TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFE

8605 S TAMIAMI TRAIL #1, SARASOTA, Sarasota County. DBPR licence 6805658. 4 inspection visits from 2023-08-23 to 2025-07-28.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2025-07-28: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

0 of 3routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Sarasota County average that year (0 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, Sarasota 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	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2025-07-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1.11	2 areas 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2024-07-02	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1.26	2 areas 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2023-10-10	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	3		4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 55 Automatic Gratuity Notice
2023-08-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1.24	2 areas 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, 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.