When the inspector's clipboard meets the temp log, the gap is the story: In the Florida picture: Miami-Dade County's chronic density is 26% below the Florida average. Miami-Dade County shows 166 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Burritos, 1 Diner, 1 Gallery, and 1 Haitian. Kitchen-English translation: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county. That is management, not mystery.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
71 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
IFRA'S INDIAN KITCHEN in Pinecrest, JUST4FUN in South Miami and LAS DELICIAS RESTAURANT in Hialeah topped the Miami-Dade County ledger this round. 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 Indian, and 1 Sandwiches. 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.
- IFRA'S INDIAN KITCHENPinecrest6 HP3 INT13 BASPestScore 693last visit 2026-02-23
- JUST4FUNSouth Miami1 INTPestScore 60last visit 2026-07-24
- LAS DELICIAS RESTAURANTHialeah5 HP3 INT10 BASPestScore 590last visit 2026-07-24
- SUBWAY 17880Miami1 HP8 BASPestScore 158last visit 2026-07-24
- KELLY'S CAJUN GRILLHialeah4 HP2 INT17 BASPestScore 487last visit 2026-07-20
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Near Miss
166 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Travel enough kitchens and the patterns rhyme: ATELIER BEA in Miami, EVENTS BY BEA in Miami and GOOD CHEF RESTAURANT in Miami ran away with the Miami-Dade County count. 166 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.
- ATELIER BEAMiami8 HP6 INT4 BASPestScore 914last visit 2026-02-03
- EVENTS BY BEAMiami8 HP6 INT3 BASPestScore 913last visit 2026-06-30
- GOOD CHEF RESTAURANTMiami6 HP5 INT12 BASPestScore 712last visit 2026-01-22
- MOTEK MIDTOWN SESAMEMiami4 HP3 INT12 BASPestScore 492
- NAOMI'S GARDEN RESTAURANT AND LOUNGEMiami4 HP2 INT8 BASScore 428last visit 2026-06-30
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Closed/Delinquent
405 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.
I've seen this in kitchens from Saigon to Sarasota: TYS HOMETOWN CAFE BISTRO in Miami, COSA CAFE in Miami and KONOS in Hialeah carried the front of this Miami-Dade County file. 10 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 26 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 388 social or silence signal and 183 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46). Confidence mix: 391 confirmed and 221 suspected. Velocity check: 36 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 27 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2009-11-14 to 2026-07-23. Kitchen-English translation: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures.
- TYS HOMETOWN CAFE BISTROMiamiclosure score 2
- COSA CAFEMiamiclosure score 1
- KONOSHialeahclosure score 1
- LOLOVEMiamiclosure score 1
- BIRNAM'S ALIBIMiami Beachclosure score 1
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
176 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.
Mercy for the line cook, none for the GM: 176 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in Miami-Dade County on the 11-year pattern view, led by AIR CULINAIRE WORLDWIDE, JENNIFERS CAFETERIA. The full repeat-offender record sits below. Kitchen-English translation: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator. The line deserved better.
- AIR CULINAIRE WORLDWIDEMiami10 HP5 INT29 BASScore 1079Active chronic offenderCurrently Activelast visit 01/08/2026
- 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
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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.
Heat, salt, time — and a citation if you're not careful: CERVECERIA LA TROPICAL in Miami, ANTOJITOS 5 ESTRELLAS in Miami and LA UCHIRENA RAPID FOOD in Doral led the board in Miami-Dade County. 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). Kitchen-English translation: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern. That is management, not mystery.
- 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
361 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
361 Miami-Dade County licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections — GOLD KOSHER CATERING, 2180 KITCHEN, ALL KIDS CATERING among them. These are repeat visits with zero high-priority or intermediate violations — the operators rewarded for consistency, not one lucky inspection. GOLD KOSHER CATERING stretched a high-priority-free run to 19 inspections covering roughly 4.8 years. Kitchen-English translation: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking.
- 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
46 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 kitchen tells on itself. Current Miami-Dade County tally: 46 opening signals. 132 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 6470 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include CHABAD RUSSIAN CENTER OF SOUTH FLORIDA in Sunny Isles Beach, EATING HOUSE in Coral Gables and FIESTA PALACE BALLROOM in Miami. Ledger type mix: 6470 new-license records and 132 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 4343 Unknown and 170 Cafe. Area concentration: 3758 MIAMI and 637 MIAMI BEACH. Velocity check: 284 opening signals in the last 90 days, 90 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-01 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. The line deserved better.
- CHABAD RUSSIAN CENTER OF SOUTH FLORIDASunny Isles Beach
- EATING HOUSECoral Gables
- FIESTA PALACE BALLROOMMiami
- EL AUTENTICO DE LAS CANASHialeah Gardens
- YARBOU ARABIAN FOOD 2Miami
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