Hot take incoming, and the stats back it: Statewide read: Southwest Florida's failure rate is 20% above the Florida average. Southwest Florida posts 144 recent high-priority hits. Mix: 1 American, 1 Cafe, 1 Chinese, and 1 Gastropub. 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
50 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Buckle up, because the numbers got loud: BOATHOUSE (THE) in Naples, CHINA MAX in Sebring and LEGACY 1912 in Sebring drew the loudest scorecard in Southwest Florida. 50 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 American Steak, 1 Bar, 1 Chinese, and 1 Seafood. 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.
- BOATHOUSE (THE)Naples5 HP2 BASPestScore 552last visit 2026-07-22
- CHINA MAXSebring1 HP1 INT7 BASPestScore 167last visit 2026-07-21
- LEGACY 1912Sebring1 HP1 INT7 BASPestScore 167last visit 2026-07-17
- COMPASS BAR AND GRILLLake Placid2 HP3 BASPestScore 253last visit 2026-07-16
- EL ESTADIO LATIN SPORTS BARFort Myers1 HP5 BASPestScore 155last visit 2026-07-16
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Near Miss
144 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Real talk, the scoreboard tells the whole story: RODNEY'S JAMAICAN GRILL in Bradenton, SHIKI HIBACHI & SUSHI in North Port and TOASTED MANGO CAFÉ in Sarasota headlined the Southwest Florida rundown. 144 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. Box-score translation: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now. That is the box score.
- RODNEY'S JAMAICAN GRILLBradenton5 HP2 INT4 BASPestScore 574last visit 2026-06-30
- SHIKI HIBACHI & SUSHINorth Port5 HP9 BASPestScore 559last visit 2026-05-22
- TOASTED MANGO CAFÉSarasota5 HP1 BASScore 501last visit 2025-11-17
- SAM'S SEAFOOD AND GRILLBradenton4 HP1 INT3 BASScore 413last visit 2026-02-23
- CHINA GARDENSarasota4 HP1 INT3 BASPestScore 463last visit 2025-10-23
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Closed/Delinquent
238 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.
Tip-off, and the kitchen's already in foul trouble: AMORES PERROS LLC in Sarasota, LILLY'S COFFEE in Bradenton and EL MORDISKO SWFL in Fort Myers stacked up first across Southwest Florida. 3 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 14 surfaced from single-source social signals and remain under review — reported, not confirmed. Main evidence reasons: 287 social or silence signal and 185 DBPR inactive/cancelled status (45/46). Confidence mix: 287 confirmed and 191 suspected. Velocity check: 17 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 15 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.
- AMORES PERROS LLCSarasotaclosure score 1
- LILLY'S COFFEEBradentonclosure score 1
- EL MORDISKO SWFLFort Myersclosure score 1
- HOBSON'S CHOICE BBQSarasotaclosure score 1
- MASTER HOT DOGSNorth Fort Myersclosure score 1
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⚠️ Caution
Chronic Violation Record
181 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.
Folks, this is a turnover at the worst time: in Southwest Florida. A look at the 11-year pattern—that is basically a decade of failure on a loop—shows 181 restaurants with chronic violation records. Yo, VALENTI RESTAURANT and FLAVORS OF INDIA are leading the pack as bad actors. That is not a slip; that is a lifestyle of breaking the rules.
- VALENTI RESTAURANTVenice7 HP1 INT18 BASScore 728Active bad actorCurrently Activelast visit 06/29/2026
- FLAVORS OF INDIABradenton5 HP6 INT7 BASScore 567Active bad actorlast visit 04/22/2026
- ANTHONYS MEXICAN RESTAURANTImmokalee8 HP5 INT9 BASScore 859Historical bad actorlast visit 04/02/2026
- BRIONaples5 HP3 INT9 BASScore 539Active bad actorlast visit 03/13/2026
- BONEFISH GRILLBonita Springs4 HP4 INT4 BASScore 444Active bad actorlast visit 04/14/2026
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✨ Trusted
Most Improved
36 records this window
Restaurants whose recent-window violation count is at least 50% lower than the prior window, with the most recent inspection clean.
Coming in off the bench, the cold facts: SLATER'S GOODS & PROVISIONS in Babcock Ranch, LA CASITA AZUL RESTAURANT INC #2 in Bradenton and PATRICK'S 1481 in Sarasota sat at the head of the Southwest Florida list. 36 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. SLATER'S GOODS & PROVISIONS in Babcock Ranch dropped HP+Critical counts from 22 to 2 across the two 12-month windows (90.9% better). Box-score translation: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern. Come on now.
- SLATER'S GOODS & PROVISIONSBabcock Ranch
- LA CASITA AZUL RESTAURANT INC #2Bradenton1 BASScore 1
- PATRICK'S 1481Sarasota1 BASScore 1
- CULINARY CENTER AT ESPLANADE GOLF & COUNTRY CLUBLakewood Ranch
- DEE'S PLACESebring1 INT5 BASPestScore 65
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Clean Plates
455 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
First pitch, and they're already down a run: winners in Southwest Florida. 455 licensees ran a clean Q2 2026 ledger across multiple inspections, including COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FORT MYERS in Fort Myers, OLDIES PUB in Fort Myers, and OBEES in Fort Myers. We are talking about a clean plate here—which is just fancy talk for a kitchen that doesn't give the inspector a single reason to frown. These operators aren't just getting lucky on one visit; they are delivering consistency. They walked away with zero high-priority or intermediate violations across repeat visits. Look at COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FORT MYERS in Fort Myers, which stretched its high-priority-free run to 23 inspections over roughly 5.8 years. That is a championship level of clean.
- COMMERCIAL KITCHEN FORT MYERSFort Myers
- OLDIES PUBNorth Port
- OBEESEnglewood
- PASCONE'S RISTORANTEUniversity Park
- THE RANCHFort Myers
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🆕 New
Openings
42 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.
Bottom line for the home crowd: Southwest Florida count: 42 opening signals. 12 announced via FB/news/operator signal; 5947 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include NH 66 INDIAN RESTAURANT in Bonita Springs, ICE CREAM FACTORY OF CAPE CORAL in Fort Myers and SABOR DE MI RANCHO 4 in Fort Myers. Ledger type mix: 5947 new-license records and 12 announcement-led records. Cuisine/venue mix: 3532 Unknown and 208 Pizza. Area concentration: 1024 NAPLES and 979 FORT MYERS. Velocity check: 79 opening signals in the last 90 days, 21 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. Box-score translation: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting. That is the box score.
- NH 66 INDIAN RESTAURANTBonita Springs
- ICE CREAM FACTORY OF CAPE CORALFort Myers
- SABOR DE MI RANCHO 4Fort Myers
- NYAMM N CHILLCape Coral
- M.A.D. COFFEE COVenice
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