{"key":"168a355fa8","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n5840685991","category":"Food & Drink","subcategory":"Restaurant","community":"Nanaimo","lat":49.1667527,"lon":-123.9346736,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Penny's Palapa","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Penny's Palapa is a waterfront Mexican restaurant perched on H Dock at Wharf Street in downtown Nanaimo, offering dishes like fresh ceviche with local halibut and fish tacos made with locally caught snapper and halibut. The kitchen emphasizes freshly sourced, locally grown ingredients and brings a vacation-in-Mexico atmosphere to the BC coast. It's a sit-down destination with a full drinks menu including margaritas, well-suited to cyclists finishing a leg of a coastal route.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://www.pennyspalapa.com/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"10 Wharf St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 2X3","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"+1-250-753-2150","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":null,"source":null},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":null,"raw_osm":{"addr:housenumber":"10","addr:street":"Wharf Street","addr:unit":"H Dock","amenity":"restaurant","cuisine":"mexican","name":"Penny's Palapa","phone":"+1-250-753-2150","website":"https://www.pennyspalapa.com/"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The website confirms the business is a full-service Mexican restaurant at 10 Wharf St on the Nanaimo waterfront, with phone and address matching OSM. The menu explicitly labels gluten-free items and includes vegetarian/vegan options (Holy Guacamole Tacos, Poblano Veggie Enchiladas with a 'omit cheese & sour cream for vegan' note). No website evidence addresses bike parking, water refill, washrooms, takeout, or Wi-Fi.","concerns":["Bike parking is not mentioned on the website or in OSM tags — direct confirmation recommended before listing.","OSM addr:unit 'H Dock' is not reflected in the top-level address field; the restaurant is on a marina dock, which may affect cyclist access and wayfinding."],"recommended_status_reason":"A legitimate, active waterfront restaurant in downtown Nanaimo with vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options; useful to touring cyclists on the Nanaimo waterfront. Bike parking status is unconfirmed and should be verified before publishing.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":true,"website":true,"address":true}},"provenance":{"enrichment_run":"density","enrichment_model":"sonnet_4.6","verdict_source":"enrichment","category_source":"osm","category_correction_reason":null,"review_priority":false,"sidecars_applied":["subcategory","wow","price_tier"],"subcategory_source":"osm_tag","subcategory_confidence":"high"},"required_criteria":{"Washrooms":{"value":true,"source":"inferred:subcategory","date":"2026-07-18"},"Water bottle refill":{"value":true,"source":"inferred:subcategory","date":"2026-07-18"}},"optional_amenities":{"Vegetarian / vegan / GF":{"value":true,"detail":"Menu lists GF labels on multiple items (Ceviche, Tortilla Soup, Nachos, Enchiladas Verde, Enchiladas Rancheras). Vegetarian options include Holy Guacamole Tacos and Poblano Veggie Enchiladas. Vegan noted for enchiladas: 'Omit cheese & sour cream for a vegan option.'","source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"}},"unmapped_criteria":{},"region":"Vancouver Island","ownership":"Buy BC (independent)","indigenous_role":[],"notability":1,"wow_evidence":"waterfront Mexican restaurant perched on H Dock at Wharf Street in downtown Nanaimo","price":{"band":3,"band_key":"upscale","label":"Upscale","confidence":"high","source":"llm_html","signal":"Entrée mains $25–31: tacos, enchiladas"},"tier":"info"}