State inspectors made 488 first visits to Miami food businesses in October; 386 ended with no further action. Four drew emergency orders. Results by name.
State inspectors made 488 first-visit inspections at Miami restaurants, cafes, food trucks and other food businesses in October. At 386 of them, the inspection ended with no further action.
Four first visits ended with an emergency order recommended, the outcome that means the inspector recommended closing until the problems were fixed. Three of those places passed a callback within a day. The fourth had a time extension and no later visit in the file.
The figures come from the food service inspection file for District 1, which covers Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s Division of Hotels and Restaurants publishes it. We downloaded it Oct. 31, and it lists inspections through Friday, Oct. 30. Florida does not score or grade restaurants. Each visit records a count of violations and an outcome.
October in numbers
The file holds 585 inspections at 532 establishments in Miami between Oct. 1 and Oct. 30:
- 488 were first visits: 436 routine inspections, 33 licensing inspections of new or changed businesses and 19 prompted by a complaint.
- 97 were callbacks, return visits to check that problems had been fixed.
The first visits ended this way:
| Outcome of the first visit | Inspections |
|---|---|
| Inspection completed, no further action | 386 |
| Warning issued | 95 |
| Emergency order recommended | 4 |
| Administrative complaint recommended | 2 |
| Administrative determination recommended | 1 |
The warning count includes one visit the state recorded as “warning given, pending.”
That is 79% with no further action. Across all of Miami-Dade County, the same file shows 1,803 first visits in October, and 1,370 of them (76%) ended with no further action.
On 224 of Miami’s 488 first visits, the inspector recorded no high-priority violation. The middle first visit recorded five violations of all kinds.
The emergency orders
These are the visits the state recorded with an emergency order, in date order.
Tribute to Tobacco Road by Kush, 650 S. Miami Ave., had a routine inspection Thursday, Oct. 8. The state recorded 37 violations, eight of them high priority, and the outcome “emergency order recommended.” A callback the next day, Oct. 9, recorded “emergency order callback complied,” with seven violations and none high priority.
Museum Tower Cafe, 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 175, had an inspection prompted by a complaint Monday, Oct. 19. The state recorded seven violations, two of them high priority, and an emergency order recommended. The callback on Oct. 20 recorded “emergency order callback complied,” with no violations.
Bonfire Mofongo House and Lounge, 1704 NW Seventh St., had a routine inspection Monday, Oct. 26. The state recorded 27 violations, six of them high priority, and an emergency order recommended. A callback Oct. 27 recorded “emergency order callback time extension,” with nine violations, one of them high priority. The file shows no later visit through Oct. 30.
Cafe Ruyi, 5300 NW Seventh Ave., had a routine inspection Thursday, Oct. 29. The state recorded 16 violations, three of them high priority, and an emergency order recommended. The callback on Friday, Oct. 30, recorded “emergency order callback complied,” with 10 violations and none high priority.
Two more emergency order callbacks appear in October:
- Patio Tipico Corp, 45 NW 22nd Ave., had a licensing inspection Oct. 28. The state recorded 21 violations, eight of them high priority, and the outcome “administrative determination recommended.” A callback Oct. 29 recorded “emergency order callback complied,” with no violations.
- Allegro Ma Non Troppo / SoCal Taco Company, 1000 S. Miami Ave., had an emergency order recommended on Sept. 30, with 24 violations, five of them high priority. A callback Oct. 1 recorded a time extension. A second callback, Oct. 13, recorded “call back, complied,” with no violations.
The file does not say whether any of these businesses closed between visits.
Clean sheets
Twenty-four first visits in October recorded no violations at all. Among them:
- Taqueria La 52, 31 NW Ninth St., licensing inspection Oct. 1
- Pizzeria El Chava Sabor Cubano, 414 SW 22nd Ave., licensing inspection Oct. 6
- Glitter Scoop, 450 NW 71st St., licensing inspection Oct. 8
- Novotel Brickell Miami rooftop bar, 1500 SW First Ave., routine inspection Oct. 8
- Graupera Pizzeria and Graupera Ice Cream, 440 SW 22nd Ave., routine inspections Oct. 21
- Farolito Restaurant, 2885 Coral Way, routine inspection Oct. 26
- Skyviews Miami, 401 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 127, routine inspection Oct. 30
Of the 33 licensing inspections of new or changed businesses, 29 ended with no further action.
What the outcomes mean
The division’s inspections page explains the terms:
- Warning issued: the violations must be fixed by a set date, and the inspector returns.
- Administrative complaint recommended: the inspector recommended a complaint, the start of the division’s own enforcement process.
- Emergency order recommended: the inspector recommended closing the business until the violations are corrected. A callback shows whether it complied.
A recommendation is not a final finding. Any penalty comes later through the division’s process, and the business can contest it. Every business named here can give its side. If one does, we will add its response.
How we counted
We counted rows in the state’s District 1 file whose county is Miami-Dade, whose location city is Miami or Coconut Grove, whose ZIP code is one of 18 that cover the city (33125 to 33138, 33142, 33145, 33149 and 33150) and whose inspection date is Oct. 1 to Oct. 30, 2026. Some of those ZIP codes reach into neighboring unincorporated areas, so the count is close to, but not exactly, the city. This is the same method as our restaurant inspections guide.
What it means for you
An inspection is a snapshot of one visit. It is not a rating of the food, and a later visit can find something different.
- Look up any restaurant’s full report, including what each violation was, through the state’s license search.
- Report a food safety problem to the Division of Hotels and Restaurants through MyFloridaLicense.com or by calling 850-487-1395. The city and the county do not inspect restaurants.
Our guide to restaurant inspections in Miami explains how inspections work. For places to eat, see where to eat in Miami and our list of new businesses in Miami.
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