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Pinellas County
What the state's inspectors have recorded in Pinellas County kitchens, as of the most recent nightly pull. Every line links to the record it came from, and every finding is quoted exactly as the inspector typed it.
How Pinellas grades
3,295 kitchens carry a grade. 393 show N/R — not inspected in about fifteen months, so we would rather say nothing than something stale. Grades are ours, not the state's.
Most recent high-priority finding
Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed chef touched raw beef then changed gloves with no handwashing. Instructed to wash hands.
Ordered shut
| Restaurant | City | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SIRI'S GOURMET BURGERS & PIZZA | Gulf Port | Aug 25, 2026 |
| ORIGINAL PINEHURST PUB | Dunedin | Aug 25, 2026 |
| CHICK BRO CAFE BISTRO | Gulfport | Aug 18, 2026 |
| DIMITRI'S ON THE WATER | Tarpon Springs | Aug 17, 2026 |
| THE BOAT CLUB | Tarpon Springs | Aug 13, 2026 |
| THE BIG CATCH AT SALT CREEK | Saint Petersburg | Aug 12, 2026 |
| THE GETAWAY | Saint Petersburg | Aug 12, 2026 |
| CIRCO PIZZERIA & ITALIAN KITCHEN | Saint Petersburg | Aug 11, 2026 |
| SLOPPY JOE'S | Treasure Island | Aug 11, 2026 |
| SHELLS OF ST PETE BEACH | St.Pete Beach | Aug 7, 2026 |
An emergency order stops a kitchen operating on the spot. Many reopen within days once the problem is fixed — each restaurant's page shows how its order ended.
Lowest scoring right now
| Restaurant | City | Grade |
|---|---|---|
| FAIRWAY PIZZA & SPORTS PAGE PUB | Palm Harbor | |
| BOAT CLUB | Tarpon Springs | |
| MIWA HIBACHI & SUSHI EXPRESS | Saint Petersburg | |
| ENGINE NO.9 | Saint Petersburg | |
| UMAI SUSHI | Largo | |
| BIG C'S BBQ | Saint Petersburg | |
| LA MORDIDA | Clearwater | |
| BENEDICTS RESTAURANT | Seminole | |
| WHARF | St.Pete Beach | |
| SUSHI ROCK GRILL | Saint Petersburg |
Biggest fines this year
| Restaurant | City | Final order | Fine |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYOU CAFE | Tarpon Springs | May 5, 2026 | $1,900 |
| SMUGGLER'S ISLAND PUB | Palm Harbor | Oct 10, 2025 | $1,600 |
| BAYOU CAFE | Tarpon Springs | Jun 10, 2026 | $1,100 |
| BIG C'S BBQ | Saint Petersburg | Oct 8, 2025 | $940 |
| BIG C'S BBQ | Saint Petersburg | Apr 10, 2026 | $880 |
| FAIRWAY PIZZA & SPORTS PAGE PUB | Palm Harbor | Apr 16, 2026 | $800 |
| UMAI SUSHI | Largo | May 15, 2026 | $800 |
| UMAI SUSHI | Largo | Jul 27, 2026 | $800 |
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Every inspection on this site links to the state's own report for that visit. If something doesn't match DBPR's record, that's our bug and we want to hear about it — the record on their side is always the one that governs.
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Please don't call these official state grades. Florida does not issue letter grades to restaurants — it records what an inspector found and how the visit ended, and that is all. Every grade, score and badge on this site is ours, computed the same way for every kitchen in the state from the state's public records. The whole formula is published at how we grade. Inspection findings, closures and disciplinary records are unedited public records from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.