{"key":"273fcd9dc0","origin":"osm","osm_id":"w789752436","category":"Food & Drink","subcategory":"Ice Cream","community":"North Cowichan","lat":48.9229077,"lon":-123.7171507,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Scoops by the Sea","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Scoops by the Sea is an outdoor ice cream stand in Chemainus, BC, tucked behind a building across from the local visitor center. The shop handcrafts all its ice cream in-store daily, with an extensive roster of signature flavours, rotating seasonal specials, and a full vegan and dairy-free lineup using water-based sorbets, coconut milk, and cashew milk. Beyond ice cream, they serve gourmet beef hotdogs, milkshakes, frappes, iced coffee, and freshly squeezed lemonade — making it a rewarding treat stop for touring cyclists passing through this historic waterfront town.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://scoopsbythesea.ca","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"9779 Willow Street, Unit 8, Chemainus, BC","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"+1-403-975-4211","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":"scoopsbythesea@outlook.com","source":"html"},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":null,"raw_osm":{"addr:housenumber":"9779","addr:street":"Willow Street","addr:unit":"8","amenity":"ice_cream","building":"kiosk","name":"Scoops by the Sea","opening_hours":"Tu 12:30-17:30; Th-Su 12:30-17:30","phone":"+1-403-975-4211","website":"https://scoopsbythesea.ca"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"Website content is fully available and corroborates the OSM record: address 9779 Willow St, Chemainus BC matches OSM, phone 403-975-4211 matches OSM, and the business is confirmed active as an outdoor ice cream kiosk across from the visitor center. The website explicitly offers dairy-free and vegan options (water-based sorbets, coconut milk, cashew milk ice creams) and the all-outdoor, takeout-only format is clearly described. No evidence for bike parking, water refills, or on-site washrooms appears anywhere in the website content.","concerns":["Phone area code 403 is an Alberta (Calgary) area code, not a BC area code — likely reflects an owner who relocated from Alberta, but worth noting in case of a data entry error.","OSM opening hours (Tue + Thu–Sun, 12:30–17:30) conflict with website ('Open Daily 12–6'); OSM data may be outdated."],"recommended_status_reason":"Real, active outdoor ice cream kiosk in Chemainus, BC with a well-maintained website, confirmed contact details, and a food offering well-suited to touring cyclists.","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"],"area_dedup":{"absorbed":"0a67faf732"},"subcategory_source":"osm_tag","subcategory_confidence":"high"},"required_criteria":{"Washrooms":{"value":null,"detail":"Outdoor kiosk with no on-site washrooms mentioned; located across from the Chemainus visitor center, which commonly provides public washroom access","source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"}},"optional_amenities":{"Takeout":{"value":true,"detail":"Outdoor stand with takeout-only service: ice cream scoops, gourmet hotdogs, milkshakes, frappes, iced coffee, freshly squeezed lemonade, and frozen lemonade blended with sorbet","source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"},"Vegetarian / vegan / GF":{"value":true,"detail":"Dairy-free and vegan options explicitly offered: water-based fruit sorbets (lime, lemon, raspberry, peach, mango) and coconut milk and cashew milk ice creams (e.g. Pomegranate, Berry Good, Cashew Caramel Chip)","source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"}},"unmapped_criteria":{},"region":"Vancouver Island","ownership":"Buy BC (independent)","indigenous_role":[],"notability":1,"wow_evidence":"handcrafts all its ice cream in-store daily, with an extensive roster of signature flavours, rotating seasonal specials, and a full vegan and dairy-free lineup","price":{"band":1,"band_key":"cheap_eats","label":"Cheap eats","confidence":"high","source":"amenity_floor","signal":"amenity=ice_cream"},"tier":"info"}