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Beacon Bar & Bistro is a family-owned fresh seafood and BBQ restaurant and wedding caterer situated on the Causeway in Naples, ME. Beacon offers a multitude of catering, traveling bar, and food truck services to complement your special day!
Services:
Setup
Cleanup
Delivery
Full Bar Services
Food Truck
Customized Menu
Signature Cocktail
Attention to dietary needs/restrictions
Food & Beverage items (Plated Service, Buffet, Stations, Hors d'oeuvres)
Cuisine
Beacon specializes in seafood and BBQ dishes, offering a versatile menu that includes New England classics, global cuisine, and various signature dishes that pay homage to our local and Caribbean roots.
Beacon works closely with you to design customized and affordable food and beverage menus to help realize your vision for your special day or event. They can accommodate all dietary needs upon request. Beacon offers various cuisine, beverage, and service options suited for any style wedding, rehearsal dinner, reception, or event, including plated service, family style, buffet stations, hors d'oeuvres/cocktail style, as well as both Food Truck and Traveling Bar services that make great additions to any formal or casual gathering.
Just a selection of cuisines Beacon specializes in are:
Seafood (Lobster Bake, Lobster Popovers, Lobster & Steamers ME Dinner, Lobster Rolls)
Barbeque (Beef Brisket, Smoked Pulled Pork with House Blueberry BBQ, Hot Honey Chicken)
Global (Jamaican Jerk Chicken, Pad Thai)
With Beacon's versatile menu for food and beverage services, there's something for everyone and any special event, but Beacon also can and does prepare many items not on its regular menu, so feel free to ask!
Beacon also provides beverage services, including a traveling bar with rotational craft beer, signature cocktails, and wine options. Some of Beacon's signature cocktails include the Jamaican Rum Punch and Jalapeño Margarita, with customer favorite craft breweries including selections from Maine Beer Company, Orono Brewing, and Jack's Abbey.
Beacon offers venue and off-site food and beverage catering and food truck services pending seasonal availability. The venue can accommodate ~100 guests and includes the following facilities: stage for live entertainment, outdoor bar, outdoor seating (covered and uncovered), five fire pits, various lawn games, as well as clean and modern bathrooms - not to mention amazing lakeside views of Long Lake in Maine.
Details
Cuisine
American
BBQ
Cajun
Fusion
Latin American
Mexican
Northeastern
Seafood
Southern
Specialty
Thai
Dietary Options
Dairy Free
Gluten Free
Halal
Kosher
Nut Free
Organic
Sugar Free
Vegan
Vegetarian
Food & Catering
Buffet
Catering Clean Up
Catering Delivery & Setup
Chef Stations
Family Style
Food Trucks
Menu Tastings
Passed Appetizers
Seated Meal
Servers
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Meet the team
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- Chef PoitrasExecutive ChefChef Poitras started at Beacon Bar & Bistro prior to the 2025 Summer Season. He is innovative and delivers wonderful creations consistently to treat your taste buds.
- Team BeaconBeacon Bar & BistroServers, bartenders & cooks
- Lisa & Chris CookeOwnersBeacon Bar & Bistro is owned and operated by husband‑and‑wife team Lisa and Chris Cooke, who share a lifelong love of great food and genuine hospitality. Drawing on years of cooking for family gatherings, weddings, and celebrations, they’ve turned their passion into a full‑time catering venture that specializes in creating memorable, stress‑free events. Their menus blend Downeast classics, fresh local seafood, and vibrant Caribbean flavors to offer dishes that feel both familiar and exciting—perfect for weddings, milestone parties, and corporate events that call for something a little more special. Lisa and her chef, Scott, work closely with each client to design customized menus, thoughtful presentations, and smooth service, so hosts can relax and enjoy the occasion while their guests feel truly taken care of.
Reviews
5.0
out of 5.02 reviews
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Shannon P
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5.0
9/15/2025
Beacon Bar and Bistro did a phenomenal job catering my wedding. Lisa was amazing to work with from figuring out what I wanted to serve to how much I would need. The communication w...
as great.
We served a little bit of everything, Lobster rolls, shrimp pad Thai, brisket, salad, corn bread and nachos and bean dip. All of it tasted so amazing and our guests could not stop complimenting the food.
Lisa and her crew worked efficiently to get us the food nice and hot and they were all very kind.
The cost of it all was very fair and I would highly recommend using them for any events you plan to have.
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Susan C
5.0
10/27/2025
Our experience hiring Beacon Bar & Bistro was excellent. I hosted a small destination elopement party for my daughter's wedding in Bethel ME. The couple were looking for something ...
meaningful to their relationship and BBQ after snowboarding or hiking was their dinner choice. The weekend of their elopement just so happened to fall during peak leaf peeping in the mountains and the Freyberg Fair (which I'm assuming was having a BBQ competition that weekend).
After calling and email any and all local to Bethel BBQ places (and there are many) and receiving NO responses, I turned to The Knot for help. At this point I was willing to drive hours to give the kids what they wanted for this momentous occasion.
I reached out to Lisa Cooke, Owner of Beacon Bar & Bistro, responded immediately. Lisa didn't just take my order but she went out of her way to help me nail down exactly how of each item I should order, she advised me on what not to waste my time and money and put this mother of bride's mind at ease. She did not rush me though the process and answered no less than a hundred questions, some of them not even related to the catering! Shortly after our initial conversation concluded Lisa called back to let me know that she and her chef would be at the Freyberg Fair that weekend. Lisa and her team went out of their way to still work with me and help me pull of the dinner.
When all was said and done, the BBQ was outstanding, (pulled pork, jerk chicken and brisket) there was more than enough of the delicious BBQ to cover not only the dinner, but lunch for traveling guests the next day.
Thank you to Lisa and her team for an outstanding job and accommodating our party while onsite at the fair!
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Travel area: Within 300 miles
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