{"key":"796eba886b","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n7647469308","category":"Food & Drink","subcategory":"Restaurant","community":"Vancouver","lat":49.2662686,"lon":-123.1005222,"verdict":"needs_review","name":{"value":"Zarak","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Zarak is an Afghan-Persian restaurant on Main Street in Vancouver serving refined dishes rooted in traditional family recipes, including a celebrated secret cake that has been a Sarwari family tradition for over 20 years. The restaurant describes itself as an unpretentious space where gold flakes meet mum's cooking, offering dinner, weekend brunch, and happy hour menus. Beyond dining, Zarak extends its Afghan heritage through a shop selling hand-harvested spices, traditional vests, and inspired dinnerware.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://www.zarakvancouver.com/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"2102 Main Street, Vancouver, BC V5T 0K1","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"+1-604-318-3456","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":"hello@zarakvancouver.com","source":"html"},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":"4 racks within 100m: stands (2 spaces) at 49m; stands (2 spaces) at 59m; stands (2 spaces) at 70m; rack (3 spaces, covered) at 83m. Total: 9 spaces.","raw_osm":{"addr:housenumber":"2102","addr:postcode":"V5T0K1","addr:street":"Main Street","amenity":"restaurant","cuisine":"persian","name":"Zarak","phone":"+1-604-318-3456","website":"https://www.zarakvancouver.com/"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The website confirms the address (2102 Main Street Vancouver, BC V5T 0K1) and email (hello@zarakvancouver.com), but the phone number from OSM does not appear on the website, so phone confirmation is null. The menu page explicitly states items marked 'v' can be vegan and 'gfo' can be gluten-free, confirming vegetarian/vegan/GF options. No evidence exists on the website for bike parking, water refill, washrooms, Wi-Fi, or most other amenities, so those remain null. OSM tags the cuisine as 'persian' but the website describes the restaurant as celebrating Afghan heritage and tradition, which is a minor discrepancy worth flagging.","concerns":["OSM cuisine tag is 'persian' but website consistently describes the restaurant as Afghan in heritage and tradition — minor tag inaccuracy.","Phone number (+1-604-318-3456) appears only in OSM and is not corroborated by the website."],"recommended_status_reason":"Zarak is an active sit-down restaurant on a cycling-friendly corridor and a plausible WWC candidate, but none of the required criteria (bike parking, water refill, washrooms) can be confirmed from the available website content. On-site verification is needed before listing.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":null,"website":true,"address":true},"notes":"Website navigation includes a 'Delivery' link, suggesting a delivery service exists, but takeout is not explicitly mentioned as a separate option."},"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":{"Vegetarian / vegan / GF":{"value":true,"detail":"Menu page states: 'Menu items marked ‘v’ can be vegan, and ‘gfo’ can be gluten-free.'","source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"},"Public rack nearby":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"osm","date":"2026-07-08"},"Covered bike parking":{"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":"Afghan-Persian restaurant...traditional family recipes...secret cake that has been a Sarwari family tradition for over 20 years","price":{"band":2,"band_key":"casual","label":"Casual","confidence":"medium","source":"llm_html","signal":"Unpretentious space, Mum's recipes, casual Afghan sit-down, no upscale signals"},"tier":"welcoming"}