Florida baseline first: Southwest Florida is near the Florida mean. Southwest Florida counts 127 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 seafood spots, 1 Brunch, 1 Deli, and 1 Diner. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
52 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
BOATHOUSE (THE) in Naples, CHINA MAX in Sebring and LEGACY 1912 in Sebring sat at the head of the Southwest Florida list. 52 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 American Steak, 1 Bar, 1 Chinese, and 1 Seafood. 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.
- BOATHOUSE (THE)Naples5 HP2 BASPestScore 552last visit 2026-05-19
- CHINA MAXSebring1 HP1 INT7 BASPestScore 167last visit 2026-06-30
- LEGACY 1912Sebring1 HP1 INT7 BASPestScore 167last visit 2026-07-17
- COMPASS BAR AND GRILLLake Placid2 HP3 BASPestScore 253last visit 2026-07-16
- EL ESTADIO LATIN SPORTS BARFort Myers1 HP5 BASPestScore 155last visit 2026-07-16
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Near Miss
127 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
USS NEMO in Naples, VENEZIA in Sarasota and LEONIS PIZZERIA in Fort Myers owned the top of the Southwest Florida board. 127 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.
- USS NEMONaples4 HP2 INT2 BASScore 422last visit 2026-03-11
- VENEZIASarasota4 HP1 INT2 BASScore 412last visit 2025-12-08
- LEONIS PIZZERIAFort Myers4 HP3 INT4 BASPestScore 484last visit 2026-01-05
- ENCLAVEPunta Gorda3 HP1 INT2 BASScore 312last visit 2025-10-15
- OLD' CUBAN RESTAURANT & BARCape Coral6 HP6 INT17 BASPestScore 727last visit 2026-01-28
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Closed/Delinquent
125 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.
TACOS AND TEQUILA in Fort Myers, CUBAN RESTAURANT EL TROPICAL in Cape Coral and ALDO'S in Naples sat at the head of the Southwest Florida list. 111 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 125 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Recency split: 37 in the last 90 days and 258 historical. Dated closure signals run from 2010-11-01 to 2026-07-21. PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures.
- TACOS AND TEQUILAFort Myersclosure score 3
- CUBAN RESTAURANT EL TROPICALCape Coralclosure score 5
- ALDO'SNaplesclosure score 5
- B2U'SNorth Fort Myersclosure score 5
- SANDY'S CIRCLE CAFESebringclosure score 5
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
178 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.
OOOH YEAH, MEAN GENE! 178 restaurants in Southwest Florida have been caught with a pattern of problems—same issues, same violations, same bad habits—over the past 11 years, and it ain't pretty, brother. Yeah! FLAVORS OF INDIA and ANTHONYS MEXICAN RESTAURANT are leading the way on this mess, yeah! That’s not just a pattern—it’s a PROBLEM, and it’s been going on for over a decade. I remember way back when some of these places thought they could slide by with a few slip-ups, but this? This is a full-blown repeat-offender list, brother. Yeah! These are the kind of restaurants that should be on a watch list, not a menu. Let me tell you something—when a restaurant racks up violations for 11 years, that’s not just negligence. That’s a DISGRACE. Yeah! And the inspector? They’re the real hero here, brother. The ones who keep showing up, time after time, trying to clean up the mess. And to the folks who own these places? Let me tell you something—this isn’t a game. This is a kitchen, and it's where your kids eat. Yeah! You don’t get to play around with that.
- FLAVORS OF INDIABradenton5 HP6 INT7 BASScore 567Active bad actorlast visit 04/22/2026
- ANTHONYS MEXICAN RESTAURANTImmokalee8 HP5 INT9 BASScore 859Historical bad actorlast visit 04/02/2026
- BRIONaples5 HP3 INT9 BASScore 539Active bad actorlast visit 03/13/2026
- BONEFISH GRILLBonita Springs4 HP4 INT4 BASScore 444Active bad actorlast visit 04/14/2026
- ARBY'S #5992Fort Myers2 HP2 INT2 BASScore 222Active bad actorlast visit 04/09/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
35 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
SLATER'S GOODS & PROVISIONS in Babcock Ranch, LA CASITA AZUL RESTAURANT INC #2 in Bradenton and PATRICK'S 1481 in Sarasota headlined the Southwest Florida rundown. 35 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. SLATER'S GOODS & PROVISIONS in Babcock Ranch dropped HP+Critical counts from 22 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (90.9% better). PROMO TRANSLATION, BROTHER: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern.
- SLATER'S GOODS & PROVISIONSBabcock Ranch
- LA CASITA AZUL RESTAURANT INC #2Bradenton1 BASScore 1
- PATRICK'S 1481Sarasota1 BASScore 1
- CULINARY CENTER AT ESPLANADE GOLF & COUNTRY CLUBLakewood Ranch
- FIRESTONE WOOD FIRED GRILLEFort Myers2 BASScore 2
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Clean Plates
458 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
DIG IT! Southwest Florida's clean plate crew is out here stacking wins — 458 licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger, yeah! These aren't one-off miracles, brother. These are repeat visits with ZERO high-priority or intermediate violations — the real deal, not a fluke. Operators like COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FORT MYERS, OLDIES PUB, and OBEES are earning their stripes, yeah! COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FORT MYERS is no rookie — they've stretched a high-priority-free run to 22 inspections over roughly 5.5 years. That's not just clean — that's CLUTCH, brother. Inspectors don't just hand out clean plates — they earn 'em. And these folks? They're CHAMPIONS. Stylin' out there like a CHAMPION, brother. They earned it.
- COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FORT MYERSFort Myers
- OLDIES PUBNorth Port
- OBEESEnglewood
- PASCONE'S RISTORANTEUniversity Park
- THE RANCHFort Myers
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🆕 New
Openings
116 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.
Southwest Florida count: 116 opening signals. 2 announced via FB/news/operator signal. Current names include WAVE RUNNERS BEACHFRONT TIKI BAR & GRILLE in Fort Myers Beach, FLAVAZ SLICE AND SPICE in Bradenton and MISS RACHELLS in Arcadia. Dated opening signals run from 2026-07-16 to 2026-07-20. 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.
- WAVE RUNNERS BEACHFRONT TIKI BAR & GRILLEFort Myers Beach
- FLAVAZ SLICE AND SPICEBradenton
- MISS RACHELLSArcadia
- LA PAMPARANorth Fort Myers
- KARMAA EXPRESS INDIAN KITCHENFort Myers
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