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CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
10point violations
3 problems found · 1 marked critical · Routine health department inspection · Feb 27, 2026
Is that a lot?
Most fast-food and counter places here got 8 to 21 point violations. Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Ny073 got about the same as most.
Compared with 4,330 New York City fast-food and counter places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Ny073?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Marked critical: Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food 06CHow to fixFix it
- Equipment in poor repair 09CHow to fixFix it
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning 10FHow to fixFix it
Source: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
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Next: Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat foodThe health department found: “Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation,…”
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Inspections
From New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · 3 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 7, 2026
The health department visited 2 times in the last 12 months (1 routine, 1 other).
Off to a good start: 10 point violations at its first routine inspection (Feb 27, 2026), about the same as most fast-food and counter places here.
You're off to a good start. Let's keep it that way: one quick check a day.
NYC inspects each restaurant at least once a year. A place scoring 14 or more on an initial inspection gets a second, graded inspection.
Every visit
LatestFeb 27, 2026Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection10 points (A)
This one: 10 points (A), inspected Feb 27, 2026.
3 violations listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food
The department's words
06C Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Food Code 3-302.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Top to bottom
- 1. Top: ready-to-eat food (salads, desserts, cut fruit, cooked leftovers, deli meat, cheese, drinks)
- 2. Raw fish and seafood (cooked to 145°F)
- 3. Whole cuts of beef, pork and lamb; raw shell eggs (145°F)
From Food Code 3-302.11
Keep raw meat types apart
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Fridge and freezer storage order
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Not critical (2)
Equipment in poor repair
The department's words
09C Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
Food Code 4-101.11
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In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
Equipment in good repair
In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
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Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
10F Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
Food Code 4-602.13
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
Shelves, handles and outsides of equipment clean
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
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EarlierFeb 27, 2026Administrative Miscellaneous / Initial InspectionNo score given
1 violation listed, 0 marked critical.
Not critical (1)
Prohibited drink listed on children's meal menu
The department's words
16-11 Prohibited drink listed on children's meal menu
EarlierDec 6, 2024Pre-permit (Operational) / Initial Inspection10 points (A)
1 violation listed, 1 marked critical.
Critical (1)
Marked critical by New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
No certified food protection manager on record
The department's words
04A Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.
Source: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. This is the department's data, not CleanCleaver's. See the department's full record (opens the department's site)
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- Raw food not kept apart from ready-to-eat food Read the free guide
- Equipment in poor repair In CleanCleaver: Look over the equipment; report anything broken
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
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Zero points means the inspector found no problems. New York City adds points for each problem. Big ones, the kind most likely to make someone sick, add more.
Inspectors add points for each problem they find. 0 to 13 points is an A, 14 to 27 a B, 28 or more a C.
- Listed as
- Juice, Smoothies, Fruit Salads
- Inspection type
- Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
- Result
- 10 points (A)
- Source
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
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