TROPIC'S HUNKER DOWN LOUNGE HIDEAWAY/CATEGORY 5

1 S ATLANTIC AVE, COCOA BEACH, Brevard County. DBPR licence 1507014. 4 inspection visits from 2023-09-13 to 2024-03-11.

No inspection since 2024-03-11. The restaurant may have closed, moved or changed licence; DBPR's files do not say which.

Corrected at follow-upLast visit, 2024-03-11: follow-up visit, 0 high-priority, 2 intermediate, 1 basic violations

2 of 2routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Brevard County average that year (0 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, Brevard 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
2024-03-11	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	2	1		3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2024-03-08	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	2	3	1.05	6 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2023-11-13	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-09-13	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	2	5	1.05	8 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification

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.