Heat, salt, time — and a citation if you're not careful: Florida baseline first: North Florida's failure rate is 63% below the Florida average. North Florida counts 53 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Burgers, 1 Fast Food, and 1 Seafood. 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
42 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Mi Sazon Latino Centro America in Alachua, LINDY'S ICE CREAM SHOP in Jasper and CHARLEYS PHILLY STEAKS in Gainesville drew the loudest scorecard in North Florida. 42 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. Kitchen-English translation: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it.
- Mi Sazon Latino Centro AmericaAlachua3 HP3 INT1 BASPestScore 381last visit 2026-07-24
- LINDY'S ICE CREAM SHOPJasper3 HP1 INT8 BASPestScore 368last visit 2026-07-22
- CHARLEYS PHILLY STEAKSGainesville1 HP2 INT3 BASPestScore 173last visit 2026-07-21
- HOGAN'SGainesville1 HP4 INT3 BASPestScore 193last visit 2026-07-20
- SUBWAYNiceville1 HP5 BASPestScore 155
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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.
I've seen this in kitchens from Saigon to Sarasota: JIN JIN FUSION INC in Panama City Beach, FATBOYS in Destin and HOLY MOLY BURGERS AND THE BIRD in Gainesville put the sharpest marks on North Florida's list. 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 BAS. Kitchen-English translation: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now.
- JIN JIN FUSION INCPanama City Beach6 HP1 INT6 BASPestScore 666
- FATBOYSDestin3 HP4 BASScore 304
- HOLY MOLY BURGERS AND THE BIRDGainesville3 HP2 INT1 BASScore 321last visit 2026-07-24
- INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKESTallahassee3 HP5 BASPestScore 355
- HOOK FISH & CHICKENGainesville3 HP3 INT7 BASPestScore 387last visit 2026-07-24
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Closed/Delinquent
218 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.
Walk into any prep room and the truth lives in the cooler: GATOR BUBBLY TEA in Gainesville, LA CHUSMA in Ocala and 'THE' BEST FAMILY PIZZA in Steinhatchee owned the top of the North Florida board. 29 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 31 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 269 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46) and 68 social or silence signal. Confidence mix: 245 suspected and 94 confirmed. Velocity check: 53 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 53 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2010-11-01 to 2026-07-27. Kitchen-English translation: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures. The line deserved better.
- GATOR BUBBLY TEAGainesvilleclosure score 1
- LA CHUSMAOcalaclosure score 1
- 'THE' BEST FAMILY PIZZASteinhatcheeclosure score 1
- COUNTRY BAR-B-QUEOcalaclosure score 3
- CRICKET'S DELI ON WHEELSMayoclosure score 1
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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.
There is no romance in this part of the meal. 178 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in North Florida on the 11-year pattern view, led by DAIRY QUEEN OF CROSS CITY, CLASSIC CAFE 3. 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. That is management, not mystery.
- DAIRY QUEEN OF CROSS CITYCross City2 HP6 BASScore 206Active bad actorlast visit 06/24/2026
- CLASSIC CAFE 3Waldo9 HP4 INT6 BASScore 946Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 05/28/2026
- 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.
Somewhere behind the line, the facts got ugly. CHUYS in Gainesville, LOG CABIN CAFE in Ocala and FIGS & HONEY LLC in Ocala drew the loudest scorecard in North Florida. 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). Kitchen-English translation: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern.
- 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.
The kitchen tells on itself. 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. Kitchen-English translation: a clean plate means the recent inspection record stayed quiet where the state was looking. The line deserved better.
- 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
55 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.
Cooks don't lie. Temperature logs don't either: Total for North Florida: 55 opening signals. 3570 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include MISSYS HOTDOGS in Panama City Beach, WARHORSE SNACK CO in Summerfield and SOCIAL MONTICELLO 2.0 in Monticello. Ledger type mix: 3570 new-license records. Cuisine/venue mix: 3005 Unknown and 57 Pizza. Area concentration: 492 OCALA and 451 PANAMA CITY BEACH. Velocity check: 46 opening signals in the last 90 days, 24 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-06 to 2026-07-27. 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. That is management, not mystery.
- MISSYS HOTDOGSPanama City Beach
- WARHORSE SNACK COSummerfield
- SOCIAL MONTICELLO 2.0Monticello
- HOPKINS' BANNERMANTallahassee
- SEAGROVE LIQUOR & WINE & BEACH HAPPY CAFE & COCKTAILSSanta Rosa Beach
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