Not saying she's a chronic violator — just the kind of operator who finds a temperature alarm inconvenient for her social calendar: In the Florida picture: the Florida Keys's chronic density is 2352% above the Florida average. the Florida Keys shows 21 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 tacos, 1 B&B, 1 French, and 1 Pancakes. Filed for the record: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
3 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
My new beat has me so grossed out I can't even eat — and here we go: RIVIERA COFFEE SHOP in Key West, Hungry Tarpon Restaurant in Islamorada and GRAND CAFE KEY WEST in Key West led the board in the Florida Keys. 3 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 cafes, and 1 Seafood. Trend line: emergency-order volume is steady against the last public cut. Filed for the record: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it.
- RIVIERA COFFEE SHOPKey West1 HP5 INT4 BASPestScore 204last visit 2026-07-13
- Hungry Tarpon RestaurantIslamorada7 HP1 BASPestScore 751last visit 2026-06-18
- GRAND CAFE KEY WESTKey West4 HP2 INT5 BASScore 425last visit 2025-11-12
Near Miss
21 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Bouki jumped on the file before I could read it — EL RINCONCITO MEXICAN FOOD in Key West, TACO EXPRESS in Summerland Key and KEY PLAZA CREPERIE in Key West drew the loudest scorecard in the Florida Keys. 21 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. Gade pi byen: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now.
- EL RINCONCITO MEXICAN FOODKey West3 HP6 BASPestScore 356last visit 2025-11-12
- TACO EXPRESSSummerland Key3 HP2 INT4 BASScore 324last visit 2026-07-15
- KEY PLAZA CREPERIEKey West3 HP2 INT2 BASPestScore 372last visit 2026-07-14
- DJ'S CLAM SHACKKey West6 HP2 INT6 BASPestScore 676last visit 2026-07-13
- KEY WEST POKE HOUSEKey West4 HP2 INT2 BASScore 422last visit 2026-07-13
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Closed/Delinquent
25 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.
Day drinkers before sundown have a lovely time. Down here, on the inspection beat: PIRATE SEAFOOD in Key West, PAUL'S BEACH BAR & GRILL in Islamorada and WOODY'S in Islamorada anchored the high end of the the Florida Keys file. 25 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 1 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 28 social or silence signal and 2 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46). Confidence mix: 28 confirmed and 3 suspected. Velocity check: 1 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2010-12-18 to 2026-07-13. Filed for the record: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures.
- PIRATE SEAFOODKey Westclosure score 1
- PAUL'S BEACH BAR & GRILLIslamoradaclosure score 1
- WOODY'SIslamoradaclosure score 1
- JIMMY BUFFETTS MARGARITAVILLEKey Westclosure score 1
- CAPITANA KEY WESTKey Westclosure score 1
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
187 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.
Papa Legba opened the door, and the inspectors walked in: 187 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in the Florida Keys on the 11-year pattern view, led by NEW YORK PASTA GARDEN, OASIS MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE. The full repeat-offender record sits below. Gade pi byen: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator.
- NEW YORK PASTA GARDENKey West7 HP5 INT28 BASScore 778Historical bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 02/24/2026
- OASIS MEDITERRANEAN CUISINEKey West5 HP8 INT13 BASScore 593Historical chronic offenderlast visit 10/22/2025
- SNAPPERS KEY LARGO/TURTLE CLUBKey Largo6 HP4 INT8 BASScore 648Historical bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 03/23/2026
- SUGAR SHACK OF KEY WESTKey West7 HP6 INT7 BASScore 767Historical chronic offenderlast visit 06/08/2026
- DOCS ON DUVALKey West6 HP2 INT9 BASScore 629Historical bad actorlast visit 12/10/2025
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
1 record this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
Bondye bon, but the cooler is not: OCEAN REEF GOLF CLUBHOUSE KITCHEN in Key Largo pulled the heaviest numbers in the Florida Keys. 1 restaurant 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. OCEAN REEF GOLF CLUBHOUSE KITCHEN in Key Largo dropped HP+Critical counts from 4 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (50.0% better). Gade pi byen: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern.
- OCEAN REEF GOLF CLUBHOUSE KITCHENKey Largo2 BASScore 2
Clean Plates
58 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
The white candle burned out twice on this one: 58 the Florida Keys licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — CRAIG'S ISLAND TIME CATERING AND FESTIVALS, A MOVABLE FEAST, THE PINCHO BARGE among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. CRAIG'S ISLAND TIME CATERING AND FESTIVALS stretched a high-priority-free run to 12 inspections covering roughly 3 years. Gade pi byen: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking.
- CRAIG'S ISLAND TIME CATERING AND FESTIVALSTavernier
- A MOVABLE FEASTIslamorada
- THE PINCHO BARGEKey Largo
- ARTIST HOUSEKey West2 BASScore 2
- H2O SUITES - POOL BARKey West1 BASScore 1
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🆕 New
Openings
10 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.
Of course it's the Keys. Of course it is: the Florida Keys ledger: 10 opening signals. 14 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 708 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include HAVANA ISLAND CAFE BIG COPPITT in Key West, MAROONS SEAFOOD & SMOKEHOUSE LLC in Key West and KREYOL KRAVINGS in Key West. Ledger type mix: 708 new-license records and 14 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 567 Unknown and 18 Seafood. Area concentration: 250 KEY WEST and 162 MARATHON. Velocity check: 15 opening signals in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-08 to 2026-07-22. 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. Filed for the record: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting.
- HAVANA ISLAND CAFE BIG COPPITTKey West
- MAROONS SEAFOOD & SMOKEHOUSE LLCKey West
- KREYOL KRAVINGSKey West
- SURF STYLE #170Marathon
- EL COME COMEKey Largo
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