Fort Lauderdale Restaurant Inspections — Recent Activity

Fort Lauderdale’s restaurant scene spans the Las Olas corridor, the beachfront hotels, the riverwalk, and the steady neighborhood dining belt through Wilton Manors and Sunrise. Florida DBPR currently tracks 1,129 active restaurants in the City of Fort Lauderdale.

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; for the authoritative inspection report, see myfloridalicense.com.

Recent Inspections With Findings

These specific inspection events produced the highest violation counts in our recent Fort Lauderdale data. Each is a DBPR public record from the date listed.

Recent Clean Inspections

These specific inspections completed with zero violations documented. Each is a DBPR public record from the date listed.

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

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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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 Fort Lauderdale?

Florida DBPR currently tracks 1,129 active restaurants in the City of Fort Lauderdale.

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 “Warning Issued” mean on an inspection?

It means the inspector documented findings serious enough to require formal correction. The restaurant typically receives a callback inspection within a few days to weeks; if the issues are corrected, the disposition becomes “Call Back - 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.