TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFE
1851 CORDOVA RD · FORT LAUDERDALE · Broward County · FL 33316
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
5 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 2
12A-16-4High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee began to work, grabbed a clean blender to make a customer order, without washing hands first, after educated employee on proper hand wash procedures, employee washed hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
50-17-3High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. December 1, 2025 – establishment is open and selling food to customers. **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 2
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Front kitchen- garbage can in front, employee removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
53B-05-5Intermediate – Required employee training expired for all employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. All expired on 7/4/2026 **Warning**
Basic 1
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. 2) flip top-broken cover. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 8, 2026 1:30 PM.
Violation category totals
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.