{"key":"aeeee907ec","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n1335168522","category":"Food & Drink","subcategory":"Restaurant","community":"Mill Bay","lat":48.663609,"lon":-123.5850006,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Merridale Eatery","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Merridale Eatery is the farmhouse dining room of Merridale Cidery & Distillery, a family-owned, woman-led farm operation that has been crafting ciders and spirits in the Cowichan Valley for over 30 years. The eatery serves farm-fresh comfort food designed to pair with their house-made ciders, spirits, and artisanal sodas on a 20-acre working orchard. Cyclists will find a relaxed pub-style setting with heated patio and courtyard seating, plus a farm store stocked with award-winning ciders, spirits, and local gifts.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://merridale.ca/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"1230 Merridale Road, Cobble Hill, BC V8H 1A1","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"250-743-4293","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":"info@merridale.ca","source":"html"},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":null,"raw_osm":{"amenity":"restaurant","cuisine":"bistro","name":"Merridale Eatery"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The website confirms Merridale Eatery is the dining component of Merridale Cidery & Distillery, a real and actively operating farm destination in Cobble Hill (Cowichan Valley) — not Sidney as the OSM community field states. The website provides address (1230 Merridale Road, Cobble Hill) and phone (250-743-4293) absent from OSM tags. No cyclist-specific amenities (bike parking, washrooms, water refill, Wi-Fi, etc.) are mentioned anywhere in the website content, so all such fields remain null.","concerns":["OSM community field lists 'Sidney' but the business address is 1230 Merridale Road, Cobble Hill — roughly 30+ km away on the other side of the Saanich Peninsula. The OSM node may be misplaced or assigned to the wrong community.","OSM name 'Merridale Eatery' refers only to the eatery component; the full business is 'Merridale Cidery & Distillery'. A separate OSM node for the broader farm destination may exist or be warranted.","OSM tags contain no phone or address; both were sourced from the website and could not be cross-checked against OSM."],"recommended_status_reason":"Real, actively operating farm eatery and cidery destination with a current website, reservation system, and upcoming events. A natural stop for touring cyclists in the Cowichan Valley.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":null,"website":true,"address":null},"notes":"The farm also offers yurt accommodations and guided tastings/tours, which may warrant separate WWC directory entries. Dogs are welcome on leash on the heated patio and courtyard."},"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":{},"unmapped_criteria":{},"region":"Vancouver Island","ownership":"Buy BC (independent)","indigenous_role":[],"notability":2,"wow_evidence":"family-owned, woman-led farm operation that has been crafting ciders and spirits in the Cowichan Valley for over 30 years","price":{"band":2,"band_key":"casual","label":"Casual","confidence":"medium","source":"judgement","signal":"cidery farmhouse comfort food; ~$18-28pp"},"tier":"info"}