Tip-off, and the kitchen's already in foul trouble: Start with the state: North Florida's failure rate is 64% below the Florida average. North Florida sits at 54 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 Burgers, and 1 Seafood. Box-score translation: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county. Come on now.
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
42 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Bottom line for the home crowd: Mi Sazon Latino Centro America in Alachua, LINDY'S ICE CREAM SHOP in Jasper and CHARLEYS PHILLY STEAKS in Gainesville owned the top of the North Florida board. 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. Box-score 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
54 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Listen, fam, here's the tape: SPRINGHILL SUITES PANAMA CITY BEACH BEACHFRONT in Panama City Beach, JIN JIN KING in Panama City Beach and CRACKER BARREL #749 in Panama City pulled the heaviest numbers in North Florida. 54 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. Box-score translation: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now. That is the box score.
- SPRINGHILL SUITES PANAMA CITY BEACH BEACHFRONTPanama City Beach4 HP1 BASScore 401
- JIN JIN KINGPanama City Beach3 HP3 INT8 BASPestScore 388
- CRACKER BARREL #749Panama City3 HP2 INT1 BASPestScore 371
- JIN JIN FUSION INCPanama City Beach6 HP1 INT6 BASPestScore 666
- FATBOYSDestin3 HP4 BASScore 304
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Closed/Delinquent
220 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.
Alright, gang, roll the highlight reel: CHARO’S CATERING in Ocala, FANCY FARM TRUCK in Lake City and FOOTBALL FOR ALL in Ocala led the board in North Florida. 30 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 36 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 271 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46) and 68 social or silence signal. Confidence mix: 246 suspected and 95 confirmed. Velocity check: 59 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 59 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2010-11-01 to 2026-07-29. Box-score translation: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures.
- CHARO’S CATERINGOcalaclosure score 1
- FANCY FARM TRUCKLake Cityclosure score 3
- FOOTBALL FOR ALLOcalaclosure score 1
- SORUYOSOcalaclosure score 3
- TAQUERIA BETEL CORPLake Cityclosure score 1
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
180 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.
Look, the box score doesn't lie: a full-blown disaster zone in North Florida. Inspectors have uncovered 180 restaurants with chronic violation records over an 11-year pattern, which is basically a decade-long track record of failing to keep things sanitary. Yo, we got a heavy hitter at the top of this list with DAIRY QUEEN OF CROSS CITY and BLONDIES CAFÉ #13. This isn't just a one-time slip-up; these are the repeat-offenders who just won't learn.
- 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
- 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
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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.
Yo, check the replay on this one: CHUYS in Gainesville, LOG CABIN CAFE in Ocala and FIGS & HONEY LLC in Ocala pulled the heaviest numbers 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). Box-score translation: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern. Come on now.
- 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
720 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Listen, we have some absolute champions in North Florida. 720 licensees kept it spotless during the second quarter of 2026 across multiple inspections, including SAX GRILLE in Jacksonville, FRIENDSHIP PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH in Jacksonville, and JUANAS PAGODAS AND SAILORS GRILL in Fernandina Beach. These are what we call clean plates—which is just a fancy way of saying these folks are playing a perfect game with zero high-priority or intermediate violations. This isn't some fluke or one lucky day at the office. SAX GRILLE in Jacksonville is on a legendary streak, racking up 21 inspections without a single high-priority violation over roughly 5.2 years. That is pure consistency.
- 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
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.
Hot take incoming, and the stats back it: Current North Florida tally: 54 opening signals. 3571 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include MAMBOS RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE in Fort Walton Beach, LA FAMIGLIA ITALIAN RESTAURANT in Shalimar and MISSYS HOTDOGS in Panama City Beach. Ledger type mix: 3571 new-license records. Cuisine/venue mix: 3005 Unknown and 57 Pizza. Area concentration: 492 OCALA and 447 PANAMA CITY BEACH. Velocity check: 49 opening signals in the last 90 days, 27 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-06 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. Box-score translation: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting. That is the box score.
- MAMBOS RESTAURANT AND LOUNGEFort Walton Beach
- LA FAMIGLIA ITALIAN RESTAURANTShalimar
- MISSYS HOTDOGSPanama City Beach
- WARHORSE SNACK COSummerfield
- SOCIAL MONTICELLO 2.0Monticello
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