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Portrait of Skip Crumblee, RiskyEats correspondent

BY SKIP CRUMBLEE — METRO BRIEFING

Fort Lauderdale — Restaurant Inspection Briefing

Listen, fam, here's the tape: Statewide frame: Broward County's failure rate is 26% below the Florida average. Broward County's current board shows 62 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 4 sushi bars, 1 American, 1 Burgers, and 1 Greek. Box-score translation: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county. That is the box score.

🔥 Alerts

Emergency Orders

32 records this window

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

Look, the box score doesn't lie: LAS CARNITAS LATIN CUISINE in Pompano Beach, QUATES MEXICAN RESTAURANT INC in Oakland Park and ASAHI RESTAURANT in Sunrise pulled the heaviest numbers in Broward County. 32 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 Mexican spots, 1 Bakery, 1 Fast Food, and 1 Japanese. Trend line: emergency-order volume is steady against the last public cut. Box-score translation: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it. Come on now.

  • LAS CARNITAS LATIN CUISINEPompano Beach1 HP11 BASPestScore 161last visit 2026-07-17
  • QUATES MEXICAN RESTAURANT INCOakland Park2 HP2 INT3 BASPestScore 273last visit 2026-07-16
  • ASAHI RESTAURANTSunrise8 HP5 INT7 BASPestScore 907last visit 2026-07-15
  • EL RANCHO BAKERY AND RESTAURANTNorth Lauderdale7 HP4 INT8 BASPestScore 798last visit 2026-07-15
  • MIAMI SUBSPlantation1 HP2 BASPestScore 152last visit 2026-07-13

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Near Miss

62 records this window

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

Yo, check the replay on this one: TEE-JAY THAI SUSHI RESTAURANT in Fort Lauderdale, PINCHO in Sunrise and OKINAWA TERIYAKI & SUSHI EXPRESS in Fort Lauderdale owned the top of the Broward County board. 62 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. Box-score translation: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now.

  • TEE-JAY THAI SUSHI RESTAURANTFort Lauderdale6 HP1 INT2 BASScore 612last visit 2026-07-17
  • PINCHOSunrise4 HP3 INT3 BASPestScore 483last visit 2026-07-17
  • OKINAWA TERIYAKI & SUSHI EXPRESSFort Lauderdale4 HP2 BASPestScore 452last visit 2026-07-17
  • CAJUN BOILHollywood4 HP1 INT2 BASPestScore 462last visit 2026-07-17
  • IRON SUSHIHollywood3 HP2 INT4 BASPestScore 374last visit 2026-07-17

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Closed/Delinquent

129 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.

Buckle up, because the numbers got loud: PIZZA SPOT in Fort Lauderdale, BIMINI BOATYARD BAR & GRILL in Fort Lauderdale and PHO TIEN ASIAN CUISINE in Plantation anchored the high end of the Broward County file. 110 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 55 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Recency split: 17 in the last 90 days and 223 historical. Dated closure signals run from 2017-03-06 to 2026-07-22. Box-score translation: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures.

  • PIZZA SPOTFort Lauderdaleclosure score 4
  • BIMINI BOATYARD BAR & GRILLFort Lauderdaleclosure score 3
  • PHO TIEN ASIAN CUISINEPlantationclosure score 5
  • BLUE MARTINI FORT LAUDERDALEFort Lauderdaleclosure score 5
  • FOXY BROWNFort Lauderdaleclosure score 3

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⚠️ Caution

Chronic Violation Record

189 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.

Alright, gang, roll the highlight reel: 189 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in Broward County on the 11-year pattern view, led by WILTON WING & PIZZA, TACO MASALA. The full repeat-offender record sits below. Box-score translation: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator. That is the box score.

  • WILTON WING & PIZZAFort Lauderdale9 HP6 INT9 BASScore 969Active bad actorlast visit 06/24/2026
  • TACO MASALALauderhill9 HP8 INT13 BASScore 993Historical bad actorlast visit 01/14/2026
  • TEN TEN SEAFOOD & GRILLSunrise11 HP5 INT26 BASScore 1176Active bad actorlast visit 06/22/2026
  • KALALOU BAR & GRILL FORT LAUDERDALE LLCTamarac10 HP3 INT8 BASScore 1038Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
  • LA BELLE MONIQUE RESTAURANT AND BAKERYPlantation8 HP7 INT6 BASScore 876Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026

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✨ Trusted

Most Improved

41 records this window

Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.

Hot take incoming, and the stats back it: BARILOCHE GOURMET in Fort Lauderdale, ROCCO'S TACOS in Fort Lauderdale and CHICK-FIL-A AT BROWARD MALL in Plantation anchored the high end of the Broward County file. 41 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. BARILOCHE GOURMET in Fort Lauderdale dropped HP+Critical counts from 18 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (88.9% better). Box-score translation: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern. Come on now.

  • BARILOCHE GOURMETFort Lauderdale
  • ROCCO'S TACOSFort Lauderdale1 INT3 BASScore 13
  • CHICK-FIL-A AT BROWARD MALLPlantation1 BASScore 1
  • WOW! WING HOUSETamarac
  • AMERICAN SOCIALFort Lauderdale1 BASScore 1

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Clean Plates

129 records this window

Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.

Listen, we are talking about the gold standard of food safety right now in Broward County. 129 licensees across the area just pulled off a clean Q2 2026 ledger. That means these spots didn't just get lucky once; they stayed squeaky clean across multiple inspections. Yo, we are talking about elite performance from spots like GULFSTREAM PARK THEME PARK CARTS, TAYLOR MADE BBQ, and RED ZEPPELIN. These operators are dodging those high-priority violations—which are basically the 'red alerts' that tell you a kitchen is a hazard to your health—and keeping it tight. Look at GULFSTREAM PARK THEME PARK CARTS. They didn't just have a good day; they stretched a high-priority-free run to 14 inspections covering roughly 3.5 years. That is a championship streak of consistency that keeps the fans eating easy.

  • GULFSTREAM PARK THEME PARK CARTSHallandale Beach
  • TAYLOR MADE BBQHollywood1 BASPestScore 51
  • RED ZEPPELINCrystal River
  • 3-0-SLIDEPembroke Pines
  • FAT BOYZ BBQFort Lauderdale

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🆕 New

Openings

53 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.

Real talk, the scoreboard tells the whole story: Broward County ledger: 53 opening signals. 81 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 4159 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include SMASH N FRIES in Plantation, HUEY MAGOO'S CHICKEN TENDERS in Coral Springs and JERRYS JERK in Fort Lauderdale. Ledger type mix: 4159 new-license records and 81 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 2454 Unknown and 123 Pizza. Area concentration: 840 FORT LAUDERDALE and 581 HOLLYWOOD. Velocity check: 203 opening signals in the last 90 days, 40 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-07 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. Box-score translation: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting. That is the box score.

  • SMASH N FRIESPlantation
  • HUEY MAGOO'S CHICKEN TENDERSCoral Springs
  • JERRYS JERKFort Lauderdale
  • DAVE'S HOT CHICKENDavie
  • SINGH'S ROTI DELIGHT INCLauderdale Lakes

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