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Captain D's

Captain D's's Florida stores average -0.25 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.41 to -0.07), below the county baseline. Rank 8 of 9 other quick-service brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.25vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.41 to -0.07
0.82 vs 1.07raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face
35stores in 20 counties, 171 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Captain D's is known for fried fish and hush puppies. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

Fried fishThe History of Fish and Chips, From Soyer to MalinPlateTales

By fiscal year

0-0.68+0.05FY2016-17: -0.27 (n = 38)16-17FY2017-18: -0.68 (n = 33)17-18FY2018-19: -0.28 (n = 49)18-19FY2019-20: -0.20 (n = 48)19-20FY2020-21: -0.25 (n = 55)20-21FY2021-22: -0.40 (n = 59)21-22FY2022-23: -0.24 (n = 57)22-23FY2023-24: -0.33 (n = 59)23-24FY2024-25: -0.16 (n = 55)24-25FY2025-26: -0.26 (n = 57)25-26FY2026-27: 0.05 (n = 24) partial year26-27*

Relative to the county baseline, first visits of routine inspections. Open circle and * = fiscal year in progress (data as of 2026-11-09). Hover a point for n.

Most-cited violation codes

Citations per 100 routine inspections, Captain D's vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 171). Descriptions are DBPR's.
CodeDBPR descriptionCaptain D'sFloridaRatio
36Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved118.139.92.96x
22Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean63.743.61.46x
14Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located63.246.91.35x
23Non-food contact surfaces clean46.823.61.98x
31Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed31.642.00.75x

Outcomes

14.6% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)
0.58% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)
97%of 33 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

2 closures of Captain D's stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 2 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
ClosedCityCountyReason (DBPR)
2026-09-11PensacolaEscambiaRoach activity
2026-07-28JacksonvilleDuvalRodent activity

Other other quick-service brands

Ranked other quick-service brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
RankBrandvs county95% intervalStores
1Playa Bowls-0.80-0.97 to -0.6236
2Cold Stone Creamery-0.74-0.84 to -0.64100
3Tropical Smoothie Cafe-0.56-0.64 to -0.46216
4Panda Express-0.51-0.61 to -0.40117
5Dairy Queen-0.49-0.60 to -0.37114
6Cava-0.41-0.60 to -0.1831
7Mission BBQ-0.29-0.50 to -0.0731
8Captain D's-0.25-0.41 to -0.0735
9Pei Wei-0.10-0.33 to +0.1434
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Captain D's elsewhere

Captain D's franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Captain D's when its DBPR business name matches the reviewed aliases in InspectLens's brand list. Co-branded units (for example KFC with Taco Bell) are not counted for either brand.