TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFE

4270 US HWY 98 N, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6306619. 7 inspection visits from 2023-11-06 to 2026-11-05.

Warning: inspector to returnLast visit, 2026-11-05: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 0 basic violations

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

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

4inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Polk 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
2026-11-05	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	0.43	1 area 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-08-14	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2		2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles
2025-02-03	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0
2025-01-30	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	2		2 areas 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-11-22	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	4		5 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 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-03-19	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0		2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2023-11-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	0.41	3 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean

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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.