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BY SAL DIBELLA — METRO BRIEFING

Port St. Lucie — Restaurant Inspection Briefing

Lemme tell you somethin' about this joint: Statewide read: the Treasure Coast's chronic density is 209% above the Florida average. the Treasure Coast posts 26 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 bars, 1 Bakery, 1 Brunch, and 1 Cafe. 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

16 records this window

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

Look, I seen this movie before: Alice's Restaurant in Stuart, Krave Noodle and Rice in Stuart and Twin Dragon Restaurant in Stuart drew the loudest scorecard in the Treasure Coast. 16 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 Bagels, 1 Chinese, 1 Diner, and 1 Thai. 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? Capisce?

  • Alice's RestaurantStuart6 HPPestScore 650last visit 2026-06-24
  • Krave Noodle and RiceStuart7 HP2 INT9 BASPestScore 779last visit 2026-06-23
  • Twin Dragon RestaurantStuart11 HP1 INT4 BASPestScore 1164last visit 2026-06-23
  • Bagel Break DeliStuart10 HPPestScore 1050last visit 2026-06-22
  • Florentinos Italian CuisineStuart4 HP7 INT1 BASPestScore 521last visit 2026-06-22

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Near Miss

26 records this window

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

Capisce? Then read the citation: FRIDA'S COCINA & TEQUILA in Port St. Lucie, BROOKLYN WATER BAGEL in Port St. Lucie and IMPORTICO'S BAKERY CAFE in Fort Pierce led the board in the Treasure Coast. 26 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. In plain Jersey: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now, capisce?

  • FRIDA'S COCINA & TEQUILAPort St. Lucie3 HP1 INT8 BASPestScore 368last visit 2026-06-30
  • BROOKLYN WATER BAGELPort St. Lucie5 HP5 BASScore 505last visit 2026-07-16
  • IMPORTICO'S BAKERY CAFEFort Pierce4 HP3 INT3 BASPestScore 483last visit 2026-07-15
  • PHO 95Vero Beach3 HP3 INT3 BASScore 333last visit 2026-07-15
  • CARMELA TOAST AND COFFEE BARPort St. Lucie4 HP4 INT1 BASScore 441last visit 2026-07-14

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Closed/Delinquent

59 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.

Listen, my friend, the numbers don't stutter: DOG DAZE in Stuart, KICKN KRAB in Fort Pierce and LA GUANTANAMERA in Fort Pierce ran away with the the Treasure Coast count. 3 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 9 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 65 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46) and 29 social or silence signal. Confidence mix: 64 suspected and 32 confirmed. Velocity check: 12 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2017-03-26 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? Capisce?

  • DOG DAZEStuartclosure score 1
  • KICKN KRABFort Pierceclosure score 3
  • LA GUANTANAMERAFort Pierceclosure score 1
  • SHIP FACED SLIDERSFort Pierceclosure score 1
  • HEAVENLY PIZZA, SUBS & MOREFort Pierceclosure score 1

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⚠️ Caution

Chronic Violation Record

183 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.

Honest to God, you can't make this up: ya, the law just did a deep dive into the Treasure Coast and the results are a real mess. We're lookin' at 183 restaurants with chronic violation records that popped up on the 11-year pattern view. That's a long time to be actin' like a mook with the health codes, capisce? These guys are repeat offenders, which means they keep hittin' the same mistakes year after year like they're tryin' to get caught. TAQUERIA EL MARIACHI LLC in Treasure Coast and EL RANCHO RESTAURANT in Treasure Coast are leading the pack of these bad actors. Madonn. Fuhgeddaboudit, you see the full repeat-offender record below and you realize some of these joints just don't care about the rules. It's a real jamoke move to keep lettin' the sanitation slide while the customers are payin' the bill.

  • TAQUERIA EL MARIACHI LLCStuart5 HP2 INT5 BASScore 525Active bad actorlast visit 03/12/2026
  • EL RANCHO RESTAURANTIndiantown6 HP1 INT3 BASScore 613Active bad actorlast visit 01/20/2026
  • KAMEFort Pierce7 HP4 INT14 BASScore 754Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 06/10/2026
  • BRISAS DEL MAR BAR & GRILL INCFort Pierce5 HP7 INT13 BASScore 583Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
  • SPRITZ CITY BISTROStuart9 HP3 INT11 BASScore 941Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 07/08/2026

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✨ Trusted

Most Improved

13 records this window

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

Ya want the truth? The record's right here: TOOJAY'S DELI in Stuart, PRIME 772 in Port Saint Luice and MCDONALD'S CORPORATION in Palm City owned the top of the the Treasure Coast board. 13 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. TOOJAY'S DELI in Stuart dropped HP+Critical counts from 24 to 4 across the two 12-month windows (83.3% better). In plain Jersey: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern, capisce? What're you gonna do.

  • TOOJAY'S DELIStuart1 INT3 BASScore 13
  • PRIME 772Port Saint Luice2 BASScore 2
  • MCDONALD'S CORPORATIONPalm City
  • SUNRISE CITY CAFEFort Pierce1 INTScore 10
  • WENDY'S 2064Hope Sound1 INTScore 10

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Clean Plates

92 records this window

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

I'm tellin' ya, some of these mooks in the Treasure Coast actually know how to keep a kitchen from turnin' into a crime scene. In the 90-day window, 92 the Treasure Coast licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections. That means these guys kept their plates clean, kid—no major health scares for the customers. Bada bing, PRESTIGO HOTEL VERO BEACH LLC, 57 CATERING LLC, and MAD DOGS LLC are stayin' on the right side of the law. These aren't some lucky breaks; they're repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations. They're showin' consistency, not just gettin' lucky once in a blue moon. PRESTIGO HOTEL VERO BEACH LLC is really doin' the heavy lift, stretchin' a high-priority-free run to 10 inspections over roughly 2.5 years. Fuhgeddaboudit, that's how you run a business. Capisce?

  • PRESTIGO HOTEL VERO BEACH LLCVero Beach
  • 57 CATERING LLCFort Pierce
  • MAD DOGS LLCStuart
  • JOHNS ISLAND TENNIS GRILLVero Beach
  • KATS KUSTOM SALADSPort St. Lucie

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🆕 New

Openings

45 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.

Between you and me, it's a shame: Current the Treasure Coast tally: 45 opening signals. 5 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 1422 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include 3 NATIVES TRADITION in Port St. Lucie, JOJOS WINGS SLW in Port St. Lucie and SUKJAI THAI & NOODLE RESTAURANT in Port St. Lucie. Ledger type mix: 1422 new-license records and 5 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 917 Unknown and 47 Pizza. Area concentration: 334 FORT PIERCE and 297 PORT ST LUCIE. Velocity check: 35 opening signals in the last 90 days, 7 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?

  • 3 NATIVES TRADITIONPort St. Lucie
  • JOJOS WINGS SLWPort St. Lucie
  • SUKJAI THAI & NOODLE RESTAURANTPort St. Lucie
  • LOADASPUD POTATO BARFort Pierce
  • MAV'S REAL FRUIT ICE CREAMPort St. Lucie

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