Palm Beach County Restaurant Inspections — Recent Activity

Palm Beach County runs from the exclusive dining rooms of Palm Beach island to the Atlantic Avenue restaurant scene in Delray Beach and Clematis Street in West Palm Beach — over 4,393 active restaurants across 80 cities, according to Florida DBPR’s current dataset. It’s the fifth-largest restaurant market in the state behind Miami-Dade, Orange, Broward, and Hillsborough counties, and one of InspectFL’s most current: DBPR inspected Palm Beach County restaurants as recently as August 24, 2026.

This article reports on specific historical inspection events from DBPR’s public record. Each card below describes a particular inspection — a permanent fact about a regulatory event — rather than a current judgment about the restaurant. Restaurants improve and decline over time, and grades change as new inspections come in. For the current InspectFL Health Score on any specific establishment, click through to its restaurant page; to browse current scores across the whole county, see the Palm Beach County page; for the authoritative inspection report, see myfloridalicense.com.

32 Emergency Orders in One County

The single most notable pattern in Palm Beach County’s recent data: 32 restaurants received an “Emergency order recommended” disposition, meaning an inspector found a hazard serious enough to warrant a summary suspension recommendation. That list includes recognizable national chains alongside independent restaurants — emergency orders are not just a small-business phenomenon.

At Rocco’s Tacos in Boca Raton, DBPR’s August 24 inspection documented live roaches on a prep table, rodent droppings near an ice machine and under a prep sink, raw comminuted beef stored over raw whole-muscle steak, and multiple temperature-abuse Stop Sales — 18 total observation rows in a single visit. It’s the most recent inspection in this entire dataset and had not yet returned a compliant callback as of this writing.

BurgerFi’s Palm Beach Gardens location shows a different, more typical arc: an emergency order recommended on August 14 over cold-holding temperature failures (ranch dressing and half-and-half both well above the 41°F safe threshold, resulting in a Stop Sale), a callback the very next day that found the issue not yet corrected, and a second callback on August 15 that came back fully compliant with zero observation rows.

Recent Inspections With Findings

These specific inspection events produced the highest observation-row counts in our recent Palm Beach County data. The card metric uses the imported rows for that exact inspection date so it matches the restaurant-page timeline.

Recent Clean Inspections

These specific inspections have zero observation rows documented for the inspection date shown. The card metric uses that exact inspection event, not the restaurant’s all-history total. Two of the emergency-order restaurants from above — BurgerFi and Saiko-i Sushi Lounge — show up here too, on the callback visit that resolved their case.

Understanding the DBPR Inspection Process

Florida’s Division of Hotels and Restaurants (DHR) under DBPR conducts unannounced inspections of every licensed food service establishment in the state, typically one to four times per year depending on risk category.

When an inspector finds something, the disposition tells you what happens next:

• Inspection Completed - No Further Action — the establishment was compliant, with any issues resolved during the visit
• Call Back - Complied — a previous warning was issued, and a follow-up confirms the issue is fixed
• Warning Issued — the establishment received notice that issues must be corrected; a callback follows
• Administrative complaint recommended — the inspector escalated to formal regulatory action; the restaurant typically remains open during the process
• Emergency order recommended — the inspector identified a severe public health hazard serious enough to warrant a summary suspension recommendation; a callback typically follows within one to two days

The cards above describe specific inspection events. Each one happened on the date listed and is part of the official public record at myfloridalicense.com.

Check a Specific Restaurant

Every restaurant linked above goes to its full InspectFL page with the inspection history and current Health Score. For the official, authoritative DBPR inspection report, the source is myfloridalicense.com.

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Related: Fort Lauderdale & Broward County restaurant inspections · South Florida restaurant inspections · Martin County restaurant inspections

Data sourced from Florida DBPR public inspection records. The InspectFL Health Score is our own time-weighted calculation that prioritizes recent inspections — it is not an official DBPR rating. Each inspection event described above is a permanent public record; restaurants’ overall grades may have changed since the inspection date listed.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many restaurants are in Palm Beach County?

Florida DBPR currently tracks 4,393 active Palm Beach County restaurants across 80 cities, from West Palm Beach and Boca Raton to Wellington and Jupiter.

How many Palm Beach County restaurants had emergency orders recently?

InspectFL’s most recent Palm Beach County data shows 32 emergency-order-recommended inspections across 32 restaurants, including national chains like BurgerFi and Chuck E Cheese alongside independent restaurants. Most of these cases were resolved with a compliant callback inspection within one to two days.

How often are restaurants inspected?

Most sit-down and quick-service restaurants are inspected one to four times per year depending on risk category. Establishments with serious findings can be re-inspected within a few days as part of the DBPR callback process.

Where can I see the official DBPR inspection report?

The authoritative inspection record for any licensed Florida food service establishment is published by Florida DBPR at myfloridalicense.com.

What does “Emergency order recommended” mean on an inspection?

It means the inspector identified a severe public health hazard serious enough to warrant a summary suspension recommendation. A callback inspection typically follows within one to two days; if corrected, the disposition becomes “Emergency Order Callback Complied.”

Where does this data come from?

All inspection data is sourced from Florida DBPR (Department of Business and Professional Regulation) public records. The InspectFL Health Score is our own 0-100 calculation based on violation severity, frequency, and recency — it is not an official DBPR rating.