Beacon Cafe
2505 Beacon Avenue, Sidney, BC, V8L 1Y1 · Food Premises
Inspection summary
Beacon Cafe has been inspected 2 times by Island Health (Vancouver Island Health Authority) since July 29, 2026. The most recent inspection, on August 7, 2026, found no infractions.
1 of 2 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 2 inspections with 2 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing and Protecting food from contamination.
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.
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 once on July 29, 2026. For example:
Critical Improper Cleaning, Sanitizing of Equipment and Utensils
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 once on July 29, 2026. For example:
Food Not Protected - General
About this data
These results come from Island Health (Vancouver Island 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.
2 inspections
- Follow-Up
0 infractions
- Routine
2 infractions
- Critical Improper Cleaning, Sanitizing of Equipment and Utensils
- Low temperature dish washer is broken and waiting on parks to repair.
- Staff have set up three compartment sanitation for small tools and equipment only operation have switched and may only offer single use dishes until the dishwasher has been repaired and dispensing 50 - 100 ppm chlorine.
- Food Not Protected - General
- Raw eggs observed to be stored above salad greens.
- Eggs were moved below during times of inspection Comments Routine inspection conducted today. Hand sink supplied with hot and cold water, soap and paper towel. Lactic Acid pre-mixed surface sanitizer used on-site. Fridge temperature at 4°C. Freezers at =-18°C. Hot holding at =60°C. Continue to maintained daily temperature logs. Chlorine test strips on-site. Premises is overall well maintained. Ice machine in good condition. Three compartment set-up at 100 ppm Chlorine. NOTE: Send email with repairs or leave a message at our office once repairs to the dishwasher has been completed.
- Critical Improper Cleaning, Sanitizing of Equipment and Utensils
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