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BY SRA. RUTH — METRO BRIEFING

Miami — Restaurant Inspection Briefing

Para que sepas — Statewide read: Miami-Dade County's chronic density is 26% below the Florida average. Miami-Dade County posts 156 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 3 Latin American spots, 1 Bar, 1 Chicken, and 1 Chinese. Mija, in plain English: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county. I should live so long.

🔥 Alerts

Emergency Orders

71 records this window

Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.

Mija, escuchame — SUBWAY 17880 in Miami, JUST4FUN in South Miami and LAS DELICIAS RESTAURANT in Hialeah ran away with the Miami-Dade County count. 71 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 Cuban, 1 Pizza, and 1 Sandwiches. Trend line: emergency-order volume is steady against the last public cut. Mija, in plain English: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it. Comer es vivir, but not LIKE THAT.

  • SUBWAY 17880Miami1 HP8 BASPestScore 158last visit 2025-09-19
  • JUST4FUNSouth Miami1 INTPestScore 60last visit 2025-08-05
  • LAS DELICIAS RESTAURANTHialeah5 HP3 INT10 BASScore 540last visit 2026-02-03
  • KELLY'S CAJUN GRILLHialeah4 HP2 INT17 BASScore 437last visit 2025-12-22
  • LA GUAJIRA PIZZERIA CUBANAHialeah2 HP2 INT6 BASPestScore 276last visit 2026-07-17

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Near Miss

156 records this window

Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.

Mija, ven acá un segundo — TROPICAL CHINESE RESTAURANT in Miami, SUBWAY 819 in Miami and SABOR Y SAZON PERUANO in Hialeah carried the front of this Miami-Dade County file. 156 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. Mija, in plain English: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now. A klog tsu Columbus's.

  • TROPICAL CHINESE RESTAURANTMiami6 HP6 INT28 BASPestScore 738last visit 2026-01-13
  • SUBWAY 819Miami4 HP1 BASPestScore 451last visit 2025-08-04
  • SABOR Y SAZON PERUANOHialeah4 HP4 INT9 BASPestScore 499last visit 2026-02-11
  • SELVA NEGRA RESTAURANTMiami3 HP1 INT5 BASPestScore 365last visit 2026-02-02
  • CARIBEAN DELITE INCMiami3 HP1 INT3 BASScore 313last visit 2026-01-09

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Closed/Delinquent

244 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.

Mira, hijita — LA DIFFERENCE CREOLE RESTAURANT in North Miami Beach, NEW PIMENT BOUK RESTAURANT in Miami and NEW YORK/ROMA PIZZA & PASTA in Miami anchored the high end of the Miami-Dade County file. 226 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 63 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Recency split: 51 in the last 90 days and 323 historical. Dated closure signals run from 2017-01-11 to 2026-07-22. Mija, in plain English: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures.

  • LA DIFFERENCE CREOLE RESTAURANTNorth Miami Beachclosure score 4
  • NEW PIMENT BOUK RESTAURANTMiamiclosure score 3
  • NEW YORK/ROMA PIZZA & PASTAMiamiclosure score 3
  • SNAPPER FISH AND CHICKENMiamiclosure score 3
  • MIA FOOD TRUCK CORPORATIONMiamiclosure score 3

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⚠️ Caution

Chronic Violation Record

171 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.

Ay bendito — 171 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in Miami-Dade County on the 11-year pattern view, led by JENNIFERS CAFETERIA, TACO SHOP MEXICAN GRILL 2. The full repeat-offender record sits below. Mija, in plain English: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator. Mein gott, qué locura.

  • 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
  • PHO TASTICMiami9 HP3 INT4 BASScore 934Active chronic offenderCurrently Activelast visit 07/09/2026

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✨ Trusted

Most Improved

22 records this window

Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.

Ay, mein bubbeleh — CERVECERIA LA TROPICAL in Miami, ANTOJITOS 5 ESTRELLAS in Miami and LA UCHIRENA RAPID FOOD in Doral owned the top of the Miami-Dade County board. 22 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). Mija, in plain English: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern.

  • 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.

Oy, mein kind, mein kind — been looking at these papers and my heart is happy for once. In Miami-Dade County, 360 licensees managed to keep a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections. This means they didn't just get lucky one time; they kept the kitchen sparkling like my own floor on a holiday. Oy gevalt, qué desastre it would be if these places were anything else, but GOLD KOSHER CATERING, 2180 KITCHEN, and ALL KIDS CATERING proved they have some sechel. They faced repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations—that is the fancy way of saying no big, scary safety problems were found by the inspectors. These operators are being rewarded for their consistency, not just one lucky day. Mira lo que te digo, GOLD KOSHER CATERING really showed me how to run a business properly. They stretched a high-priority-free run out to 19 inspections covering roughly 4.8 years. May they all wake up tomorrow with sechel.

  • 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

152 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.

Por Dios y la Santísima — Miami-Dade County ledger: 152 opening signals. 7 announced via FB/news/operator signal. Current names include BAR ZORRO in Coral Gables, ASTERIA RESTAURANT in Sunny Isles Beach and TASTY LUNCHBOXES in Hialeah. 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. Mija, in plain English: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting. Eat something — but not THERE.

  • BAR ZORROCoral Gablesconfirmed open
  • ASTERIA RESTAURANTSunny Isles Beach
  • TASTY LUNCHBOXESHialeah
  • POTAMKIN CAFE LLCMiami Lakes
  • ORGANICAMiami Beach

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