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Miami Southern & Soul Food Guide

FRI public-record essay for southern & soul food restaurants in Miami.

Miami has 203 validated Southern & Soul Food entries organized by county and public-record status. This versioned list is generated from public records. Price and service-format claims are withheld until observed, locally normalized evidence is available. 1 candidate evaluations were routed to the audit log.

Updated 2026-09-30 15:09 UTC

By FRI Editorial Desk · Vibe list · openings/closings route through the audit log at output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet

Price and service-format claims are withheld. License seating, OSS category, and chain footprint are not observed menu prices; a future price analysis must use sourced menu/check data and local-market normalization.

Validated open entries 203 · ·
Confirmed closures 3 · ·
Inspection/safety overlays 49 · ·
Filtered candidates 1 · ·
High-turnover addresses 2 · ·

Dade

Notables

KELLY'S CAJUN GRILL

20505 S Dixie Hwy #1879, Miami

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 9 event(s) (Roach activity, Rodent activity, Temperature violations (storage)).

Notables

CHURCH'S CHICKEN #1109

17495 Nw 27 Ave, Opa-locka

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is elevated at 1.1x the peer alert threshold. Emergency-order history: 4 event(s) (Unsanitary Conditions).

Notables

KELLY'S CAJUN GRILL

  • Unverified

1635 W 49 St #1242, Hialeah

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 4 event(s) (Rodent activity, Roach activity).

Notables

OLD TOM'S SPORTS BAR RESTAURANT

9525 North Kendall Dr, Miami

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is running 2.2x the peer alert threshold. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Fly activity).

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CAJUN GRILL

7501 Dadeland Mall Fc-3, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach activity).

Notables

CHICKEN KITCHEN

  • Unverified

13521 Biscayne Blvd, North Miami Beach

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Fly activity).

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CHILL N KENDALL PLACE

  • Unverified

9065 Sw 107 Ave, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Fly activity).

Notables

KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN

  • Unverified

20285 Nw 2 Ave, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach & fly activity).

Notables

KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN

  • Unverified

17701 Nw 27 Ave, Miami Gardens

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach activity).

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RAISING CANES

8070 Nw 36 St, Doral

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Fly activity).

Notables

CHURCH'S CHICKEN #1101

13200 Nw 27 Ave, Opa-locka

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach activity).

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HOMETOWN BARBECUE

1200 Nw 22Nd St Unit 100, Miami

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Rodent, Roach & Fly activity).

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LICKING SOUTH BEACH

754 - 758 Washington Ave Unit, Miami Beach

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach activity).

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UNIVERS RESTAURANT

  • Unverified

715 Ne 119 St, North Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 1 event(s).

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RED DOOR HIBACHI STEAK HOUSE

  • Unverified

3881 Ne 163 St, North Miami Beach

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 1 event(s) (Roach activity).

Notables

CHURCH'S CHICKEN #344

2101 Nw 79 St, Miami

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 1 event(s) (Sewage back up).

Notables

PASTIME RESTAURANT

2469 Nw 62 St, Miami

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 1 event(s) (Roach activity).

Notables

POPEYES FAMOUS FRIED CHICKEN 8

12100 Nw 7 Ave, North Miami

Website

Notables entry; inspection severity is running 3.0x the peer alert threshold.

Methodology and Audit

Entries clear the FRI cascade on DBPR status, closure vetting, and cuisine attribution. Identity enrichment (DBPR/OSS/Sunbiz name agreement, geocoded address, city/county consistency, plus cached Google/Foursquare/Yelp verifier context) refines a listing but is no longer a publish gate: a DBPR record that fails only enrichment is still shown rather than dropped. A record that cannot be matched to an identity is marked "Unverified DBPR Record" and its unverified corporate/website/social attribution is withheld; a record that cannot be geocoded is recorded as un-located. Failures and enrichment levels are written to output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet for operator review.

206 of 207 candidate evaluations published (99.5%); 100 marked unverified (no identity match), 89 recorded as un-located (no geocode). Audit log: output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet.

Data sources: FRI Cuisine Essays. Built from DBPR public inspection records, Florida Sunbiz business filings, and Foursquare/OSS location data. All counts are derived from public records — no estimates or projections unless labeled as forecast.

Time-series forecasts and anomaly detection use NVIDIA NV-Tesseract. Model output is labeled separately from official records.

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