE, COCO DULCE INC, ALL ABOUT YOU CATERING OF PALM BEACH LLC among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. OUT OF MANY CAFE stretched a high-priority-free run to 12 inspections covering roughly 3 years. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking. The swamp, for once, is not the problem.
- OUT OF MANY CAFERiviera Beach
- COCO DULCE INCPahokee
- ALL ABOUT YOU CATERING OF PALM BEACH LLCWest Palm Beach2 BASScore 2
- CRYSTAL BAY CATERERSBoca Raton
- THE COUNTRY CLUB AT WOODFIELD INCBoca Raton
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🆕 New
Openings
42 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.
Even the alligators in the parking lot have seen better: Total for Palm Beach County: 42 opening signals. 95 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 1013 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include MOOSE DEUCE FROZEN YOGURT in Jupiter, VAN LEEIWEN ICE CREAM in Palm Beach Gardens and DOUBLE KNOT in Delray Beach. Ledger type mix: 1013 new-license records and 95 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 364 Unknown and 63 Pizza. Area concentration: 221 BOCA RATON and 217 WEST PALM BEACH. Velocity check: 183 opening signals in the last 90 days, 44 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.
- MOOSE DEUCE FROZEN YOGURTJupiter
- VAN LEEIWEN ICE CREAMPalm Beach Gardens
- DOUBLE KNOTDelray Beach
- UPTOWN DELILake Worth Beach
- TRUE VEGAN BY CHEF RAHEINWest Palm Beach
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