TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFE

9182 S FEDERAL HWY, PORT ST LUCIE, St. Lucie County. DBPR licence 6602693. 9 inspection visits from 2023-08-02 to 2025-10-01.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2025-10-01: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 1 basic violations

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

1emergency closure recommended at an inspection since July 2023 (latest 2024-04-04)

3inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, St. Lucie 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
2025-10-01	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	0.93	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-10-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	2	1.08	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-05-16	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2		2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-04-05	Complaint follow-up	Closure follow-up: more time given DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Time Extension	0	1	4		3 areas 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3) 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-04-04	Complaint inspection	Emergency closure recommended DBPR: Emergency order recommended	1	3	7		7 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x4) 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-09-29	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	9		6 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3) 50 Current license properly displayed
2023-09-27	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	2	11		11 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 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 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3) 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-08-21	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	1	1		2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2023-08-02	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	3	7		11 areas 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 11 Personnel with infections restricted 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 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.