Past the velvet rope, the back of house keeps no secrets: Against the statewide grid: the Jacksonville area's chronic density is 18% above the Florida average. the Jacksonville area registers 78 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 Chinese spots, 2 restaurants, 1 Cafe, and 1 Sandwiches. Kitchen-English translation: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
64 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
DICK'S WINGS & GRILL in Jacksonville, Kathy's Table in Jacksonville and MARGARITAS MEXICAN GRILL 1 in Jacksonville put the sharpest marks on the Jacksonville area's list. 64 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 Health Food, 1 Mexican, 1 Restaurant, and 1 Seafood. Trend line: emergency-order volume is steady against the last public cut. Kitchen-English translation: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it.
- DICK'S WINGS & GRILLJacksonville2 HP1 INT3 BASPestScore 263last visit 2026-07-17
- Kathy's TableJacksonville4 HP2 INT6 BASPestScore 476last visit 2026-07-17
- MARGARITAS MEXICAN GRILL 1Jacksonville1 HP1 BASPestScore 151last visit 2026-07-14
- BLUE WATER BAYMelrose7 HP2 INT12 BASPestScore 782last visit 2026-07-16
- THE LOCAL - NEPTUNE BEACHJacksonville5 HPPestScore 550last visit 2026-07-15
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Near Miss
78 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
ASIAN DRAGON in Jacksonville, GRACIE’S KOUNTRY KITCHEN in Callahan and LYNDA'S AT THE OCEAN CLUB in Ponte Vedra Beach put the sharpest marks on the Jacksonville area's list. 78 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. Kitchen-English translation: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now.
- ASIAN DRAGONJacksonville3 HP5 INT8 BASPestScore 408last visit 2026-07-17
- GRACIE’S KOUNTRY KITCHENCallahan3 HP7 INT6 BASPestScore 426last visit 2026-07-17
- LYNDA'S AT THE OCEAN CLUBPonte Vedra Beach5 HP2 BASScore 502last visit 2026-07-16
- SAUCY BY KFCJacksonville4 HP1 BASScore 401last visit 2026-07-16
- TENKURA SUSHIYulee5 HP3 INT11 BASPestScore 591last visit 2026-07-15
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Closed/Delinquent
187 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.
Travel enough kitchens and the patterns rhyme: BELLWETHER in Jacksonville, PROSPECT FIVE POINTS in Jacksonville and TEQUILA'S TOWN MEXICAN RESTAURANT in Jacksonville pulled the heaviest numbers in the Jacksonville area. 155 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 26 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Recency split: 100 in the last 90 days and 253 historical. Dated closure signals run from 2015-03-22 to 2026-07-21. Kitchen-English translation: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures.
- BELLWETHERJacksonvilleclosure score 4
- PROSPECT FIVE POINTSJacksonvilleclosure score 5
- TEQUILA'S TOWN MEXICAN RESTAURANTJacksonvilleclosure score 5
- SHEIK SANDWICHES AND SUBSOrange Parkclosure score 4
- TASTY SEAFOOD CHICKEN AND SUBSJacksonvilleclosure score 3
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
175 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.
Inspectors have uncovered 175 restaurants in the Jacksonville area with chronic violation records over an 11-year pattern. This isn't a case of a bad night or a one-time slip-up. When a kitchen fails this consistently over a decade, it reveals a systemic breakdown in management and a complete disregard for the safety of the people sitting at their tables. The list of repeat offenders is anchored by GRILLED CHEESE GALLERY and CASA MARINA HOTEL & RESTAURANT. These operators have stayed on the radar of regulators for years, racking up failures that suggest the problems are baked into the very foundation of the business. A kitchen should be a sanctuary of discipline, where the line cooks can rely on a clean environment to do their jobs. When you see this many repeat violations, you are looking at a culture where the basic rules of food safety are treated as optional.
- GRILLED CHEESE GALLERYSt. Augustine6 HP3 INT6 BASScore 636Active bad actorlast visit 02/20/2026
- CASA MARINA HOTEL & RESTAURANTJacksonville Beach9 HP6 INT20 BASScore 980Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 03/26/2026
- RED LANTERNJacksonville7 HP4 INT13 BASScore 753Active bad actorlast visit 01/13/2026
- INDULGENCE SOUTHERN BISTROJacksonville5 HP7 INT13 BASScore 583Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
- PERSIS INDIAN GRILLJacksonville8 HP6 INT11 BASScore 871Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
17 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
When the inspector's clipboard meets the temp log, the gap is the story: SONNY`S REAL PIT BAR B Q in Palm Coast, CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL 4528 in Jacksonville and JAX LUMPIA ATBP in Jacksonville pulled the heaviest numbers in the Jacksonville area. 17 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. SONNY`S REAL PIT BAR B Q in Palm Coast dropped HP+Critical counts from 12 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (83.3% better). Kitchen-English translation: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern. That is management, not mystery.
- SONNY`S REAL PIT BAR B QPalm Coast
- CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL 4528Jacksonville2 BASPestScore 52
- JAX LUMPIA ATBPJacksonville1 BASScore 1
- BAP BOWL KOREAN FOODJacksonville1 INT6 BASPestScore 66
- RAGGA SURF CAFE INC.Palm Coast
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Clean Plates
198 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Stripped of the marketing, the line reads as follows: 198 the Jacksonville area licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — LARRY'S GIANT SUBS, BANANA LEAF ASIAN BISTRO INC, CROSBY'S CAFE INC among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. LARRY'S GIANT SUBS stretched a high-priority-free run to 12 inspections covering roughly 3 years. Kitchen-English translation: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking. The line deserved better.
- LARRY'S GIANT SUBSFleming Island
- BANANA LEAF ASIAN BISTRO INCJacksonville4 BASPestScore 54
- CROSBY'S CAFE INCElkton
- LATE RISERSSt. Augustine
- LANA'S KITCHEN CATERING SERVICEJacksonville
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🆕 New
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.
Mercy for the line cook, none for the GM: the Jacksonville area ledger: 41 opening signals. 15 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 3335 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include WAFFLE HOUSE in Callahan, AL'S YUM YUM in St. Johns and A&A ICE CREAM in Atlantic Beach. Ledger type mix: 3335 new-license records and 15 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 1967 Unknown and 113 Fast Food. Area concentration: 1842 JACKSONVILLE and 323 SAINT AUGUSTINE. Velocity check: 74 opening signals in the last 90 days, 21 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-01 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. Kitchen-English translation: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting. The line deserved better.
- WAFFLE HOUSECallahan
- AL'S YUM YUMSt. Johns
- A&A ICE CREAMAtlantic Beach
- BROSKII FISH & CHICKENJacksonville
- NARA REVOLVING SUSHIPonte Vedra Beach
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