TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFE

3345 SW 34TH ST STE 5, GAINESVILLE, Alachua County. DBPR licence 1103029. 5 inspection visits from 2023-08-21 to 2026-07-30.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-30: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 2 intermediate, 1 basic violations

0 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Alachua County average that year (4 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

0inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Alachua County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-07-30	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	1.25	3 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-10-02	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1.40	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-10-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	1.74	3 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 50 Current license properly displayed
2023-10-20	Follow-up visit	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	1	0		1 area 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-08-21	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	2	2	1.73	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification

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A routine inspection is one visit on one day. Inspectors in different counties record violations differently, so compare a count with its county average, not with a restaurant in another county. Nothing on this page is a rating. Source: DBPR inspection files, data as of 2026-11-09; DBPR's own record for this licence is the official one.