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A & W Restaurant

512 Railway St Nelson BC V1L 1H4 · Restaurant - Food Service

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Inspection summary

A & W Restaurant has been inspected 9 times by Interior Health Authority since February 15, 2013. The most recent inspection, on September 19, 2025, found no infractions.

6 of 9 inspections on record found no infractions at all. No inspections are on record from the past 12 months. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Protecting food from contamination and Cleaning and sanitizing.

The last 2 inspections in a row found no infractions. The number of infractions per inspection has stayed roughly the same over time.

What these findings mean

Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.

  • Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk

    This covers how food is stored, prepared and displayed: raw meat kept away from ready-to-eat food, food covered and stored off the floor, and nothing dripping or splashing into it. Cross-contamination from raw to cooked food is a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.

    Recorded 3 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on October 31, 2022. For example: 7 Are foods protected from contamination?

  • Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk

    Anything that touches food, such as cutting boards, dishes and utensils, must be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Inspectors check dishwasher temperatures, sanitizer strength and how wiping cloths are stored. Poor sanitizing lets bacteria survive from one use to the next.

    Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on October 31, 2022. For example: 3 Are food contact surfaces, utensils and equipment washed and sanitized in a manner that removes/prevents contamination?

About this data

These results come from Interior Health Authority, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.

9 inspections

  1. Monitoring

    0 infractions

  2. Monitoring

    0 infractions

  3. Monitoring

    3 infractions

    • F1.7 Are foods protected from contamination?
      • Observation(s): Food observed uncovered in double door fridge
    • F2.3 Are food contact surfaces, utensils and equipment washed and sanitized in a manner that removes/prevents contamination?
      • Observation(s): Sanitizer in bucket for wiping cloths was measured at 0ppm quats.
    • F2.5 Are the premises and equipment properly maintained and operated in a sanitary manner (i.e. ongoing maintenance)?
      • Observation(s): Freezer next to cook line was measuring at -4 deg C.
      • F2.5A All equipment, utensils and food contact surfaces used on the premises must be kept in good working order to ensure the sanitary handling of food.
  4. Monitoring

    1 infraction

    • F2.5 Are the premises and equipment properly maintained and operated in a sanitary manner (i.e. ongoing maintenance)?
      • Observation(s): Wooden shelving in warewashing area in kitchen is no longer smooth, non-absorbent or easy to clean and sanitize. Please have these shelves repaired OR replaced to ensure that all areas in the kitchen are smooth, non-absorbent and easy to clean and sanitize. Fluorescent lights above bread next to back door of kitchen must be protected from shatter. Please install shatter guard OR LED lighting. Flooring underneath metal dried storage shelving is caked in grease and dust. Please improve cleaning to these hard to reach areas and add this chore to routine cleaning in your sanitation plan. Ceiling tiles and vents are caked in grease and dust. Please improve cleaning to these areas and add this chore to routine cleaning in your sanitation plan. Please send this updated plan to [email protected]
      • F2.5B The premises must be properly constructed and maintained in good, clean and sanitary condition.
      • F2.5J Artificial lighting must have shatterproof covers or shatterproof bulbs.
  5. Monitoring

    0 infractions

  6. Monitoring

    0 infractions

  7. Monitoring

    1 infraction

    • 8 - Are equipment, food contact surfaces and utensils washed, sanitized and stored in a manner that removes/prevents contamination?
      • Observation(s): Sanitizer wiping cloth bucket absent from the cook line area.
  8. Monitoring

    0 infractions

  9. Monitoring

    0 infractions

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