Whaddya gonna do, the file speaks for itself: Florida baseline first: North Florida's failure rate is 59% below the Florida average. North Florida counts 45 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Buffet, 1 Chinese, and 1 Latin American. 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
41 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Madonn', here we go again: HOGAN'S in Gainesville, SUBWAY in Niceville and Andaman Asian Bistro in St. Augustine ran away with the North Florida count. 41 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 Deli, 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? What're you gonna do.
- HOGAN'SGainesville1 HP4 INT3 BASPestScore 193last visit 2026-03-17
- SUBWAYNiceville1 HP5 BASScore 105
- Andaman Asian BistroSt. Augustine8 HP5 INT5 BASPestScore 905last visit 2026-02-25
- POPEYES LOUISIANA KITCHEN #139Tallahassee2 HP2 INT2 BASScore 222
- THE HUB FAMILY RESTAURANTCrestview1 HP1 BASPestScore 151
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Near Miss
45 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Fuhgeddaboudit, the paperwork says it all: FUSION BUFFET in Perry, CHEN'S CHINA LLC in Jasper and FAJITAS MEXICAN RESTAURANT in Defuniak Springs drew the loudest scorecard in North Florida. 45 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? Capisce?
- FUSION BUFFETPerry3 HP2 BASScore 302
- CHEN'S CHINA LLCJasper5 HP1 INT6 BASPestScore 566last visit 2026-01-05
- FAJITAS MEXICAN RESTAURANTDefuniak Springs4 HP1 BASScore 401
- DESTIN BANH MI CAFEMiramar Beach4 HP2 INT6 BASScore 426
- GRACE'S FARM KITCHENJasper3 HP3 BASPestScore 353last visit 2026-03-18
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Closed/Delinquent
226 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: 'THE' BEST FAMILY PIZZA in Steinhatchee, CRICKET'S DELI ON WHEELS in Mayo and WING N IT in Ocala headlined the North Florida rundown. 35 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 29 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 282 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46) and 68 social or silence signal. Confidence mix: 255 suspected and 97 confirmed. Velocity check: 53 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 53 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2010-11-01 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?
- 'THE' BEST FAMILY PIZZASteinhatcheeclosure score 1
- CRICKET'S DELI ON WHEELSMayoclosure score 1
- WING N ITOcalaclosure score 1
- 4 J FOODSOcalaclosure score 1
- CIRQMARTOcalaclosure score 1
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
177 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.
Lemme tell you somethin' about this joint: 177 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in North Florida on the 11-year pattern view, led by TIPSY COW BAR AND GRILL, FREDDY'S FROZEN CUSTARD & STEAKBURGERS. The full repeat-offender record sits below. In plain Jersey: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator, capisce? What're you gonna do.
- TIPSY COW BAR AND GRILLCedar Key7 HP5 INT2 BASScore 752Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 06/30/2026
- FREDDY'S FROZEN CUSTARD & STEAKBURGERSOcala7 HP2 INT9 BASScore 729Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
- DAIRY QUEEN OF CROSS CITYCross City4 HP7 INT18 BASScore 488Active bad actorlast visit 06/24/2026
- BROAD STRIPES GOLF & SOCIAL CLUBSummerfield5 HP3 INT8 BASScore 538Active bad actorlast visit 12/05/2025
- EL PARAISO RESTAURANT & TAQUERIAFanning Springs9 HP4 INT6 BASScore 946Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 03/09/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
7 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: CHUYS in Gainesville, GATOR'S DOCKSIDE OF JONESVILLE in Newberry and LOG CABIN CAFE in Ocala owned the top of the North Florida board. 7 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. CHUYS in Gainesville 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?
- CHUYSGainesville1 INT2 BASScore 12
- GATOR'S DOCKSIDE OF JONESVILLENewberry4 BASScore 4
- LOG CABIN CAFEOcala1 INTScore 10
- FIGS & HONEY LLCOcala
- BAYMONT BY WYNDHAMLake City
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Clean Plates
721 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
I'm tellin' ya, this ain't complicated: 721 North Florida licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — SAX GRILLE, FRIENDSHIP PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH, JUANAS PAGODAS AND SAILORS GRILL among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. SAX GRILLE stretched a high-priority-free run to 21 inspections covering roughly 5.2 years. In plain Jersey: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking, capisce?
- SAX GRILLEFort Walton Beach
- FRIENDSHIP PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCHTallahassee
- JUANAS PAGODAS AND SAILORS GRILLNavarre
- CATERING BY BOBPanama City
- FAMILY TY'S GOOD EATSPensacola
+716 more in this section on the live site.
🆕 New
Openings
51 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: North Florida count: 51 opening signals. 3555 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include PEKING HOUSE in Navarre, BELLYBUSTERS SNACK SHACK LLC in Panama City Beach and KEKE'S BREAKFAST CAFE in Gainesville. Ledger type mix: 3555 new-license records. Cuisine/venue mix: 2997 Unknown and 57 Pizza. Area concentration: 488 OCALA and 439 PANAMA CITY BEACH. Velocity check: 41 opening signals in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-06 to 2026-07-21. 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.
- PEKING HOUSENavarre
- BELLYBUSTERS SNACK SHACK LLCPanama City Beach
- KEKE'S BREAKFAST CAFEGainesville
- CARNES ASADAS DARLINGPensacola
- BIG THYME BEEF & BURGERSGainesville
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