Taste of the Tropics Restaurant
2595 Palm Bay Road Ne, Palm Bay, FL 32905
How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
At a glance
- Passed 5 of 5 graded inspections since 2024.
- Last inspected Oct 2, 2026: passed with 3 violations.
- Keeps coming up: Food protection, cross-contamination, cited 3 times, plus 11 other repeat issues.
- 5 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 5 visits
- 2026
- Passed Oct 2
Routine Inspection
3 violations
- Minor Dishwashing facilities; chemical test kit(s); gauges
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Passed Mar 18
Routine Inspection
11 violations, 4 critical
- Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
- Critical Approved source
- Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
- Critical Employee health knowledge; ill/symptomatic employee present
- Minor Current license properly displayed
- Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor Dishwashing facilities; chemical test kit(s); gauges
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- Minor Cleaning and maintenance equipment
- Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
- 2025
- Passed Nov 18
Routine Inspection
9 violations
- Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
- Minor Dishwashing facilities; chemical test kit(s); gauges
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
- Minor Employee health knowledge; ill/symptomatic employee present
- Minor Food protection, cross-contamination
- Minor Chemicals/toxic substances
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
- 2024
- Passed Dec 2
Routine Inspection
12 violations, 1 critical
- Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
- Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Dishwashing facilities; chemical test kit(s); gauges
- Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
- Minor Chemicals/toxic substances
- Minor Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils; air drying
- Minor Single-service and single-use items
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor Cleaning and maintenance equipment
- Minor Approved source
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
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