When the inspector's clipboard meets the temp log, the gap is the story: 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. Kitchen-English translation: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county. That is management, not mystery.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
67 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
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. 67 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. Kitchen-English translation: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it.
- SWEET BUBBLECutler Bay4 HP4 INT3 BASPestScore 493last visit 2026-07-16
- CMX BRICKELL STONE SPORTS BARMiami8 HP4 INT18 BASPestScore 908last visit 2026-07-14
- ANDREAS CAFETERIA & COFFEE SHOPNorth Miami Beach4 HP1 INT6 BASPestScore 466last visit 2026-07-13
- 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.
Travel enough kitchens and the patterns rhyme: 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. Kitchen-English translation: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now.
- HAAGEN-DAZSKendall3 HPScore 300last visit 2026-07-17
- KFCMiami3 HP7 BASScore 307last visit 2026-07-17
- LA GUAJIRA PIZZERIA CUBANAHialeah3 HP3 INT7 BASPestScore 387last visit 2026-07-17
- EL IMPERIO DE LA COMIDAHialeah3 HP3 INT5 BASPestScore 385last visit 2026-07-17
- DR LIMON HOMESTEADHomestead6 HP5 BASScore 605last visit 2026-07-16
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Closed/Delinquent
240 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.
Heat, salt, time — and a citation if you're not careful: NEGRONI in Miami, PAPI STEAK in Miami Beach and VICE CITY PIZZA in Miami carried the front of this Miami-Dade County file. 234 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 76 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Recency split: 53 in the last 90 days and 313 historical. Dated closure signals run from 2017-01-11 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. That is management, not mystery.
- NEGRONIMiamiclosure score 5
- PAPI STEAKMiami Beachclosure score 5
- VICE CITY PIZZAMiamiclosure score 5
- GRAN INKA GASTROBARMiamiclosure score 4
- NEW YORK/ROMA PIZZA & PASTAMiamiclosure score 3
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
171 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 171 restaurants in Miami-Dade County with chronic violation records. These venues represent an 11-year pattern of repeated failures. It is not a small slip. It is a culture of neglect. SANG'S CHINESE FOOD in Miami-Dade County and MAY FU CHINESE RESTAURANT in Miami-Dade County lead the pack of repeat offenders. When a kitchen fails this often over a decade, the line cooks are fighting a losing battle against management. You can taste the lack of discipline in a space that refuses to learn.
- 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.
Mercy for the line cook, none for the GM: 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). Kitchen-English translation: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern. The line deserved better.
- 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
360 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Across Miami-Dade County, 360 licensees ran a clean ledger during the second quarter of 2026. These operators maintained what regulators call a clean plate, meaning they completed their inspections with zero high-priority or intermediate violations. Among those maintaining these standards were GOLD KOSHER CATERING, 2180 KITCHEN, and ALL KIDS CATERING. This consistency is not about one lucky visit; it is the result of sustained compliance across multiple inspections. GOLD KOSHER CATERING has established a significant track record of safety. The operator stretched a high-priority-free run to 19 inspections covering roughly 4.8 years.
- 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
51 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.
I've seen this in kitchens from Saigon to Sarasota: Total for Miami-Dade County: 51 opening signals. 131 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 6456 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: 6456 new-license records and 131 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 4331 Unknown and 170 Cafe. Area concentration: 3754 MIAMI and 636 MIAMI BEACH. Velocity check: 287 opening signals in the last 90 days, 75 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-05 to 2026-07-20. 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.
- EUREST DININGMiami
- PREP INDUSTRYMiami
- HOT DOG INTERNATIONALMiami
- HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS & SUITES MIAMI INTL AIRPORT 36 STVirginia Gardens
- DIRTY RABBITMiami
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