Measured statewide: the Jacksonville area's chronic density is 18% above the Florida average. the Jacksonville area logs 94 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Beach, 1 Brunch, 1 Fast Food, and 1 Moroccan. 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
64 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
South of the I-4 corridor, the violations get colorful: TWIN PEAKS RESTAURANT in Jacksonville, DICK'S WINGS & GRILL in Jacksonville and MARGARITAS MEXICAN GRILL 1 in Jacksonville drew the loudest scorecard in the Jacksonville area. 64 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 Health Food, 1 Mexican, 1 Seafood, and 1 Sports Bar. 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.
- TWIN PEAKS RESTAURANTJacksonville5 HP6 INT7 BASPestScore 617last visit 2026-02-04
- DICK'S WINGS & GRILLJacksonville2 HP1 INT3 BASPestScore 263last visit 2026-07-17
- MARGARITAS MEXICAN GRILL 1Jacksonville1 HP1 BASPestScore 151last visit 2026-07-14
- Kathy's TableJacksonville4 HP2 INT6 BASPestScore 476last visit 2026-07-17
- BLUE WATER BAYMelrose7 HP2 INT12 BASPestScore 782last visit 2026-07-16
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Near Miss
94 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Florida files this kind of thing under 'Tuesday': ROJAS PIZZA in Jacksonville, MOCHI CAFE in Jacksonville and EZ EATZ in Jacksonville pulled the heaviest numbers in the Jacksonville area. 94 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. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now. The swamp, for once, is not the problem.
- ROJAS PIZZAJacksonville5 HP4 INT6 BASPestScore 596last visit 2026-02-02
- MOCHI CAFEJacksonville4 HP3 INT5 BASScore 435last visit 2026-06-30
- EZ EATZJacksonville3 HP2 INT7 BASPestScore 377last visit 2026-02-10
- THE COOPMacclenny3 HP2 INT7 BASPestScore 377last visit 2026-02-26
- CAFE SAN MARCOJacksonville4 HP3 INT3 BASPestScore 483last visit 2026-02-05
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Closed/Delinquent
503 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.
Even the alligators in the parking lot have seen better: LA OVEJA NEGRA GRILL in Jacksonville, YUMMY TUMMY in Jacksonville and ART PLACE CATERER in Jacksonville pulled the heaviest numbers in the Jacksonville area. 81 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 42 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 664 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46) and 220 social or silence signal. Confidence mix: 591 suspected and 300 confirmed. Velocity check: 109 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 105 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2007-10-27 to 2027-06-01. 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.
- LA OVEJA NEGRA GRILLJacksonvilleclosure score 1
- YUMMY TUMMYJacksonvilleclosure score 1
- ART PLACE CATERERJacksonvilleclosure score 3
- CATRACHITO LATIN FOODJacksonvilleclosure score 3
- FLYING FROG MUSHROOMSKeystone Heightsclosure score 1
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
184 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.
The hurricane shutters are up; the inspections kept going: culinary landscape is hosting a recurring parade of kitchen catastrophes that would make an Everglades swamp look like a sterile laboratory. An 11-year pattern of violations has surfaced, revealing 184 restaurants that treat health codes like mere suggestions rather than the law of the land. Leading this long-running comedy of errors are CHURCH'S CHICKEN #10465 and AHAN THAI KITCHEN. These establishments have managed to stay on the menu of state regulators for over a decade, proving that some habits are harder to break than a tourist’s resolve in a humidity-soaked gift shop.
- CHURCH'S CHICKEN #10465Jacksonville5 HP2 INT11 BASScore 531Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
- AHAN THAI KITCHENFernandina Beach7 HP8 INT11 BASScore 791Active bad actorlast visit 05/19/2026
- SAM WON GARDENJacksonville10 HP8 INT5 BASScore 1085Active bad actorlast visit 02/09/2026
- BY DESIGN CATERINGSt. Augustine9 HP4 INT8 BASScore 948Active bad actorlast visit 04/08/2026
- CARRABBAS ITALIAN GRILLJacksonville7 HP1 INT15 BASScore 725Historical bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
18 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
Before the cocktail hour, the auditors did their rounds: SONNY`S REAL PIT BAR B Q in Palm Coast, 6TH STREET DELI in Flagler Beach and CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL 4528 in Jacksonville owned the top of the the Jacksonville area board. 18 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. SONNY`S REAL PIT BAR B Q in Palm Coast dropped HP+Critical counts from 12 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (83.3% better). For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern.
- SONNY`S REAL PIT BAR B QPalm Coast
- 6TH STREET DELIFlagler Beach1 INT2 BASScore 12
- CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL 4528Jacksonville2 BASPestScore 52
- JAX LUMPIA ATBPJacksonville1 BASScore 1
- BAP BOWL KOREAN FOODJacksonville1 INT6 BASPestScore 66
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Clean Plates
199 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Out where the heat melts the rules, here is the count: 199 the Jacksonville area licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — LARRY'S GIANT SUBS, BANANA LEAF ASIAN BISTRO INC, CROSBY'S CAFE INC among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. LARRY'S GIANT SUBS stretched a high-priority-free run to 12 inspections covering roughly 3 years. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking. The inspectors merely wrote down the punchline.
- LARRY'S GIANT SUBSFleming Island
- BANANA LEAF ASIAN BISTRO INCJacksonville4 BASPestScore 54
- CROSBY'S CAFE INCElkton
- LATE RISERSSt. Augustine
- LANA'S KITCHEN CATERING SERVICEJacksonville
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🆕 New
Openings
39 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.
Tropical storm or no, the citations keep landing: Total for the Jacksonville area: 39 opening signals. 15 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 3337 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include SOFRESH SILVERLEAF in St. Augustine, 3 STONES FLAVORS RESTAURANT & OYSTER BAR in Jacksonville and PEPPER'S COCINA MEXICANA & TEQUILA BAR (FERNANDINA) in Fernandina Beach. Ledger type mix: 3337 new-license records and 15 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 1971 Unknown and 114 Fast Food. Area concentration: 1843 JACKSONVILLE and 323 SAINT AUGUSTINE. Velocity check: 77 opening signals in the last 90 days, 23 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-01 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. 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.
- SOFRESH SILVERLEAFSt. Augustine
- 3 STONES FLAVORS RESTAURANT & OYSTER BARJacksonville
- PEPPER'S COCINA MEXICANA & TEQUILA BAR (FERNANDINA)Fernandina Beach
- BISTRO 67Jacksonville
- A1A ASIAN KITCHENSt. Augustine
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