Tropical Smoothie Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 3, 2025 →
• address1407 Forest Avenue, Staten Island 10302
• cuisineJuice, Smoothies, Fruit Salads
• phone3154003300

Is Tropical Smoothie Cafe clean?

Tropical Smoothie Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 3, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Tropical Smoothie Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.

When was Tropical Smoothie Cafe last inspected?

Tropical Smoothie Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to April 24, 2023, averaging 14 points.

Tropical Smoothie Cafe vs Port Richmond

Port Richmond runs 74% clean across 58 tracked restaurants — 37 clean, 6 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 58 spots Cooked tracks in Port Richmond, this one comes out cleaner than 48% of them.

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How New York grades restaurants

New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0–13 points earns an A, 14–27 a B, and 28 or more a C. Every restaurant is inspected at least once a year, and the letter has to be posted in the window. A restaurant that scores 14 or more on the first inspection of a cycle does not get a letter right away — it stays “Grade Pending” until a re-inspection settles it, which is why some spots here show an hourglass instead of a letter. Cooked only ever shows a letter the city actually posted; we never infer one from a score.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via NYC Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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