Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Tropical Smoothie Cafe's Florida stores average -0.56 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.64 to -0.46), below the county baseline. Rank 3 of 9 other quick-service brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.56vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.64 to -0.46

0.67 vs 1.22raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

216stores in 35 counties, 600 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

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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, Tropical Smoothie Cafe vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 600). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Tropical Smoothie Cafe	Florida	Ratio
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	33.7	46.9	0.72x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	33.2	43.6	0.76x
53	Food management certification valid / Employee training verification	29.7	21.1	1.41x
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	28.8	39.9	0.72x
29	Plumbing installed and maintained	23.7	16.9	1.40x

Outcomes

17.0% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.33% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

96%of 199 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

1 closures of Tropical Smoothie Cafe 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)
2026-07-23	Sanford	Seminole	No restrooms

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

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Tropical Smoothie Cafe elsewhere

Tropical Smoothie Cafe franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens Where Tropical Smoothie Cafe locates: PlazaLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Tropical Smoothie Cafe 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.