Chuck E. Cheese

Chuck E. Cheese's Florida stores average -0.69 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.86 to -0.53), below the county baseline. Rank 1 of 16 casual-dining brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.69vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.86 to -0.53

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

59stores in 19 counties, 164 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Chuck E. Cheese is known for pizza. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

PizzaThe Origin of Pizza: From a Bishop's Rent to NaplesPlateTales

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, Chuck E. Cheese vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 164). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Chuck E. Cheese	Florida	Ratio
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	37.2	43.6	0.85x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	26.2	46.9	0.56x
31	Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed	18.9	42.0	0.45x
50	Current license properly displayed	16.5	13.1	1.26x
53	Food management certification valid / Employee training verification	15.9	21.1	0.75x

Outcomes

19.5% 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)

94%of 52 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

1 closures of Chuck E. Cheese 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)
2026-08-14	Boynton Beach	Palm Beach	Rodent activity

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

Look up a single Chuck E. Cheese location

Store-level matching: a store counts for Chuck E. Cheese 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.