The kitchen tells on itself. Statewide frame: Broward County is near the Florida mean. Broward County's current board shows 101 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 2 pizza spots, 1 Buffet, 1 Colombian, and 1 Japanese. Kitchen-English translation: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county. The line deserved better.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
35 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
GOURMET CREOLE in Pompano Beach, RENDEZ-VOUS in Oakland Park and CRAFT FT LAUDERDALE in Fort Lauderdale put the sharpest marks on Broward County's list. 35 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 Mexican spots, 1 Bakery, 1 Gastropub, and 1 Wings. Trend line: emergency-order volume is steady against the last public cut. Kitchen-English translation: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it.
- GOURMET CREOLEPompano Beach3 HP2 INT8 BASPestScore 378last visit 2026-07-22
- RENDEZ-VOUSOakland Park3 HP2 INT5 BASPestScore 375last visit 2025-10-31
- CRAFT FT LAUDERDALEFort Lauderdale2 HP5 INT6 BASPestScore 306last visit 2026-07-21
- LAS CARNITAS LATIN CUISINEPompano Beach1 HP11 BASPestScore 161last visit 2026-07-17
- QUATES MEXICAN RESTAURANT INCOakland Park2 HP2 INT3 BASPestScore 273last visit 2026-07-16
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Near Miss
101 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
There is no romance in this part of the meal. CHILACOS TACOS in Plantation, ROCCA TRATTORIA ITALIAN in Lighthouse Point and EL BALCON DE LAS AMERICAS III in Plantation sat at the head of the Broward County list. 101 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. Kitchen-English translation: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now. That is management, not mystery.
- CHILACOS TACOSPlantation5 HP2 INT1 BASPestScore 571last visit 2025-10-20
- ROCCA TRATTORIA ITALIANLighthouse Point5 HP8 INT14 BASPestScore 644last visit 2025-12-17
- EL BALCON DE LAS AMERICAS IIIPlantation4 HP2 INT2 BASPestScore 472last visit 2025-08-21
- CASA MONARCA MEXICAN RESTAURANT AND TEQUILA BAROakland Park4 HP2 INTScore 420last visit 2026-03-31
- MADNESS BUFFETPompano Beach4 HP2 INT2 BASPestScore 472last visit 2026-03-24
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Closed/Delinquent
190 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.
Cooks don't lie. Temperature logs don't either: VIET TASTE CATERING in Davie, ADVANCE ICE CREAM in Weston and SPRD THE VIBE LLC in Oakland Park sat at the head of the Broward County list. 3 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 19 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 198 social or silence signal and 124 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46). Confidence mix: 198 confirmed and 135 suspected. Velocity check: 22 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2011-04-25 to 2026-07-25. Kitchen-English translation: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures. That is management, not mystery.
- VIET TASTE CATERINGDavieclosure score 1
- ADVANCE ICE CREAMWestonclosure score 1
- SPRD THE VIBE LLCOakland Parkclosure score 1
- TAQUERIADeerfield Beachclosure score 1
- CARENI FOOD, INCSunriseclosure score 1
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
191 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.
191 restaurants in Broward County have been flagged for repeat violations over the past 11 years. The pattern is clear — some places just don’t learn. MOON THAI & JAPANESE in Fort Lauderdale and IRIE TAKEOUT RESTAURANT in Coconut Creek lead the list. Their records are a story of missed chances, ignored warnings, and a failure to keep the kitchen under control. An 11-year pattern means these restaurants have had the same problems time and again. It’s not just a bad day — it’s a bad decade. You don’t get 11 years of violations without someone turning a blind eye. The line cooks know. The owners know. The only one who might not be paying attention is the customer who walks in without checking the record first. The state keeps track of everything — and it’s not pretty for these 191. You can’t blame the inspector for showing up again and again. You can only blame the people who didn’t fix what was broken the first time. Some kitchens are run by habit. Others are run by habit and a refusal to change. The difference is in the plate you get when you sit down. An 11-year pattern is a red flag. It’s not just about health codes. It’s about respect — for the workers, for the customers, for the simple truth that food safety isn’t optional. If you own a restaurant and you’ve been on this list for 11 years, you’ve already lost. The only question is whether you’ll ever stop losing.
- MOON THAI & JAPANESEWeston8 HP2 INT2 BASScore 822Historical bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 02/23/2026
- IRIE TAKEOUT RESTAURANTLauderhill10 HP4 INT6 BASScore 1046Historical bad actorlast visit 02/24/2026
- DINER BY THE SEALauderdale-By-The-Se9 HP6 INT18 BASScore 978Active bad actorlast visit 05/20/2026
- DON RODONE, INCHollywood5 HP2 BASScore 502Active bad actorlast visit 01/07/2026
- KING'S SUPER BUFFETLauderhill7 HP2 INT6 BASScore 726Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 07/08/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
43 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
Walk into any prep room and the truth lives in the cooler: FIRST WATCH #0083 in Sunrise, BARILOCHE GOURMET in Fort Lauderdale and ROCCO'S TACOS in Fort Lauderdale led the board in Broward County. 43 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. FIRST WATCH #0083 in Sunrise dropped HP+Critical counts from 22 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (90.9% better). Kitchen-English translation: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern. The line deserved better.
- FIRST WATCH #0083Sunrise4 BASScore 4
- BARILOCHE GOURMETFort Lauderdale
- ROCCO'S TACOSFort Lauderdale1 INT3 BASScore 13
- BONJOUR BAKERYPembroke Pines1 INT2 BASPestScore 62
- CHICK-FIL-A AT BROWARD MALLPlantation1 BASScore 1
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Clean Plates
127 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Somewhere behind the line, the facts got ugly. 127 Broward County licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — GULFSTREAM PARK THEME PARK CARTS, TAYLOR MADE BBQ, RED ZEPPELIN among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. GULFSTREAM PARK THEME PARK CARTS stretched a high-priority-free run to 14 inspections covering roughly 3.5 years. Kitchen-English translation: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking.
- GULFSTREAM PARK THEME PARK CARTSHallandale Beach
- TAYLOR MADE BBQHollywood1 BASPestScore 51
- RED ZEPPELINCrystal River
- 3-0-SLIDEPembroke Pines
- CONGOS CONCH SHACK LLCHollywood1 INTScore 10
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🆕 New
Openings
54 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.
Past the velvet rope, the back of house keeps no secrets: Total for Broward County: 54 opening signals. 76 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 4169 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include MONSTER BURGERS in Davie, BURGERS & SHAKES in Fort Lauderdale and ACHLA PIZZA in Fort Lauderdale. Ledger type mix: 4169 new-license records and 76 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 2462 Unknown and 121 Pizza. Area concentration: 858 FORT LAUDERDALE and 584 HOLLYWOOD. Velocity check: 191 opening signals in the last 90 days, 48 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-07 to 2026-07-28. 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. Kitchen-English translation: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting.
- MONSTER BURGERSDavie
- BURGERS & SHAKESFort Lauderdale
- ACHLA PIZZAFort Lauderdale
- MIDNIGHT COOKIES AND CREAMHollywood
- NOT FOR SCHLONG HOT DOGSCoral Springs
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