{"key":"c121049f10","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n4911471717","category":"Food & Drink","subcategory":"Restaurant","community":"Vancouver","lat":49.2328886,"lon":-123.065755,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Kokoro Ramen","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Kokoro Ramen is a craft Japanese ramen restaurant in East Vancouver, founded in 2016 by a team of culinary professionals with formal ramen and udon school training in Japan. The restaurant emphasizes authentic, health-conscious ramen made from fresh ingredients, and has expanded into retail with frozen ramen kits sold at grocery stores across the Lower Mainland. Both dine-in and takeout are available, making it a sit-down or grab-and-go option for cyclists on Victoria Drive.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://www.kokororamen.ca/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"5695 Victoria Drive, Vancouver, BC V5P 3W2","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"+1-778-379-7688","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":null,"source":null},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":"3 racks within 100m: stands (2 spaces, covered) at 50m; stands (2 spaces, covered) at 51m; stands (2 spaces) at 71m. Total: 6 spaces.","raw_osm":{"addr:city":"Vancouver","addr:housenumber":"5695","addr:street":"Victoria Drive","amenity":"restaurant","check_date":"2025-10-22","cuisine":"ramen;japanese","name":"Kokoro Ramen","opening_hours":"Su-Th 12:00-20:45; Fr-Sa 12:00-21:00","phone":"+1-778-379-7688","smoking":"no","website":"https://www.kokororamen.ca/"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The website confirms the OSM address (5695 Victoria Drive Vancouver, BC V5P 3W2) and phone number (778-379-7688), and explicitly advertises both dine-in and pick-up/takeout service. No cycling-specific amenities—bike parking, water refill, washrooms, Wi-Fi, or others—are mentioned anywhere on the website or in OSM tags. The OSM check_date of 2025-10-22 and an active, content-rich website confirm the business is currently operating.","concerns":["Website address includes postal code V5P 3W2 not present in OSM tags; otherwise the address matches exactly."],"recommended_status_reason":"Kokoro Ramen is a legitimate, active restaurant that offers takeout and would be a useful cyclist stop on Victoria Drive, but all three required WWC criteria (bike parking, water refill, washrooms) are unconfirmed from available evidence. A site visit or direct inquiry is needed to meet the directory's minimum evidence threshold.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":true,"website":true,"address":true}},"provenance":{"enrichment_run":"density","enrichment_model":"sonnet_4.6","verdict_source":"density_needs_review","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"},"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":"formal ramen and udon school training in Japan","price":{"band":2,"band_key":"casual","label":"Casual","confidence":"medium","source":"judgement","signal":"craft ramen; ~$16-24pp"},"tier":"welcoming"}