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TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFE

7054 WATERSET BLVD, Apollo Beach FL 33572 · 813-723-4310

Last inspected Aug 22, 2025 · 2 visits since September 2024

Licence typeRestaurant
Seats21
Risk levelRisk Level 1
LicenceSEA3919341
Grade history
SEP 24
AUG 25
Badges — none earned
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined

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Inspection history

2 visits, newest first

Aug 22, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection

Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

1 High priority1 Intermediate4 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 6 findings
Employee used the bathroom and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands upon returning to employee area. Observed employee come out of the bathroom and touched multiple times items without washing hands.
High priority/12A-11-4
Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate for employees trained. Establishment provided copies of food handler certificates.
Intermediate/53B-09-4
Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Observed employee prepping food with no hair restraint.
Basic/13-03-4
Single-service articles improperly stored. Box of cups on floor, employee removed at time of inspection.
Basic/25-05-4/Corrected On-Site
Show the remaining 2 findings ▾
Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
Basic/42-01-4
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container of sugar not labeled. Employee labeled at time of inspection.
Basic/02D-01-5/Corrected On-Site/Repeat Violation
The state's own report →
Sep 25, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionLicensing Inspection

Met inspection standards. 4 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.

0 High priority0 Intermediate4 Basic
Show 4 findings ▾
In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of time/temperature control for safety food and rim of the container. Scoop handle in cheese, operator removed at time of inspection.
Basic/10-06-5/Corrected On-Site
No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted.
Basic/51-13-4
Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. To go boxes not inverted.
Basic/25-06-4
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container of sugar not labeled.
Basic/02D-01-5

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.