Whaddya gonna do, the file speaks for itself: Against the statewide grid: North Florida's failure rate is 64% below the Florida average. North Florida registers 58 recent high-priority hits. In plain Jersey: a 90-day window means the recent inspection stretch, not a verdict on every kitchen in the county, capisce? Capisce?
🔥 Alerts
Emergency Orders
42 records this window
Restaurants closed by DBPR emergency order in the last 90 days.
Ova here we don't sugarcoat the count: 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. In plain Jersey: an emergency order means DBPR ordered service stopped until a callback inspection clears it, capisce?
- 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
58 records this window
Inspections in the last 30 days that posted high-priority violations but were not shut down.
Madonn', here we go again: MAIN MOON CHINESE RESTAURANT in Milton, AMERICAN CHARLIE LLC in Panama City Beach and PINEAPPLE EXPRESS HAWAIIAN GRILL in Fort Walton Beach drew the loudest scorecard in North Florida. 58 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. In plain Jersey: a high-priority violation is the state saying the risk can touch food safety right now, capisce? What're you gonna do.
- MAIN MOON CHINESE RESTAURANTMilton8 HP1 INT2 BASScore 812
- AMERICAN CHARLIE LLCPanama City Beach6 HP2 INT1 BASScore 621
- PINEAPPLE EXPRESS HAWAIIAN GRILLFort Walton Beach3 HP2 INT4 BASScore 324
- THE CRAFT BARMiramar Beach3 HP3 INT9 BASPestScore 389
- CLAUTA'S CARIBBEAN SHACKLake City3 HP3 INT4 BASScore 334last visit 2026-01-15
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Closed/Delinquent
219 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.
Capisce? Then read the citation: JACKSON'S TURKEY & MORE in Archer, JDL SOLUTION SERVICES, LLC in Live Oak and CHARO’S CATERING in Ocala owned the top of the North Florida board. 31 closures confirmed via news, state action, or multiple agreeing social signals. Another 37 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: 245 suspected and 96 confirmed. Velocity check: 61 closure-evidence records in the last 90 days, 61 in the last 30. Dated closure signals run from 2010-11-01 to 2026-07-30. In plain Jersey: a closure signal is evidence a place may have gone dark; only verified tier-4 records are confirmed permanent closures, capisce? What're you gonna do.
- JACKSON'S TURKEY & MOREArcherclosure score 1
- JDL SOLUTION SERVICES, LLCLive Oakclosure score 3
- CHARO’S CATERINGOcalaclosure score 1
- FANCY FARM TRUCKLake Cityclosure score 3
- FOOTBALL FOR ALLOcalaclosure 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.
Lemme tell you somethin' about this joint: 180 restaurants with chronic violation records surface in North Florida on the 11-year pattern view, led by DAIRY QUEEN OF CROSS CITY, BLONDIES CAFÉ #13. The full repeat-offender record sits below. In plain Jersey: chronic violation record is our shorthand for an 11-year repeat-offender pattern, not a verdict on the operator, capisce? Capisce?
- 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.
Look, I seen this movie before: CHUYS in Gainesville, LOG CABIN CAFE in Ocala and FIGS & HONEY LLC in Ocala sat at the head of the North Florida list. 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). In plain Jersey: most improved means the recent record got materially cleaner than the prior-year pattern, capisce?
- 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
719 records this window
Restaurants with multiple inspections in the current quarter and zero high-priority or intermediate violations.
Fuhgeddaboudit, the paperwork says it all: in North Florida kept it spotless in the second quarter of 2026 across multiple visits. We got SAX GRILLE in Jacksonville, FRIENDSHIP PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH in Jacksonville, and JUANAS PAGODAS AND SAILORS GRILL in Jacksonville leadin' the pack. These mooks are talkin' about clean plates, which just means they didn't give the law a single reason to write 'em up over several visits. Capisce? It ain't just some lucky break; these operators are consistent with their game. Bada bing. SAX GRILLE in Jacksonville is on a real tear with 21 inspections and zero high-priority violations over roughly 5.2 years. Good for you, kid.
- 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
52 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.
Honest to God, you can't make this up: Current North Florida tally: 52 opening signals. 3573 DBPR/event-ledger new-license records. Current names include IZUMI PENSACOLA INC in Pensacola, SAMURAI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR in Navarre and RITUAL in Pensacola. Ledger type mix: 3573 new-license records. Cuisine/venue mix: 3007 Unknown and 57 Pizza. Area concentration: 492 OCALA and 440 PANAMA CITY BEACH. Velocity check: 48 opening signals in the last 90 days, 26 in the last 30. Dated opening signals run from 2016-07-06 to 2026-07-29. 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. In plain Jersey: an opening signal starts with licensing or source-confirmed evidence, not wishful ribbon-cutting, capisce? Capisce?
- IZUMI PENSACOLA INCPensacola
- SAMURAI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BARNavarre
- RITUALPensacola
- HARDEE'S #1503532Chipley
- MAMBOS RESTAURANT AND LOUNGEFort Walton Beach
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