Statewide frame: Broward County is near the Florida mean. Broward County's current board shows 86 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 3 bars, 1 Argentine, 1 Colombian, and 1 Lebanese. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
33 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
The menu did not mention this part, naturally: CRAFT FT LAUDERDALE in Fort Lauderdale, LAS CARNITAS LATIN CUISINE in Pompano Beach and QUATES MEXICAN RESTAURANT INC in Oakland Park put the sharpest marks on Broward County's list. 33 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 Gastropub, and 1 Japanese. Trend line: emergency-order volume is steady against the last public cut. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it. The inspectors merely wrote down the punchline.
- CRAFT FT LAUDERDALEFort Lauderdale2 HP5 INT6 BASPestScore 306last visit 2026-01-08
- 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
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Near Miss
86 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Somewhere between the mop sink and the mangroves, the facts arrived: LA VIE RESTAURANT in Pompano Beach, BANCHERO EXPRESS in Weston and CASA CALABRIA in Fort Lauderdale headlined the Broward County rundown. 86 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. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now.
- LA VIE RESTAURANTPompano Beach4 HP2 INT1 BASPestScore 471last visit 2025-11-06
- BANCHERO EXPRESSWeston4 HP6 INT8 BASPestScore 518last visit 2026-01-21
- CASA CALABRIAFort Lauderdale4 HP3 BASScore 403last visit 2026-02-10
- ITS ALL GREEK TO ME! GRILL POMPANOPompano Beach3 HP2 BASPestScore 352last visit 2025-10-24
- KING'S GRILLHollywood3 HP3 BASPestScore 353last visit 2026-01-29
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Closed/Delinquent
195 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.
Florida files this kind of thing under 'Tuesday': ADVANCE ICE CREAM in Weston, SPRD THE VIBE LLC in Oakland Park and TAQUERIA in Deerfield Beach topped the Broward County ledger this round. 3 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 19 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 143 suspected. Velocity check: 22 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2011-04-25 to 2026-07-24. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures. The swamp, for once, is not the problem.
- ADVANCE ICE CREAMWestonclosure score 1
- SPRD THE VIBE LLCOakland Parkclosure score 1
- TAQUERIADeerfield Beachclosure score 1
- CARENI FOOD, INCSunriseclosure score 1
- DOUGH AFFAIRFort Lauderdaleclosure score 1
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
191 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.
If you squint past the palm trees, the report is plain: 191 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in Broward County on the 11-year pattern view, led by MOON THAI & JAPANESE, IRIE TAKEOUT RESTAURANT. The full repeat-offender record sits below. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator. The inspectors merely wrote down the punchline.
- 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
- DINER BY THE SEALauderdale-By-The-Se9 HP6 INT18 BASScore 978Active bad actorlast visit 05/20/2026
- DON RODONE, INCHollywood5 HP2 BASScore 502Active bad actorlast visit 01/07/2026
- KING'S SUPER BUFFETLauderhill7 HP2 INT6 BASScore 726Active bad actorlast visit 07/08/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
42 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
South of the I-4 corridor, the violations get colorful: FIRST WATCH #0083 in Sunrise, BARILOCHE GOURMET in Fort Lauderdale and ROCCO'S TACOS in Fort Lauderdale led the board in Broward County. 42 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. FIRST WATCH #0083 in Sunrise dropped HP+Critical counts from 22 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (90.9% better). For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern.
- FIRST WATCH #0083Sunrise4 BASScore 4
- BARILOCHE GOURMETFort Lauderdale
- ROCCO'S TACOSFort Lauderdale1 INT3 BASScore 13
- BONJOUR BAKERYPembroke Pines1 INT2 BASPestScore 62
- CHICK-FIL-A AT BROWARD MALLPlantation1 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.
Down here, the inspector's clipboard reads like fiction: 129 Broward County licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — GULFSTREAM PARK THEME PARK CARTS, TAYLOR MADE BBQ, RED ZEPPELIN among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. GULFSTREAM PARK THEME PARK CARTS stretched a high-priority-free run to 14 inspections covering roughly 3.5 years. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking. The swamp, for once, is not the problem.
- 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
54 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.
Out where the heat melts the rules, here is the count: Broward County count: 54 opening signals. 81 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 4164 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include NOT FOR SCHLONG HOT DOGS in Coral Springs, CAVA in Fort Lauderdale and POMPERDALE DELI in Fort Lauderdale. Ledger type mix: 4164 new-license records and 81 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 2463 Unknown and 122 Pizza. Area concentration: 854 FORT LAUDERDALE and 579 HOLLYWOOD. Velocity check: 204 opening signals in the last 90 days, 42 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-07 to 2026-07-23. 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. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting. The inspectors merely wrote down the punchline.
- NOT FOR SCHLONG HOT DOGSCoral Springs
- CAVAFort Lauderdale
- POMPERDALE DELIFort Lauderdale
- BURGERS & SHAKESFort Lauderdale
- SABOR Y SAZON DE MI TIERRA LLCFort Lauderdale
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