{"key":"3f90d614de","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n3286872887","category":"Food & Drink","subcategory":"Restaurant","community":"North Vancouver","lat":49.3115338,"lon":-123.0801501,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Big Way Hot Pot","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Big Way Hot Pot is a self-serve hot pot chain with a location on North Vancouver's West Esplanade, offering individually served pots with over 100 fresh ingredients and more than 18 broth and dry-mix options. Diners customize their meal from premium meats, seafood, and fresh vegetables cooked tableside in broths ranging from Signature Mala to collagen pork bone. The restaurant is part of a rapidly expanding BC-based chain with a rewards program and app-based ordering.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://www.bigwayhotpot.com/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"116 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, BC","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"+1-604-971-1999","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":"info@bigwayhotpot.com","source":"html"},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":"13 racks within 100m: rack (3 spaces) at 32m; rack (3 spaces) at 50m; rack (3 spaces) at 61m; stands (2 spaces) at 64m; rack (3 spaces) at 71m; rack (3 spaces) at 72m; rack (4 spaces) at 73m; stands (4 spaces) at 77m; rack (4 spaces) at 86m; rack (3 spaces) at 90m; stands (3 spaces) at 92m; stands (8 spaces) at 96m; rack (3 spaces) at 98m. Total: 46 spaces.","raw_osm":{"addr:housenumber":"116","addr:street":"West Esplanade","amenity":"restaurant","check_date":"2025-12-29","contact:phone":"+1-604-971-1999","contact:website":"https://www.bigwayhotpot.com/","cuisine":"hotpot","name":"Big Way Hot Pot","opening_hours":"Mo-Su 11:00-26:00","smoking":"no"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The OSM record identifies an active Big Way Hot Pot restaurant at 116 West Esplanade, North Vancouver (check_date 2025-12-29, looks_closed false). The website confirms North Vancouver is a real operating location (listed in the nav, hiring posted for 'North Vancouver (bc)'). The website explicitly notes a vegan tomato broth option and mentions app-based ordering suggesting takeout availability; no bike parking, washroom, or Wi-Fi details are mentioned anywhere on the site. The website contains significant placeholder/template content (Lorem ipsum text, fake Brooklyn/LA addresses, '(414)' placeholder phone numbers, 'contact@sushi.com') which prevents confirmation of the OSM phone number or street address.","concerns":["Website contains substantial placeholder/template content throughout: Lorem ipsum text, fake Brooklyn/LA addresses, 'contact@sushi.com' emails, and '(414)' area-code placeholder phone numbers — making it impossible to confirm the OSM phone number (+1-604-971-1999) or street address (116 West Esplanade) from the website.","The website contact page lists a corporate office address (2633 Viking Wy #208, Richmond, BC V6V 3B7), not the North Vancouver restaurant address.","No location-specific page for the North Vancouver branch was found in the fetched content, so address and phone remain unverified from the website."],"recommended_status_reason":"A confirmed, actively operating full-service restaurant in North Vancouver with a recent OSM check date; a cycling tourist on West Esplanade would find it a viable meal stop with vegan-friendly options.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":null,"website":true,"address":null},"notes":"The North Vancouver location is confirmed as operating via the website's navigation and a current job posting for that branch, but location-specific details (address, phone) could not be corroborated due to incomplete/placeholder website content."},"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":"Website explicitly labels Tomato Broth as 'Vegan Option Available'","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":"Global chain","indigenous_role":[],"notability":1,"wow_evidence":"rapidly expanding BC-based chain with a rewards program and app-based ordering","price":{"band":2,"band_key":"casual","label":"Casual","confidence":"medium","source":"judgement","signal":"individual self-serve hot pot chain; ~$25-35pp"},"tier":"welcoming"}