Start with the state: Miami-Dade County's chronic density is 26% below the Florida average. Miami-Dade County sits at 149 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 Latin American spots, 1 Bar, 1 Butcher, and 1 Chicken. 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
69 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Out where the heat melts the rules, here is the count: KELLY'S CAJUN GRILL in Hialeah, LA GUAJIRA PIZZERIA CUBANA in Hialeah and PUBBELLY SUSHI in Miami owned the top of the Miami-Dade County board. 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: 1 Daycare, 1 Pizza, 1 Sports Bar, and 1 Sushi. 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.
- KELLY'S CAJUN GRILLHialeah4 HP2 INT17 BASScore 437last visit 2025-12-22
- LA GUAJIRA PIZZERIA CUBANAHialeah2 HP2 INT6 BASPestScore 276last visit 2026-07-17
- PUBBELLY SUSHIMiami3 HP2 INT3 BASPestScore 373last visit 2025-11-17
- SWEET BUBBLECutler Bay4 HP4 INT3 BASPestScore 493last visit 2026-07-16
- CMX BRICKELL STONE SPORTS BARMiami8 HP4 INT18 BASPestScore 908last visit 2026-07-14
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Near Miss
149 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
CACIQUE LUNCH in Miami, LOS CARINGAS LATIN AMERICAN FOOD in Hialeah and WENDY'S 1970 in Florida City stacked up first across Miami-Dade County. 149 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.
- CACIQUE LUNCHMiami9 HP4 INT19 BASPestScore 1009last visit 2025-11-18
- LOS CARINGAS LATIN AMERICAN FOODHialeah5 HP1 INT5 BASScore 515last visit 2026-01-26
- WENDY'S 1970Florida City4 HP1 BASScore 401last visit 2025-11-10
- CHICK-FIL-A FLORIDA CITYFlorida City4 HP1 INT7 BASScore 417last visit 2026-06-03
- SOCIAL CLUBMiami Beach4 HP3 INT5 BASPestScore 485last visit 2025-12-01
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Closed/Delinquent
413 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.
Tropical storm or no, the citations keep landing: COSA CAFE in Miami, KONOS in Hialeah and LOLOVE in Miami topped the Miami-Dade County ledger this round. 11 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 27 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 389 social or silence signal and 191 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46). Confidence mix: 392 confirmed and 231 suspected. Velocity check: 38 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 28 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2009-11-14 to 2026-07-23. 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.
- COSA CAFEMiamiclosure score 1
- KONOSHialeahclosure score 1
- LOLOVEMiamiclosure score 1
- BIRNAM'S ALIBIMiami Beachclosure score 1
- JADOREATSMiamiclosure score 1
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
175 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.
Before the cocktail hour, the auditors did their rounds: 175 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in Miami-Dade County on the 11-year pattern view, led by AIR CULINAIRE WORLDWIDE, JENNIFERS CAFETERIA. 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 swamp, for once, is not the problem.
- AIR CULINAIRE WORLDWIDEMiami10 HP5 INT29 BASScore 1079Active chronic offenderCurrently Activelast visit 01/08/2026
- JENNIFERS CAFETERIANorth Miami Beach7 HP11 INT17 BASScore 827Active bad actorlast visit 07/10/2026
- TACO SHOP MEXICAN GRILL 2Miami Lakes7 HP2 BASScore 702Active bad actorlast visit 07/16/2026
- FRANK'S FRESH FRUITS MINI MARKETMiami7 HP15 INT18 BASScore 868Active bad actorlast visit 08/27/2025
- BIG YARD RESTAURANTMiami Gardens4 HP3 BASScore 403Active bad actorlast visit 03/18/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
21 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
Even the alligators in the parking lot have seen better: CERVECERIA LA TROPICAL in Miami, ANTOJITOS 5 ESTRELLAS in Miami and LA UCHIRENA RAPID FOOD in Doral headlined the Miami-Dade County rundown. 21 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. CERVECERIA LA TROPICAL in Miami dropped HP+Critical counts from 10 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (80.0% better). For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern. The inspectors merely wrote down the punchline.
- CERVECERIA LA TROPICALMiami4 BASScore 4
- ANTOJITOS 5 ESTRELLASMiami
- LA UCHIRENA RAPID FOODDoral
- MUSEUM TOWER CAFEMiami3 INT5 BASPestScore 85
- PUERQUITO RELLENOHialeah2 INT5 BASPestScore 75
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Clean Plates
360 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
The hurricane shutters are up; the inspections kept going: 360 Miami-Dade County licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — GOLD KOSHER CATERING, 2180 KITCHEN, ALL KIDS CATERING among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. GOLD KOSHER CATERING stretched a high-priority-free run to 19 inspections covering roughly 4.8 years. For civilians not fluent in state paperwork: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking.
- GOLD KOSHER CATERINGNorth Miami1 BASScore 1
- 2180 KITCHENMiami
- ALL KIDS CATERINGOpa-Locka2 BASScore 2
- MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE AT BAPTIST HEALTHMiami1 BASPestScore 51
- 142A AIFI SMASHED BURGERMiami
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🆕 New
Openings
48 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.
Only in Florida does this read like routine paperwork: Miami-Dade County ledger: 48 opening signals. 138 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 6463 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include YARBOU ARABIAN FOOD 2 in Miami, NU KITCHEN LAB MIAMI LLC in Miami and BAM BURGER RESTAURANT in Miami. Ledger type mix: 6463 new-license records and 138 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 4347 Unknown and 170 Cafe. Area concentration: 3760 MIAMI and 640 MIAMI BEACH. Velocity check: 302 opening signals in the last 90 days, 88 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-05 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 swamp, for once, is not the problem.
- YARBOU ARABIAN FOOD 2Miami
- NU KITCHEN LAB MIAMI LLCMiami
- BAM BURGER RESTAURANTMiami
- BAR ZORROCoral Gables
- YARBOU CENTRAL KITCHEN LLCMiami
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