Moe's Southwest Grill

Moe's Southwest Grill's Florida stores average -0.44 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.54 to -0.33), below the county baseline. Rank 3 of 4 Mexican brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.44vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.54 to -0.33

0.77 vs 1.21raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

92stores in 32 counties, 426 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Moe's Southwest Grill is known for burrito and queso dip. 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, Moe's Southwest Grill vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 426). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Moe's Southwest Grill	Florida	Ratio
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	60.3	39.9	1.51x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	42.5	43.6	0.97x
29	Plumbing installed and maintained	36.6	16.9	2.17x
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	33.6	23.6	1.42x
03	Food Out of Temperature	31.9	35.0	0.91x

Outcomes

9.9% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.47% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

99%of 88 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

2 closures of Moe's Southwest Grill stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 2 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-09-30	Jacksonville	Duval	Fly activity
2026-02-17	Coral Springs	Broward	Roach 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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Store-level matching: a store counts for Moe's Southwest Grill 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.