Eat Better, Feel Better — It's our way of doing business and our way of life.


Our menu boasts a healthy, high quality alternative to the usual fare – the food and smoothies of Tropical Smoothie Café® are made with fresh, high quality ingredients. Our smoothies are made from superior, simple ingredients including real fruit and natural sugar. Our toasted wraps, bistro sandwiches, grilled flatbreads and gourmet salads are made fresh with high quality meats and cheeses, and topped with fresh produce and flavorful sauces. Combine that with a fun atmosphere and friendly hospitality and you see why people return again and again for the Tropical Smoothie Café Experience.


Founded in 1997 in Destin, FL, there are now more than 300 Tropical Smoothie Café franchise locations in operation and we continue to develop more café and smoothie franchises throughout the United States. Owning a Tropical Smoothie Café gives you the opportunity to offer customers healthy food and a healthier way of life. With commitment to exceptional quality and taste, we're proud to offer healthy choices to the customer and we're proud to be one of the fastest growing café franchise brands in the quick-casual restaurant segment.
Our Story
Tropical Smoothie Café has come a long way since our first café and smoothie franchise opened. From expanding our menu to contain a wide range of healthy food options that perfect complement our smoothies, to officially establishing the Tropical Smoothie Café name, to updating the environment of our cafés to reflect the tropical vacation, we're proud to have more than 300 café and smoothie bar franchise locations with plenty of new stores in the works, all providing that same terrific Tropical Smoothie Café Experience.

The Tropical Smoothie Café Experience
Friendly café décor, warm, island hospitality and fresh, tasty foods complete the winning combination found in our café franchise locations. Loved by customers near and far, Tropical Smoothie Café boasts the perfect café and smoothies franchise combination – The Tropical Trifecta:

The Café
At Tropical Smoothie Café, our customers are given a slice of paradise. Warm climates and warm thoughts are immediately recalled. Vibrant décor provides a beacon of radiance like a sunbeam poking through storm clouds. Bamboo and thatch, friendly lighting, fun point of purchase pieces – it's all there to provide a tropical retreat within our café and smoothie franchises where people can relax and unwind from their everyday routines. All they need to do is walk through the door; we'll handle the rest.

The Hospitality
Tropical hospitality should be like tropical weather – warm and friendly. We take hospitality a step further. Upon entering a Tropical Smoothie Café franchise, our customers are met with the smiling faces of our crew who are ready to suggest a healthy menu item and to make their day a little bit brighter. Tropical Smoothie Café franchisees are also actively involved in their neighborhood, mingling their café into the fibers of their local community. Tropical Smoothie Café is the kind of place where everyone is proud to say they "know the owner."

The Food
There's no better way to make a great meal than with fresh, natural, premium quality, healthy ingredients. From the finest meats and cheeses in our food to fruit so fresh it could still be on the tree in our smoothies, we practice this philosophy every day. All of this means that eating at Tropical Smoothie Café franchise is a treat carries no guilt and can be enjoyed time and time again.

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First Hand Stories
We're just excited to be in
Tropical Smoothie Café
while it's new... and
innovative and something
fresh."

Ryan Kaleto,
Mt. Pleasant, MI