TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFÉ

4125 NW 16 BLVD, GAINESVILLE, Alachua County. DBPR licence 1103476. 4 inspection visits from 2024-02-12 to 2026-09-16.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-16: routine inspection, 3 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 2 basic violations

1 of 3routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Alachua County average that year (2 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

1inspections 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	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-09-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	1	2	1.25	6 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-10-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	2	1.40	4 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-09-13	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	3		4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-02-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	5	1.73	5 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 50 Current license properly displayed

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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.