Top-down from the state: the Orlando area's chronic density is 43% below the Florida average. the Orlando area tallies 258 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 pizza spots, 1 Chinese, 1 Diner, and 1 Fast Food. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
97 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
CATRINAS MEXICAN FUSION in Orlando, URBAN SOUL DAIQUIRIS & WINGZ in Daytona Beach and TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFE in Sanford put the sharpest marks on the Orlando area's list. 97 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 Bar, 1 Diner, 1 Juice/Smoothie, and 1 Pizza. Trend line: emergency-order volume is steady against the last public cut. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it.
- CATRINAS MEXICAN FUSIONOrlando3 HP13 BASPestScore 363last visit 2026-04-07
- URBAN SOUL DAIQUIRIS & WINGZDaytona Beach1 HP3 BASScore 103last visit 2026-06-30
- TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFESanford2 INT8 BASPestScore 78last visit 2025-11-17
- TROY'SCocoa1 HP1 INT5 BASScore 115last visit 2026-02-13
- US3 INVESTMENTSOrlando1 HP1 BASScore 101last visit 2025-09-29
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Near Miss
258 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
STARLITE DINER in Daytona Beach, WENDY'S 1757 in New Smyrna Beach and LADY LAKE PIZZA & PASTA in Lady Lake carried the front of this the Orlando area file. 258 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. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now.
- STARLITE DINERDaytona Beach5 HP5 BASPestScore 555last visit 2026-04-01
- WENDY'S 1757New Smyrna Beach4 HP1 INT3 BASPestScore 463last visit 2026-01-29
- LADY LAKE PIZZA & PASTALady Lake4 HP4 INT5 BASPestScore 495last visit 2026-01-27
- THE GREAT GREEK #70005Winter Garden4 HP6 INT13 BASPestScore 523last visit 2026-01-29
- DON GIOVANNI ORMOND BEACHOrmond Beach3 HP4 BASScore 304last visit 2026-06-30
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Closed/Delinquent
377 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.
JAHMAKIN JERK N JUICE in Kissimmee, JUST LIKE MOMMA'S SOUL FOOD AND WINGS in Apopka and LA CATALANA CAFE in Palm Bay topped the the Orlando area ledger this round. 318 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 154 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Recency split: 119 in the last 90 days and 605 historical. Dated closure signals run from 2014-06-16 to 2026-07-23. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures.
- JAHMAKIN JERK N JUICEKissimmeeclosure score 4
- JUST LIKE MOMMA'S SOUL FOOD AND WINGSApopkaclosure score 3
- LA CATALANA CAFEPalm Bayclosure score 3
- NATURE'S TABLE CAFEOrlandoclosure score 4
- HOT WOKOrmond Beachclosure score 3
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
166 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.
166 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in the Orlando area on the 11-year pattern view, led by CHINA GARDEN, YAMASAN JAPANESE RESTAURANT INC. The full repeat-offender record sits below. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator.
- CHINA GARDENOrlando3 HP7 INT14 BASScore 384Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
- YAMASAN JAPANESE RESTAURANT INCOrlando12 HP14 INT21 BASScore 1361Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
- LAN LAMOON AUTHENTIC THAI BISTROSouth Daytona7 HP2 INT5 BASScore 725Active bad actorlast visit 03/19/2026
- STARLIGHT RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE INCOrlando5 HP5 BASScore 505Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
- EL PALACIO BUFFETOrlando21 HP10 INT29 BASScore 2229Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 06/30/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
46 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
VICTORIOS OYSTER BAR & GRILLE in Longwood, OAK HOUSE in Lady Lake and LA QUINTA INN AND SUITES in Orlando pulled the heaviest numbers in the Orlando area. 46 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. VICTORIOS OYSTER BAR & GRILLE in Longwood dropped HP+Critical counts from 18 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (88.9% better). PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern.
- VICTORIOS OYSTER BAR & GRILLELongwood1 INT3 BASPestScore 63
- OAK HOUSELady Lake1 INTScore 10
- LA QUINTA INN AND SUITESOrlando2 BASPestScore 52
- PORCH SOUTH ORANGEOrlando4 BASPestScore 54
- DON JULIO MEXICAN KITCHEN AND TEQUILA BARLake Mary
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Clean Plates
856 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
DIG IT! 856 Orlando area kitchens kept their plates clean in Q2 2026 — and that's no fluke, brother. These are the real deal, the ones who didn't just get lucky once, but proved it time and again. GA FOODS, FLAME TREE BBQ, and NOBLE PURSUIT FLORIDA, LLC — they're the champions of the kitchen, yeah! GA FOODS, in particular, has been on fire — stretching their high-priority-free streak all the way to 23 inspections. That's over 5.8 years of no major violations, and that's the kind of consistency that earns respect, brother. No shortcuts, no slippage — just clean plates, every time. I'VE SOARED WITH THE EAGLES, AND SLITHERED WITH THE SNAKES! These aren't just numbers — they're proof that some operators take their job seriously. And when they do, the families who walk in the door? They're the real winners, yeah!
- GA FOODSOrlando1 BASScore 1
- FLAME TREE BBQLake Buena Vista1 BASScore 1
- NOBLE PURSUIT FLORIDA, LLCHaines City3 BASPestScore 53
- KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKENLake Wales3 BASPestScore 53
- EAGLE'S NESTWinter Haven
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🆕 New
New Owners
122 records this window
DBPR ownership-change records in the last 30 days — "Approve Change Owner Request" actions.
I GOT NEWS FOR YOU, BROTHER! The Orlando area just hit a 122-UNIT SPREE with ownership-change filings in the last 30 days — that’s a whole bunch of new bosses stepping into old kitchens, yeah! These aren’t closures, brother. These are operator turnovers — a new owner-of-record on an existing license — and they’re happening at the same rate as last time, yeah! I’VE SOARED WITH THE EAGLES, AND SLITHERED WITH THE SNAKES! Just because the owner changed doesn’t mean the kitchen cleaned up — but it’s not a health failure, it’s a business move, yeah! THE CREAM RISES TO THE TOP — OH YEAH! Some of these new operators might just be the ticket to a clean plate, while others? Well, let’s just say they’ve got their work cut out for them, yeah!
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Openings
168 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.
the Orlando area ledger: 168 opening signals. 8 announced via FB/news/operator signal. Current names include WALALA HAND-PULLED NOODLES HOUSE in Orlando, VINNY BEA'S in Sanford and VENPACA RIVERVIEW in Malabar. Dated opening signals run from 2026-07-17 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. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting.
- WALALA HAND-PULLED NOODLES HOUSEOrlando
- VINNY BEA'SSanford
- VENPACA RIVERVIEWMalabar
- MY DAD'S PIZZAMerritt Island
- AREA 504Orlando
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