Chili's

Chili's's Florida stores average -0.34 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.43 to -0.25), below the county baseline. Rank 4 of 16 casual-dining brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.34vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.43 to -0.25

0.83 vs 1.17raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

139stores in 39 counties, 751 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Chili's is known for barbecue ribs and fajitas. 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, Chili's vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 751). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Chili's	Florida	Ratio
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	48.5	43.6	1.11x
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	42.1	39.9	1.06x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	41.9	46.9	0.89x
03	Food Out of Temperature	31.4	35.0	0.90x
24	Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils	29.8	10.5	2.83x

Outcomes

7.3% 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)

86%of 138 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

No Chili's store appears in DBPR's weekly closure extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06).

Other casual-dining brands

Ranked casual-dining brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Chuck E. Cheese	-0.69	-0.86 to -0.53	59
2	Olive Garden	-0.48	-0.57 to -0.39	80
3	Buffalo Wild Wings	-0.36	-0.49 to -0.24	62
4	Chili's	-0.34	-0.43 to -0.25	139
5	Hooters	-0.27	-0.42 to -0.12	48
6	LongHorn Steakhouse	-0.23	-0.35 to -0.11	81
7	Applebee's	-0.19	-0.31 to -0.07	88
8	Sonny's BBQ	-0.12	-0.28 to +0.04	65
9	Outback Steakhouse	-0.08	-0.23 to +0.06	101
10	Texas Roadhouse	-0.08	-0.26 to +0.11	47
11	Red Lobster	+0.07	-0.14 to +0.30	56
12	Ruby Tuesday	+0.12	-0.14 to +0.40	31
13	Bonefish Grill	+0.19	-0.04 to +0.45	49
14	Carrabba's Italian Grill	+0.30	+0.16 to +0.45	68
15	Beef 'O' Brady's	+0.48	+0.30 to +0.67	88
16	Miller's Ale House	+0.78	+0.55 to +1.03	68

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Chili's elsewhere

Chili's franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Chili'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.