Cava

Cava's Florida stores average -0.41 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.60 to -0.18), below the county baseline. Rank 6 of 9 other quick-service brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.41vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.60 to -0.18

0.77 vs 1.18raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

31stores in 14 counties, 143 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Cava is known for hummus and falafel. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

By fiscal year

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, Cava vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 143). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Cava	Florida	Ratio
03	Food Out of Temperature	35.0	35.0	1.00x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	25.9	43.6	0.59x
29	Plumbing installed and maintained	23.1	16.9	1.37x
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	18.9	39.9	0.47x
24	Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils	18.2	10.5	1.73x

Outcomes

11.9% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.00% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

89%of 27 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

1 closures of Cava stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 1 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-08-27	Tallahassee	Leon	Sewage back up

Other other quick-service brands

Ranked other quick-service brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Playa Bowls	-0.80	-0.97 to -0.62	36
2	Cold Stone Creamery	-0.74	-0.84 to -0.64	100
3	Tropical Smoothie Cafe	-0.56	-0.64 to -0.46	216
4	Panda Express	-0.51	-0.61 to -0.40	117
5	Dairy Queen	-0.49	-0.60 to -0.37	114
6	Cava	-0.41	-0.60 to -0.18	31
7	Mission BBQ	-0.29	-0.50 to -0.07	31
8	Captain D's	-0.25	-0.41 to -0.07	35
9	Pei Wei	-0.10	-0.33 to +0.14	34

Look up a single Cava location

Store-level matching: a store counts for Cava 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.