{"key":"ba2dffeea8","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n9979904451","category":"Food & Drink","subcategory":"Restaurant","community":"North Vancouver","lat":49.3200966,"lon":-123.107641,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"The Workshop Vegetarian Café","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"The Workshop Vegetarian Café is a Japanese-inspired plant-based café in North Vancouver, established in 2016, specializing in handcrafted ramen and udon noodle bowls made with housemade organic noodles and locally sourced ingredients where possible. The menu is entirely vegetarian and vegan, with gluten-free options available across multiple dishes, and also includes buddha bowls, sandwiches, wraps, and avocado toast on house-baked natural yeast bread. The team describes itself as including outdoor enthusiasts, and the café also offers catering, frozen products, and ramen kits to go.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://theworkshopvegetariancafe.com/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"296 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver, V7P 2R5","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"+1 604 973 0163","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":null,"source":null},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":null,"raw_osm":{"addr:city":"North Vancouver","addr:housenumber":"296","addr:postcode":"V7P 2R5","addr:street":"Pemberton Avenue","amenity":"restaurant","cuisine":"noodle","diet:vegan":"yes","diet:vegetarian":"yes","name":"The Workshop Vegetarian Café","opening_hours":"Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00","phone":"+1 604 973 0163","website":"https://theworkshopvegetariancafe.com/"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The website confirms a real, active plant-based café at 296 Pemberton Ave, North Vancouver, matching the OSM address. OSM diet:vegan=yes and diet:vegetarian=yes are fully corroborated by the website's entirely plant-based menu with explicit GF options on several items. The website's 'Picking up? Select store' prompt confirms takeout is available; no evidence for bike parking, water refill, washrooms, or other cyclist amenities was found on the site.","concerns":["Hours inconsistency across website: front page states Monday–Friday 10am–4pm, while the About page states Mon–Fri 11AM–6PM; OSM lists 11:00–18:00. Cyclists should verify current hours before visiting.","OSM name uses 'Café' (with accent); website consistently uses 'Cafe' (without accent) — minor discrepancy.","Phone number not explicitly listed on website pages fetched; could not confirm via website content."],"recommended_status_reason":"Real, active, publicly accessible plant-based café with a confirmed web presence and address. Useful to touring cyclists seeking vegetarian, vegan, or GF dining in North Vancouver.","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":"Fully plant-based vegetarian and vegan menu (all items marked V); GF options explicitly noted for multiple dishes including rice noodles (V|GF) and ramen items","source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"}},"unmapped_criteria":{},"region":"Vancouver, Coast and Mountains","ownership":"Buy BC (independent)","indigenous_role":[],"notability":1,"wow_evidence":"Japanese-inspired plant-based café in North Vancouver, established in 2016, specializing in handcrafted ramen and udon","price":{"band":2,"band_key":"casual","label":"Casual","confidence":"high","source":"llm_html","signal":"Main ramen/noodle bowls $19–22; casual café, sit-down format"},"tier":"info"}