TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFE

5212-A OKEECHOBEE RD, FORT PIERCE, St. Lucie County. DBPR licence 6602731. 8 inspection visits from 2023-11-01 to 2026-10-05.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-10-05: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

2 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the St. Lucie County average that year (1 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, 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
2026-10-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	1.32	2 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2026-03-10	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	4		3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 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 50 Current license properly displayed
2026-01-06	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	3	6	0.93	8 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x3) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 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 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-09-30	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	1		1 area 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-07-30	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	2	5	1.08	8 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils 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 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-03-25	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2024-01-03	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-11-01	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	1	3	0.92	6 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 11 Personnel with infections restricted 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 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.