Mira, no me hagas la boca agua — In the Florida picture: North Florida's failure rate is 62% below the Florida average. North Florida shows 53 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Chinese, 1 Fast Food, and 1 Japanese. Mija, in plain English: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county. Eat something — but not THERE.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
43 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Bueno, mein bubbeleh — MI SAZON LATINO CENTRO AMERICA in Alachua, LINDY'S ICE CREAM SHOP in Jasper and CHARLEYS PHILLY STEAKS in Gainesville carried the front of this North Florida file. 43 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 Deli, 1 Fast Food, 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. The heart wants what it wants, but the mouth deserves better.
- MI SAZON LATINO CENTRO AMERICAAlachualast visit 2025-09-19
- LINDY'S ICE CREAM SHOPJasper3 HP1 INT8 BASPestScore 368last visit 2026-04-30
- CHARLEYS PHILLY STEAKSGainesville1 HP2 INT3 BASScore 123last visit 2026-07-14
- HOGAN'SGainesville1 HP4 INT3 BASPestScore 193last visit 2026-03-17
- SUBWAYNiceville1 HP5 BASScore 105
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Near Miss
53 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Escuchame bien, hijita — INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKES in Tallahassee, EL PATIO CANTINA in High Springs and PIRATE'S GRILL in Gainesville stacked up first across North Florida. 53 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. Mija, in plain English: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now. Mejor no comas allí, mija.
- INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKESTallahassee3 HP5 BASPestScore 355
- EL PATIO CANTINAHigh Springs6 HP3 INT2 BASScore 632last visit 2026-05-01
- PIRATE'S GRILLGainesville3 HP2 INT1 BASScore 321last visit 2026-01-28
- CAFE AROMAInlet Beach3 HP3 INT3 BASPestScore 383
- THE BIRD & BREW COPanama City Beach3 HP3 INT3 BASScore 333
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Closed/Delinquent
91 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.
Dios mío, qué barbaridad — EL PATIO CANTINA in High Springs, MANGO BICHE MIA OAKS in Gainesville and KENYA FRIZZELLE in Jasper anchored the high end of the North Florida file. 70 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Recency split: 36 in the last 90 days and 110 historical. Dated closure signals run from 2019-05-15 to 2026-07-24. Mija, in plain English: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures. Es muy fea esta historia.
- EL PATIO CANTINAHigh Springsclosure score 4
- MANGO BICHE MIA OAKSGainesvilleclosure score 4
- KENYA FRIZZELLEJasperclosure score 3
- TACOS 352Gainesvilleclosure score 3
- JOHNNY'S PIZZERIAOcalaclosure score 4
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
174 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.
Tateleh, no me hagas reír — 174 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in North Florida on the 11-year pattern view, led by DAIRY QUEEN OF CROSS CITY, BLONDIES CAFÉ #13. 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. Que Dios los ayude.
- DAIRY QUEEN OF CROSS CITYCross City2 HP6 BASScore 206Active bad actorlast visit 06/24/2026
- BLONDIES CAFÉ #13Branford5 HP3 INT13 BASScore 543Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
- WOK N ROLL II INCOcala7 HP3 INT9 BASScore 739Active bad actorlast visit 06/30/2026
- CHINA WAL RESTAURANTOcala12 HP4 INT17 BASScore 1257Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 03/19/2026
- SAMMY JOE'SThe Villages6 HP3 INT4 BASScore 634Active chronic offenderCurrently Activelast visit 06/03/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
6 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
Bendito sea Dios — CHUYS in Gainesville, LOG CABIN CAFE in Ocala and FIGS & HONEY LLC in Ocala owned the top of the North Florida board. 6 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. CHUYS in Gainesville 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. I tell you, mija — feh.
- CHUYSGainesville1 INT2 BASScore 12
- LOG CABIN CAFEOcala1 INTScore 10
- FIGS & HONEY LLCOcala
- BAYMONT BY WYNDHAMLake City
- SONNY'S REAL PIT BAR-B-QAlachua1 INT2 BASPestScore 62
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Clean Plates
721 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Hijita, te lo digo — 721 North Florida licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — SAX GRILLE, FRIENDSHIP PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH, JUANAS PAGODAS AND SAILORS GRILL among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. SAX GRILLE stretched a high-priority-free run to 21 inspections covering roughly 5.2 years. Mija, in plain English: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking. Coño ya, bastante.
- SAX GRILLEFort Walton Beach
- FRIENDSHIP PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCHTallahassee
- JUANAS PAGODAS AND SAILORS GRILLNavarre
- CATERING BY BOBPanama City
- FAMILY TY'S GOOD EATSPensacola
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🆕 New
Openings
128 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.
Yo te digo, mija — Total for North Florida: 128 opening signals. 128 opening records in the current public ledger. Current names include PEKING HOUSE in Navarre, BELLYBUSTERS SNACK SHACK LLC in Panama City Beach and KEKE'S BREAKFAST CAFE in Gainesville. 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. No tiene vergüenza, ese.
- PEKING HOUSENavarre
- BELLYBUSTERS SNACK SHACK LLCPanama City Beach
- KEKE'S BREAKFAST CAFEGainesville
- CARNES ASADAS DARLINGPensacola
- BIG THYME BEEF & BURGERSGainesville
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