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BY MARISOL VIDALIA — METRO BRIEFING

Miami — Restaurant Inspection Briefing

Cross-reference Sunbiz dissolution against DBPR active status — the gap matters: Start with the state: Miami-Dade County's chronic density is 26% below the Florida average. Miami-Dade County sits at 120 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 fast-food spots, 1 Cafe, 1 Chicken, and 1 Cuban. Translation for the public record: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county. The numbers are the story.

🔥 Alerts

Emergency Orders

69 records this window

Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.

Read the EOR action codes the way auditors do: SWEET BUBBLE in Cutler Bay, CMX BRICKELL STONE SPORTS BAR in Miami and ANDREAS CAFETERIA & COFFEE SHOP in North Miami Beach put the sharpest marks on Miami-Dade County's list. 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. Translation for the public record: 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

120 records this window

Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.

Public records, properly weighted, leave little room for spin: HAAGEN-DAZS in Kendall, KFC in Miami and LA GUAJIRA PIZZERIA CUBANA in Hialeah owned the top of the Miami-Dade County board. 120 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. Translation for the public record: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now. That is not atmosphere; it is a compliance record.

  • HAAGEN-DAZSKendall3 HPScore 300last visit 2025-09-05
  • KFCMiami3 HP7 BASScore 307last visit 2026-01-21
  • LA GUAJIRA PIZZERIA CUBANAHialeah3 HP3 INT7 BASPestScore 387last visit 2026-01-22
  • EL IMPERIO DE LA COMIDAHialeah3 HP3 INT5 BASPestScore 385last visit 2026-05-28
  • DR LIMON HOMESTEADHomestead6 HP5 BASScore 605last visit 2026-01-13

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Closed/Delinquent

425 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 public record leaves one hard question: ATHLETES KTXN in Miami, BULLBURGERS in Miami and KING CHEF N DA TRAP in Miami carried the front of this Miami-Dade County file. 8 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 19 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 389 social or silence signal and 205 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46). Confidence mix: 392 confirmed and 241 suspected. Velocity check: 27 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2009-11-14 to 2026-07-20. Translation for the public record: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures. The numbers are the story.

  • ATHLETES KTXNMiamiclosure score 1
  • BULLBURGERSMiamiclosure score 1
  • KING CHEF N DA TRAPMiamiclosure score 1
  • LA DIFFERENCE CREOLE RESTAURANT INCNorth Miami Beachclosure score 1
  • CASA D'ANGELO AVENTURAAventuraclosure score 1

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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.

Look at the 11-year repeat list and the same ZIP codes appear: 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. Translation for the public record: 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.

The regulatory question is simple: CERVECERIA LA TROPICAL in Miami, ANTOJITOS 5 ESTRELLAS in Miami and LA UCHIRENA RAPID FOOD in Doral anchored the high end of the Miami-Dade County file. 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). Translation for the public record: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern. That is not atmosphere; it is a compliance record.

  • 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.

An admin complaint clears a different liability than a closure does: 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. Translation for the public record: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking. The numbers are the story.

  • 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.

This is the part operators cannot wave away: Total for Miami-Dade County: 52 opening signals. 129 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 6448 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include EUREST DINING in Miami, PREP INDUSTRY in Miami and HOT DOG INTERNATIONAL in Miami. Ledger type mix: 6448 new-license records and 129 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 4324 Unknown and 169 Cafe. Area concentration: 3757 MIAMI and 632 MIAMI BEACH. Velocity check: 284 opening signals in the last 90 days, 73 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-05 to 2026-07-17. 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. Translation for the public record: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting.

  • EUREST DININGMiami
  • PREP INDUSTRYMiami
  • HOT DOG INTERNATIONALMiami
  • HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS & SUITES MIAMI INTL AIRPORT 36 STVirginia Gardens
  • DIRTY RABBITMiami

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