{"key":"2793ee4be0","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n3010625091","category":"Food & Drink","subcategory":"Restaurant","community":"Vancouver","lat":49.2666373,"lon":-123.0699651,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Best Falafel","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Best Falafel is a Syrian-Lebanese restaurant on Commercial Drive, a popular Vancouver cycling corridor, founded by Damascus-born owner Hisham Wattar who has run the location since 2000. The menu spans falafel, shawarma, donair wraps, plates, and salads with vegetarian and gluten-free choices, and the restaurant has grown to three Metro Vancouver locations. It has served over a million customers and is considered a local fixture on the Drive.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://bestfalafel.ca/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"2013 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC V5N 4B1","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"604-251-9444","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":"hwattar@yahoo.com","source":"html"},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":"8 racks within 100m: stands (2 spaces) at 29m; stands (2 spaces) at 30m; stands (2 spaces) at 50m; stands (2 spaces) at 58m; stands (2 spaces) at 60m; stands (2 spaces) at 63m; rack (5 spaces) at 71m; stands (2 spaces) at 96m. Total: 19 spaces.","raw_osm":{"addr:housenumber":"2013","addr:street":"Commercial Drive","amenity":"restaurant","check_date":"2026-05-14","cuisine":"kebab","name":"Best Falafel","opening_hours":"Mo-Sa 11:00-24:00, Su 11:00-23:00"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The website is fully accessible and confirms the Commercial Drive location at 2013 Commercial Dr., Vancouver, BC V5N 4B1 with phone 604-251-9444. The menu page lists a Vegetarian Plate and Gluten Free Tabbouleh Salad as explicit menu items, and the site prominently features delivery and online ordering. No bike parking, washroom, water refill, or Wi-Fi information appears anywhere in the website content or OSM tags.","concerns":["OSM has no phone number; phone 604-251-9444 sourced from website only — contact_confirmed.phone cannot be validated against OSM.","OSM cuisine tag is 'kebab' but the restaurant is Syrian-Lebanese falafel/shawarma; minor tag inaccuracy but does not affect listing.","Website contact page lists the Kitsilano address inconsistently as both '1859 W 4th Avenue' and '1895 W 4th Ave' in different places — suggests the site has minor content maintenance issues, but does not affect the Commercial Drive record."],"recommended_status_reason":"Well-established, actively operating restaurant on a major Vancouver cycling corridor with takeout, delivery, and vegetarian/GF options — a practical and welcoming stop for touring cyclists.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":null,"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":["bike_parking","subcategory","wow","price_tier"],"subcategory_source":"osm_tag","subcategory_confidence":"high"},"required_criteria":{"Bike parking or bike visibility":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"osm","date":"2026-07-08"},"Washrooms":{"value":true,"source":"inferred:subcategory","date":"2026-07-18"},"Water bottle refill":{"value":true,"source":"inferred:subcategory","date":"2026-07-18"}},"optional_amenities":{"Takeout":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"},"Vegetarian / vegan / GF":{"value":true,"detail":"Menu lists a dedicated Vegetarian Plate, Falafel Wrap and Plate, and Gluten Free Tabbouleh Salad as named menu items","source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"},"Public rack nearby":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"osm","date":"2026-07-08"}},"unmapped_criteria":{},"region":"Vancouver, Coast and Mountains","ownership":"Buy BC (independent)","indigenous_role":[],"notability":1,"wow_evidence":"local fixture on the Drive... grown to three Metro Vancouver locations... founded by Damascus-born owner Hisham Wattar who has run the location since 2000","price":{"band":1,"band_key":"cheap_eats","label":"Cheap eats","confidence":"medium","source":"cuisine_cheap","signal":"cuisine=kebab"},"tier":"welcoming"}