{"key":"c68e347ca6","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n1211448663","category":"Food & Drink","subcategory":"Restaurant","community":"Vancouver","lat":49.2505906,"lon":-123.0773215,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Po Kong","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Po Kong Vegetarian Restaurant is a fully vegetarian Chinese restaurant on Vancouver's Kingsway corridor, established in 2011 as the successor to the long-running Bo Kong chain that first popularized Chinese vegetarian cuisine in the Lower Mainland in 1992. The menu features Buddhist vegetarian cooking with vegan options, dim sum service, and set menus. It is a rare opportunity for plant-based cyclists to sit down to a full Chinese meal rather than a quick snack.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://www.pokongvegetarian.ca/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"1334 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC V5V 3E4","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"+1-604-876-3088","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":null,"source":null},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":"7 racks within 100m: stands (2 spaces) at 18m; stands (2 spaces) at 29m; stands (2 spaces) at 30m; stands (2 spaces) at 51m; stands (2 spaces) at 59m; rack (7 spaces) at 81m; stands (4 spaces) at 99m. Total: 21 spaces.","raw_osm":{"addr:housenumber":"1334","addr:postcode":"V5V 3E4","addr:street":"Kingsway","amenity":"restaurant","check_date":"2025-09-13","cuisine":"chinese","description":"Buddhist vegetarian","diet:vegan":"yes","diet:vegetarian":"only","internet_access":"wlan","name":"Po Kong","name:zh":"普光","opening_hours":"Mo-Su 10:30-21:30","payment:visa":"yes","phone":"+1-604-876-3088","reservation":"yes","smoking":"no","takeaway":"yes","website":"https://www.pokongvegetarian.ca/"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The website confirms the restaurant is open for dine-in and takeout, lists the same address and phone as OSM, and the About page confirms it is a fully vegetarian Chinese restaurant with vegan options (corroborating OSM tags diet:vegetarian=only and diet:vegan=yes). No bike parking, washrooms, or water refill are mentioned anywhere on the website or in OSM tags beyond what is noted below. OSM lists internet_access=wlan but the website does not mention Wi-Fi, so that amenity is left null per the rules.","concerns":["OSM opening hours (Mo-Su 10:30-21:30) differ from website hours (11 a.m. start, closing at 8–8:30 p.m. depending on day); OSM data may be outdated.","OSM name is 'Po Kong' while the website title is 'Po Kong Vegetarian Restaurant'; the About page also references 'Bo Kong Vegetarian Restaurant' as the historical predecessor, which could cause confusion.","Wi-Fi listed in OSM (internet_access=wlan) but not mentioned on the website; left unconfirmed."],"recommended_status_reason":"Legitimate, active food & drink business well-suited to cycling tourists seeking vegetarian/vegan meals, but required criteria (bike parking, washrooms, water refill) are unconfirmed from available evidence and need on-the-ground or direct verification before listing.","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"},"Vegetarian / vegan / GF":{"value":true,"detail":"Fully vegetarian restaurant (; vegan options confirmed (; OSM description tag 'Buddhist vegetarian'. No gluten-free mention found","source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"},"Public rack nearby":{"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":"Bo Kong chain that first popularized Chinese vegetarian cuisine in the Lower Mainland in 1992","price":{"band":2,"band_key":"casual","label":"Casual","confidence":"medium","source":"judgement","signal":"vegetarian Chinese dim sum; ~$16-26pp"},"tier":"welcoming"}