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BY SAL DIBELLA — METRO BRIEFING

Fort Lauderdale — Restaurant Inspection Briefing

Madonn', here we go again: Top-down from the state: Broward County's failure rate is 22% below the Florida average. Broward County tallies 65 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Burgers, 1 Deli, 1 Sports Bar, and 1 Sushi. In plain Jersey: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county, capisce? What're you gonna do.

🔥 Alerts

Emergency Orders

32 records this window

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

I'm tellin' ya, this ain't complicated: 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. In plain Jersey: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it, capisce?

  • 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

65 records this window

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

Lemme tell you somethin' about this joint: MAJOR LEAGUE HEROS in Fort Lauderdale, DONDE YUBRA LATIN FOOD-RESTAURANT in Coral Springs and BAGELAND AND MORE in Coral Springs owned the top of the Broward County board. 65 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. In plain Jersey: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now, capisce? What're you gonna do.

  • MAJOR LEAGUE HEROSFort Lauderdale5 HP1 INT1 BASPestScore 561last visit 2025-11-04
  • DONDE YUBRA LATIN FOOD-RESTAURANTCoral Springs5 HP5 INT7 BASPestScore 607last visit 2025-12-10
  • BAGELAND AND MORECoral Springs3 HP2 INT8 BASPestScore 378last visit 2025-12-15
  • JOSE'S UNCLE AL'S SPORTS CAFESunrise3 HP1 INT8 BASPestScore 368last visit 2026-02-10
  • PIRANHA PATSFort Lauderdale3 HP1 BASScore 301last visit 2026-07-08

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Closed/Delinquent

193 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.

Capisce? Then read the citation: CARENI FOOD, INC in Sunrise, DOUGH AFFAIR in Fort Lauderdale and FAMILIEZ EATERY in Oakland Park headlined the Broward County rundown. 3 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 16 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 200 social or silence signal and 130 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46). Confidence mix: 199 confirmed and 142 suspected. Velocity check: 19 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2011-04-25 to 2026-07-23. In plain Jersey: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures, capisce?

  • CARENI FOOD, INCSunriseclosure score 1
  • DOUGH AFFAIRFort Lauderdaleclosure score 1
  • FAMILIEZ EATERYOakland Parkclosure score 1
  • CHEF2YOU INCOakland Parkclosure score 3
  • CORNDOGS BY MR. COWSunriseclosure score 1

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⚠️ Caution

Chronic Violation Record

190 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.

Listen to me, I'm tellin' ya. The law just laid out the truth about 190 restaurants in Broward County that have been making a mess of things for a long time. We're looking at an 11-year pattern, which is just a fancy way of saying these mooks have been breaking the rules for over a decade without fixing a thing. Fuhgeddaboudit. The repeat-offender record shows these joints aren't just having a bad day; they're habitual offenders. WILTON WING & PIZZA and MOON THAI & JAPANESE are leading the pack of these chronic violators. Madonn.

  • WILTON WING & PIZZAFort Lauderdale9 HP6 INT9 BASScore 969Active bad actorlast visit 06/24/2026
  • MOON THAI & JAPANESEWeston8 HP2 INT2 BASScore 822Historical bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 02/23/2026
  • IRIE TAKEOUT RESTAURANTLauderhill10 HP4 INT6 BASScore 1046Historical bad actorlast visit 02/24/2026
  • TEN TEN SEAFOOD & GRILLSunrise11 HP5 INT26 BASScore 1176Active bad actorlast visit 06/22/2026
  • LA BELLE MONIQUE RESTAURANT AND BAKERYPlantation8 HP7 INT6 BASScore 876Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026

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✨ Trusted

Most Improved

40 records this window

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

Look, I seen this movie before: BARILOCHE GOURMET in Fort Lauderdale, ROCCO'S TACOS in Fort Lauderdale and CHICK-FIL-A AT BROWARD MALL in Plantation carried the front of this Broward County file. 40 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). In plain Jersey: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern, capisce? Capisce?

  • 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.

Bada bing. You gotta respect the ones who keep things clean out here in Broward County. 129 licensees pulled a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections. GULFSTREAM PARK THEME PARK CARTS, TAYLOR MADE BBQ, and RED ZEPPELIN are among those operators holding it down. These ain't just one-off lucky breaks; the law is rewarding consistency here. Listen, when I say a "clean Q2 2026 ledger," that just means they didn’t rack up any serious problems in the last three months. Fuhgeddaboudit. GULFSTREAM PARK THEME PARK CARTS kept it high-priority free for 14 inspections, covering almost 3.5 years of business.

  • GULFSTREAM PARK THEME PARK CARTSHallandale Beach
  • TAYLOR MADE BBQHollywood1 BASPestScore 51
  • RED ZEPPELINCrystal River
  • 3-0-SLIDEPembroke Pines
  • CONGOS CONCH SHACK LLCHollywood1 INTScore 10

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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.

Honest to God, you can't make this up: Broward County count: 53 opening signals. 82 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 4164 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include POMPERDALE DELI in Fort Lauderdale, BURGERS & SHAKES in Fort Lauderdale and SABOR Y SAZON DE MI TIERRA LLC in Fort Lauderdale. Ledger type mix: 4164 new-license records and 82 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 2462 Unknown and 123 Pizza. Area concentration: 838 FORT LAUDERDALE and 585 HOLLYWOOD. Velocity check: 203 opening signals in the last 90 days, 42 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-07 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. In plain Jersey: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting, capisce? What're you gonna do.

  • POMPERDALE DELIFort Lauderdale
  • BURGERS & SHAKESFort Lauderdale
  • SABOR Y SAZON DE MI TIERRA LLCFort Lauderdale
  • SMASH N FRIESPlantation
  • RUNWAY RESTAURANT AND LOUNGEHollywood

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