Chipotle

Chipotle's Florida stores average -0.58 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.65 to -0.51), below the county baseline. Rank 2 of 4 Mexican brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.58vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.65 to -0.51

0.62 vs 1.20raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

282stores in 38 counties, 1,238 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Chipotle is known for burrito and guacamole. 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, Chipotle vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 1,238). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Chipotle	Florida	Ratio
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	28.8	39.9	0.72x
03	Food Out of Temperature	27.9	35.0	0.80x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	23.7	43.6	0.54x
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	16.4	23.6	0.69x
12	Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking	15.2	23.0	0.66x

Outcomes

9.0% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.24% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

97%of 263 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

1 closures of Chipotle 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)
2026-09-29	Miami	Miami-Dade	Fly activity

Other Mexican brands

Ranked Mexican brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Taco Bell	-0.82	-0.87 to -0.79	447
2	Chipotle	-0.58	-0.65 to -0.51	282
3	Moe's Southwest Grill	-0.44	-0.54 to -0.33	92
4	Tijuana Flats	-0.27	-0.37 to -0.16	115

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Chipotle elsewhere

Where Chipotle locates: PlazaLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Chipotle 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.