{"key":"a943274f2a","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n5977062785","category":"Food & Drink","subcategory":"Café / Coffee","community":"Nanaimo","lat":49.2049573,"lon":-123.970469,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Drip Coffee Social","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Drip Coffee Social is a community-focused café established in 2018 on the Departure Bay waterfront in Nanaimo, offering indoor seating, a patio, and a sandy beach directly across the street. The menu spans specialty espresso drinks, grain bowls, sandwiches, and baked goods alongside beer, wine, and seasonal cocktails. A second location operates on Dufferin Crescent, but the Departure Bay outpost is the standout cycling stop given its beachside setting.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://www.dripcoffeesocial.com/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"100 - 2835 Departure Bay Rd, Nanaimo, BC V9S 3X1","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"250-585-7747","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":"ripcoffeenanaimo@gmail.com","source":"html"},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":null,"raw_osm":{"addr:housenumber":"2835","addr:street":"Departure Bay Road","addr:unit":"100","amenity":"cafe","cuisine":"coffee_shop","drink:coffee:togo":"yes","internet_access":"wlan","name":"Drip Coffee Social","opening_hours":"Su-We 08:00-17:00; Th-Sa 08:00-19:00","website":"https://www.dripcoffeesocial.com/"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The website confirms the Departure Bay location at 100–2835 Departure Bay Rd, Nanaimo, BC V9S 3X1, with phone (250)585-7747 which is absent from OSM. WiFi is supported by OSM tag internet_access=wlan and is consistent with the café's community-gathering premise; takeout is confirmed by OSM's drink:coffee:togo=yes and website language inviting customers to take orders across the street to the beach. The menu explicitly lists Gluten Free Brownie, Gluten Free Shortbread, Roasted Veggie sandwich, Avocado Toast, and Roast Chickpea Kale Salad as vegetarian/GF options, but bike parking, water refill, and washrooms are not mentioned anywhere in the website content or OSM tags.","concerns":["OSM name is 'Drip Coffee Social' but the website consistently styles it 'Drip Coffee | Social' (with a pipe character); may warrant name correction.","Phone number (250-585-7747) sourced from website only — OSM phone field is empty, so confirmation against OSM is not possible.","Website has two locations (Departure Bay and Dufferin Crescent); this OSM record covers the Departure Bay location only.","Website footer operating information is internally inconsistent with the main-page location section and with OSM tags, suggesting portions of the site may be outdated."],"recommended_status_reason":"Active beachside café with confirmed takeout, vegetarian/GF food options, and WiFi; a practical and appealing stop for touring cyclists on the Departure Bay waterfront.","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":["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":{"Takeout":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"},"Vegetarian / vegan / GF":{"value":true,"detail":"Menu lists Roasted Veggie sandwich, Avocado Toast, Roast Chickpea Kale Salad, and Harvest Salad (vegetarian options), plus Gluten Free Brownie and Gluten Free Shortbread","source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"},"Wi-Fi":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"}},"unmapped_criteria":{},"region":"Vancouver Island","ownership":"Buy BC (independent)","indigenous_role":[],"notability":1,"wow_evidence":"sandy beach directly across the street... internet_access=wlan","price":{"band":1,"band_key":"cheap_eats","label":"Cheap eats","confidence":"high","source":"amenity_floor","signal":"amenity=cafe"},"tier":"info"}