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BY SAL DIBELLA — METRO BRIEFING

Miami — Restaurant Inspection Briefing

Ya want the truth? The record's right here: Florida baseline first: Miami-Dade County's chronic density is 26% below the Florida average. Miami-Dade County counts 130 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Colombian, 1 Cuban, 1 Ice Cream, and 1 Italian. In plain Jersey: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county, capisce? Capisce?

🔥 Alerts

Emergency Orders

69 records this window

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

Listen, my friend, the numbers don't stutter: KELLY'S CAJUN GRILL in Hialeah, LA GUAJIRA PIZZERIA CUBANA in Hialeah and PUBBELLY SUSHI in Miami carried the front of this Miami-Dade County file. 69 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 Daycare, 1 Pizza, 1 Sports Bar, and 1 Sushi. 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?

  • KELLY'S CAJUN GRILLHialeah4 HP2 INT17 BASScore 437last visit 2025-12-22
  • LA GUAJIRA PIZZERIA CUBANAHialeah2 HP2 INT6 BASPestScore 276last visit 2026-07-17
  • PUBBELLY SUSHIMiami3 HP2 INT3 BASPestScore 373last visit 2025-11-17
  • SWEET BUBBLECutler Bay4 HP4 INT3 BASPestScore 493last visit 2026-07-16
  • CMX BRICKELL STONE SPORTS BARMiami8 HP4 INT18 BASPestScore 908last visit 2026-07-14

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Near Miss

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

Between you and me, it's a shame: FRITANGA MONTE LIMAR in Miami, CARIBE CAFETERIA RESTAURANT in Miami and AHU MAR in Miami pulled the heaviest numbers in Miami-Dade County. 130 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.

  • FRITANGA MONTE LIMARMiami8 HP3 INT20 BASPestScore 900last visit 2026-02-20
  • CARIBE CAFETERIA RESTAURANTMiami6 HP1 INT12 BASPestScore 672last visit 2026-03-27
  • AHU MARMiami5 HP7 INT7 BASPestScore 627last visit 2026-03-13
  • TIFFANIE RESTAURANTNorth Miami Beach5 HP7 INT13 BASPestScore 633last visit 2026-04-22
  • SERGIO'S RESTAURANTMiami4 HP5 INT12 BASPestScore 512last visit 2026-01-22

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Closed/Delinquent

410 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.

Ova here we don't sugarcoat the count: COSA CAFE in Miami, KONOS in Hialeah and LOLOVE in Miami ran away with the Miami-Dade County count. 9 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 28 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 388 social or silence signal and 191 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46). Confidence mix: 390 confirmed and 230 suspected. Velocity check: 37 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 28 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2009-11-14 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?

  • COSA CAFEMiamiclosure score 1
  • KONOSHialeahclosure score 1
  • LOLOVEMiamiclosure score 1
  • BIRNAM'S ALIBIMiami Beachclosure score 1
  • JADOREATSMiamiclosure score 1

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⚠️ Caution

Chronic Violation Record

174 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.

Forget about it. Inspectors found 174 places in Miami-Dade County that keep racking up violations over an eleven-year stretch. SANG'S CHINESE FOOD and MAY FU CHINESE RESTAURANT are leading the pack among these repeat offenders, capisce? These aren't one-time slips; this is a pattern of garbage service from them mooks. What're you gonna do? When the law keeps finding out that same mess over and over again, it tells ya somethin'.

  • 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
  • ALEGRIA BY EL RANCHERITODoral7 HP8 INT19 BASScore 799Active bad actorlast visit 02/17/2026
  • CARIBBEAN KITCHEN 305Miami Gardens6 HP3 INT20 BASScore 650Active bad actorlast visit 01/28/2026
  • BON BAGAY RESTAURANT INCORPORATEDMiami3 HP2 INT3 BASScore 323Active bad actorlast visit 03/13/2026

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✨ Trusted

Most Improved

21 records this window

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

Whaddya gonna do, the file speaks for itself: CERVECERIA LA TROPICAL in Miami, ANTOJITOS 5 ESTRELLAS in Miami and LA UCHIRENA RAPID FOOD in Doral headlined the Miami-Dade County rundown. 21 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). In plain Jersey: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern, capisce? Capisce?

  • 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.

I'm tellin' ya, sometimes you see something good in Miami-Dade County. In the 90-day window—that’s just a fancy way of saying the last three months—360 licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections. We're talkin' about places like GOLD KOSHER CATERING, 2180 KITCHEN, and ALL KIDS CATERING all comin' up empty on the bad stuff. These mooks aren't just gettin' lucky with one visit, either; they’re keepin' it together over the long haul. They got rewarded for consistency, showin' zero high-priority or intermediate violations, which means no big-deal health scares that make the law come knockin'. Madonn', even GOLD KOSHER CATERING stretched a run of 19 inspections without a single high-priority violation over roughly 4.8 years. Good for you, kid.

  • 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

48 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.

Madonn', here we go again: Miami-Dade County count: 48 opening signals. 137 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 6460 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include BAM BURGER RESTAURANT in Miami, BAR ZORRO in Coral Gables and YARBOU CENTRAL KITCHEN LLC in Miami. Ledger type mix: 6460 new-license records and 137 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 4337 Unknown and 170 Cafe. Area concentration: 3765 MIAMI and 631 MIAMI BEACH. Velocity check: 298 opening signals in the last 90 days, 86 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-05 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.

  • BAM BURGER RESTAURANTMiami
  • BAR ZORROCoral Gables
  • YARBOU CENTRAL KITCHEN LLCMiami
  • LIME TREE CAFEMiami Beach
  • ASTERIA RESTAURANTSunny Isles Beach

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