In the Florida picture: the Tampa Bay area's chronic density is 39% below the Florida average. the Tampa Bay area shows 108 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 restaurants, 2 sandwiches, 1 Hotel, and 1 Pizza. 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
119 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Before the cocktail hour, the auditors did their rounds: FARANDULERO PIZZERIA in Tampa, DENNY'S in St. Petersburg and DUNKIN DONUTS/BASKIN ROBBINS in Tampa owned the top of the the Tampa Bay area board. 119 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 diners, and 1 Cafe. 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 swamp, for once, is not the problem.
- FARANDULERO PIZZERIATampa1 HP1 INTPestScore 160last visit 2026-07-16
- DENNY'SSt. Petersburg4 HP3 INT13 BASPestScore 493last visit 2026-01-06
- DUNKIN DONUTS/BASKIN ROBBINSTampa2 HP1 BASPestScore 251last visit 2026-06-30
- MEZZA LUNA AT THE VILLAGESThe Villages2 HP1 INT5 BASScore 215last visit 2026-06-10
- DISCOVERY INDIAN CUISINEPalm Harbor3 HP2 INT7 BASPestScore 377last visit 2026-07-15
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Near Miss
108 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Even the alligators in the parking lot have seen better: LITTLE ITALY PIZZA SHOP in St. Petersburg, TREASURE ISLAND R BAR in Treasure Island and LA TERESITA in Tampa owned the top of the the Tampa Bay area board. 108 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. The inspectors merely wrote down the punchline.
- LITTLE ITALY PIZZA SHOPSt. Petersburg5 HP2 INT8 BASPestScore 578last visit 2026-06-30
- TREASURE ISLAND R BARTreasure Island5 HP5 INT15 BASPestScore 615last visit 2026-06-30
- LA TERESITATampa4 HP3 INT5 BASPestScore 485last visit 2026-02-05
- PALM AVE SANDWICH SHOPTampa4 HP2 BASScore 402last visit 2026-03-02
- CHARLEYS CHEESESTEAKS & WINGSBrooksville4 HP3 INT6 BASPestScore 486last visit 2026-06-30
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Closed/Delinquent
440 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.
Somewhere between the mop sink and the mangroves, the facts arrived: 2-14 FOODS in Tampa, CLEAN COW in St. Petersburg and LA DELICIA CUBANA INC in Tampa sat at the head of the the Tampa Bay area list. 14 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 47 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 398 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46) and 373 social or silence signal. Confidence mix: 395 suspected and 387 confirmed. Velocity check: 61 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 55 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2009-11-19 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 inspectors merely wrote down the punchline.
- 2-14 FOODSTampaclosure score 1
- CLEAN COWSt. Petersburgclosure score 1
- LA DELICIA CUBANA INCTampaclosure score 1
- MIKEY'S PLACESt. Petersburgclosure score 1
- MR FREEZETampaclosure score 1
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
168 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.
Only in Florida does this read like routine paperwork: 168 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in the Tampa Bay area on the 11-year pattern view, led by WINGHOUSE BAR + GRILL, PIEROGI GRILL & STEAKHOUSE. 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.
- WINGHOUSE BAR + GRILLClearwater7 HP3 INT10 BASScore 740Active bad actorlast visit 05/06/2026
- PIEROGI GRILL & STEAKHOUSEClearwater12 HP7 INT29 BASScore 1299Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 06/30/2026
- FIVE BUCKS DRINKERYSt. Petersburg10 HP5 INT18 BASScore 1068Active bad actorlast visit 03/16/2026
- OYSTER SHUCKER INCSt. Pete Beach6 HP6 INT7 BASScore 667Active bad actorlast visit 01/22/2026
- SAIGON DELI IITampa8 HP14 INT42 BASScore 982Active bad actorlast visit 06/24/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
41 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
The menu did not mention this part, naturally: LA GUANTANAMERA RESTAURANT in Seffner, LICENSED TO CHILL in Brooksville and MARGARITAS AUTHENTIC MEXICAN RESTAURANT in Clearwater ran away with the the Tampa Bay area count. 41 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. LA GUANTANAMERA RESTAURANT in Seffner 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. The swamp, for once, is not the problem.
- LA GUANTANAMERA RESTAURANTSeffner1 INT4 BASScore 14
- LICENSED TO CHILLBrooksville
- MARGARITAS AUTHENTIC MEXICAN RESTAURANTClearwater1 INTScore 10
- STRANDHILL PUBLICTampa
- AHI SUSHISt. Petersburg2 INT3 BASPestScore 73
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Clean Plates
593 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
In a culinary landscape where the local humidity is often as thick as a poorly reduced gravy, 593 licensees in the Tampa Bay area managed to navigate the 90-day window—a standard three-month observation period where the state takes a peek into your pantry—without tripping the alarm. These establishments earned a clean Q2 2026 ledger, proving they can maintain a kitchen that doesn't resemble a scene from a swamp-based survival horror film. The list of survivors includes BOBBY'S BISTRO & WINE BAR, I WANNA WOK, and SON OF A BRISKET BBQ. These spots avoided high-priority violations, which are essentially the 'red alert' sins that get a kitchen slapped with an emergency order to shut its doors immediately. They didn't just dodge one bullet; they demonstrated a level of consistency that suggests their sanitation habits are as reliable as a Florida thunderstorm. BOBBY'S BISTRO & WINE BAR in Tampa took the trophy for endurance, stretching a high-priority-free run across 17 inspections. Over roughly 4.2 years, the operator managed to keep the inspectors from finding anything worth a headline, a feat of culinary housekeeping that deserves a standing ovation in a state where the iguanas are often the only ones keeping the grass trimmed.
- BOBBY'S BISTRO & WINE BARClearwater
- I WANNA WOKTampa
- SON OF A BRISKET BBQTampa
- DOUBLE EAGLE IIClearwater1 BASScore 1
- DUBLIN HOUSE PUBLargo
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🆕 New
New Owners
25 records this window
DBPR ownership-change records in the last 30 days — "Approve Change Owner Request" actions.
Tropical storm or no, the citations keep landing: the revolving door of restaurant stewardship continues to spin with the mechanical indifference of a hurricane-hardened ceiling fan. The data shows 25 ownership-change filings posted in the 30-day window, a volume that sits perfectly level with the previous public cut. These ownership-change filings represent a simple administrative handoff where a new operator-of-record steps into an existing license, much like a tenant swapping keys without the building actually collapsing. It is not a closure, cancellation, or revocation, but rather a bureaucratic relay race in the humid Florida heat.
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Openings
41 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.
Down here, the inspector's clipboard reads like fiction: Total for the Tampa Bay area: 41 opening signals. 39 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 7038 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include BROOKSVILLE BAGELS in Brooksville, BUDDY BREW COFFEE in Tampa and BIENVENUE CHEZ VOUS in Clearwater. Ledger type mix: 7038 new-license records and 39 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 4596 Unknown and 196 Pizza. Area concentration: 2065 TAMPA and 507 ST. PETERSBURG. Velocity check: 165 opening signals in the last 90 days, 45 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-01 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.
- BROOKSVILLE BAGELSBrooksville
- BUDDY BREW COFFEETampa
- BIENVENUE CHEZ VOUSClearwater
- HAVELI INDIAN KITCHENTampa
- TRATTORIA NAPOLIZephyrhills
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