TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFE
200 N TAMPA ST STE G-120, Tampa FL 33602 · 813.225.1550
Last inspected Sep 4, 2025 · 3 visits since October 2023
3 inspections within 16 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. Sent to operator via email
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Inspection history
3 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee came into kitchen from lobby and began grabbing smoothie blender. No hand washing. Observed afterwards employee wash hands.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on prep table back area. Management removed phone
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Ice buildup inside small freezer next to reach in cooler.
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cut spinach (45F - Cold Holding); yogurt (45F - Cold Holding) operator iced down bins
Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. Sent to operator via email
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Reach in cooler soiled
Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Discussed with operator proper air drying of clean equipment. operator moved to dish are to have re washed and air dried.
Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Under equipment throughout kitchen.
Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. By back door floor tiles missing and hole in wall
This record follows the licence, not the owner. Restaurants change hands and the licence history normally does not, so an older entry may describe people who no longer run the place. Every inspection above links to the state's own report. Something wrong? Tell us.