Lemme tell you somethin' about this joint: Benchmarked statewide: Palm Beach County's failure rate is 38% above the Florida average. Palm Beach County holds 90 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 cafes, 2 sushi bars, 1 Brunch, and 1 Chinese. 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
69 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Look, I seen this movie before: AMAR SANDWICH SHOP in Delray Beach, THE ORIGINAL PANCAKE HOUSE in Royal Palm Beach and TOM SAWYER RESTAURANT & PASTRY SHOP in Boca Raton carried the front of this Palm Beach 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: 2 brunch spots, 2 pizza spots, and 1 Mediterranean. 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?
- AMAR SANDWICH SHOPDelray Beach3 HP2 INTPestScore 370last visit 2026-07-17
- THE ORIGINAL PANCAKE HOUSERoyal Palm Beach3 HP1 INT4 BASPestScore 364last visit 2026-07-16
- TOM SAWYER RESTAURANT & PASTRY SHOPBoca Raton14 HP4 INT2 BASPestScore 1492last visit 2026-07-15
- LITTLE CAESARS PIZZAPalm Springs3 HPPestScore 350last visit 2026-07-14
- ANTHONY'S COAL FIRED PIZZABoca Raton6 HP2 INT1 BASPestScore 671last visit 2026-07-13
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Near Miss
90 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Capisce? Then read the citation: NATURAL BLENDS in Boynton Beach, SUSHI ROCK - BOCA RATON in Boca Raton and AMITIE CAFE in Boca Raton drew the loudest scorecard in Palm Beach County. 90 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?
- NATURAL BLENDSBoynton Beach5 HP3 INT4 BASPestScore 584last visit 2025-07-02
- SUSHI ROCK - BOCA RATONBoca Raton5 HP1 INT12 BASPestScore 572last visit 2026-03-25
- AMITIE CAFEBoca Raton5 HP4 INT2 BASScore 542last visit 2026-02-03
- CHINA HUTBoynton Beach4 HP3 INTScore 430last visit 2026-02-27
- DRIFT PALM BEACHPalm Beach3 HP2 INTScore 320last visit 2026-02-24
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Closed/Delinquent
126 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.
Between you and me, it's a shame: TROPICAL SMOKEHOUSE in West Palm Beach, TROPICAL SMOKEHOUSE in Delray Beach and 3 NATIVES EAST DELRAY INC in Delray Beach ran away with the Palm Beach County count. 8 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: 118 social or silence signal and 86 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46). Confidence mix: 115 confirmed and 101 suspected. Velocity check: 24 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 17 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? What're you gonna do.
- TROPICAL SMOKEHOUSEWest Palm Beachclosure score 3
- TROPICAL SMOKEHOUSEDelray Beachclosure score 3
- 3 NATIVES EAST DELRAY INCDelray Beachclosure score 1
- ECLECTIC EATSDelray Beachclosure score 1
- REST OF THE FISH BOYNTON LLCLake Parkclosure score 1
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
176 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.
Ya want the truth? The record's right here: 176 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in Palm Beach County on the 11-year pattern view, led by AROMA INDIAN CUISINE, SBARRO. 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? Capisce?
- AROMA INDIAN CUISINEWest Palm Beach11 HP3 INT1 BASScore 1131Active bad actorlast visit 01/12/2026
- SBARROWellington5 HP1 INT2 BASScore 512Active bad actorlast visit 07/15/2026
- HERITAGE PIZZA AND GRILLLake Worth Beach14 HP10 INT3 BASScore 1503Active bad actorlast visit 01/29/2026
- CRAZY BUFFETWest Palm Beach13 HP4 INTScore 1340Historical bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 03/10/2026
- LILIS CAFEPalm Beach Gardens9 HP5 INT4 BASScore 954Active chronic offenderCurrently Activelast visit 07/16/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
19 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
Listen, my friend, the numbers don't stutter: ELISABETTA'S/BAR CAPRI in West Palm Beach, RISTORANTE SANTUCCI in West Palm Beach and ELMO'S ROCK BAR & GRILL INC in Boynton Beach pulled the heaviest numbers in Palm Beach County. 19 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. ELISABETTA'S/BAR CAPRI in West Palm Beach 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?
- ELISABETTA'S/BAR CAPRIWest Palm Beach2 INT4 BASPestScore 74
- RISTORANTE SANTUCCIWest Palm Beach1 BASScore 1
- ELMO'S ROCK BAR & GRILL INCBoynton Beach2 BASPestScore 52
- CHINA TOWN CHEFPalm Beach Gardens1 INT2 BASScore 12
- WENDY'S 8963North Palm Beach1 BASScore 1
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Clean Plates
134 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Honest to God, you can't make this up: 134 Palm Beach County licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — OUT OF MANY CAFE, COCO DULCE INC, ALL ABOUT YOU CATERING OF PALM BEACH LLC among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. OUT OF MANY CAFE stretched a high-priority-free run to 12 inspections covering roughly 3 years. In plain Jersey: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking, capisce? What're you gonna do.
- OUT OF MANY CAFERiviera Beach
- COCO DULCE INCPahokee
- ALL ABOUT YOU CATERING OF PALM BEACH LLCWest Palm Beach2 BASScore 2
- CRYSTAL BAY CATERERSBoca Raton
- THE COUNTRY CLUB AT WOODFIELD INCBoca Raton
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🆕 New
Openings
43 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.
Whaddya gonna do, the file speaks for itself: Total for Palm Beach County: 43 opening signals. 68 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 2790 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include PALM HOUSE CAFE & BAR in Juno Beach, VOSARYA PASTRY in Boynton Beach and CITY PLACE-WEST PALM LLC in West Palm Beach. Ledger type mix: 2790 new-license records and 68 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 1735 Unknown and 92 Cafe. Area concentration: 718 WEST PALM BEACH and 461 BOCA RATON. Velocity check: 172 opening signals in the last 90 days, 35 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-01 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? Capisce?
- PALM HOUSE CAFE & BARJuno Beach
- VOSARYA PASTRYBoynton Beach
- CITY PLACE-WEST PALM LLCWest Palm Beach
- MOOSE DEUCE FROZEN YOGURTJupiter
- BAHAMA BUCK'S ORIGINAL SHAVED ICE COMPANYJupiter
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