Walk into any prep room and the truth lives in the cooler: Against the statewide grid: Palm Beach County's chronic density is 31% above the Florida average. Palm Beach County registers 83 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 cafes, 2 sushi bars, 1 Bagels, and 1 Brewery. Kitchen-English translation: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county. The line deserved better.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
70 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
AMAR SANDWICH SHOP in Delray Beach, THE ORIGINAL PANCAKE HOUSE in Royal Palm Beach and TOM SAWYER RESTAURANT & PASTRY SHOP in Boca Raton sat at the head of the Palm Beach County list. 70 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, 2 pizza spots, and 1 Mediterranean. 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.
- AMAR SANDWICH SHOPDelray Beach3 HP2 INTPestScore 370last visit 2026-07-17
- THE ORIGINAL PANCAKE HOUSERoyal Palm Beach3 HP1 INT4 BASPestScore 364last visit 2026-07-16
- TOM SAWYER RESTAURANT & PASTRY SHOPBoca Raton14 HP4 INT2 BASPestScore 1492last visit 2026-07-15
- LITTLE CAESARS PIZZAPalm Springs3 HPPestScore 350last visit 2026-07-14
- ANTHONY'S COAL FIRED PIZZABoca Raton6 HP2 INT1 BASPestScore 671last visit 2026-07-13
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Near Miss
83 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Past the velvet rope, the back of house keeps no secrets: PANERA BREAD #4709 in Boynton Beach, CHIPOTLE 3497 in Boynton Beach and NATURE'S WAY CAFE in Lake Park put the sharpest marks on Palm Beach County's list. 83 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.
- PANERA BREAD #4709Boynton Beach4 HPScore 400last visit 2026-07-17
- CHIPOTLE 3497Boynton Beach3 HP2 BASPestScore 352last visit 2026-07-17
- NATURE'S WAY CAFELake Park3 HP1 INTScore 310last visit 2026-07-17
- SUSHI SIMONBoynton Beach3 HP2 INT1 BASScore 321last visit 2026-07-17
- CITY OYSTERDelray Beach6 HP1 INT2 BASPestScore 662last visit 2026-07-16
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Closed/Delinquent
82 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.
Mercy for the line cook, none for the GM: GREASE in West Palm Beach, TROPICAL SMOKEHOUSE in West Palm Beach and TROPICAL SMOKEHOUSE in Delray Beach ran away with the Palm Beach County count. 82 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Recency split: 14 in the last 90 days and 68 historical. Dated closure signals run from 2018-01-03 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. The line deserved better.
- GREASEWest Palm Beachclosure score 5
- TROPICAL SMOKEHOUSEWest Palm Beachclosure score 3
- TROPICAL SMOKEHOUSEDelray Beachclosure score 3
- BROOKLYN SAUSAGE KINGBoynton Beachclosure score 3
- TALIA'S TUSCAN TABLEDelray Beachclosure score 4
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
176 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.
When the inspector's clipboard meets the temp log, the gap is the story: 176 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in Palm Beach County on the 11-year pattern view, led by AROMA INDIAN CUISINE, SBARRO. The full repeat-offender record sits below. Kitchen-English translation: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator. That is management, not mystery.
- AROMA INDIAN CUISINEWest Palm Beach11 HP3 INT1 BASScore 1131Active bad actorlast visit 01/12/2026
- SBARROWellington5 HP1 INT2 BASScore 512Active bad actorlast visit 07/15/2026
- HERITAGE PIZZA AND GRILLLake Worth Beach14 HP10 INT3 BASScore 1503Active bad actorlast visit 01/29/2026
- CRAZY BUFFETWest Palm Beach13 HP4 INTScore 1340Historical bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 03/10/2026
- LILIS CAFEPalm Beach Gardens9 HP5 INT4 BASScore 954Active chronic offenderCurrently Activelast visit 07/16/2026
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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.
Travel enough kitchens and the patterns rhyme: ELISABETTA'S/BAR CAPRI in West Palm Beach, RISTORANTE SANTUCCI in West Palm Beach and ELMO'S ROCK BAR & GRILL INC in Boynton Beach anchored the high end of the Palm Beach County file. 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). Kitchen-English translation: 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.
Stripped of the marketing, the line reads as follows: 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. Kitchen-English translation: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking. The line deserved better.
- 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
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.
Heat, salt, time — and a citation if you're not careful: Palm Beach County ledger: 41 opening signals. 68 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 2791 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include VOSARYA PASTRY in Boynton Beach, MOOSE DEUCE FROZEN YOGURT in Jupiter and VAN LEEIWEN ICE CREAM in Palm Beach Gardens. Ledger type mix: 2791 new-license records and 68 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 1737 Unknown and 93 Cafe. Area concentration: 716 WEST PALM BEACH and 461 BOCA RATON. Velocity check: 172 opening signals in the last 90 days, 36 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-01 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. That is management, not mystery.
- VOSARYA PASTRYBoynton Beach
- MOOSE DEUCE FROZEN YOGURTJupiter
- VAN LEEIWEN ICE CREAMPalm Beach Gardens
- DOUBLE KNOTDelray Beach
- UPTOWN DELILake Worth Beach
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