{"key":"cf11a3d244","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n2695449862","category":"Food & Drink","subcategory":"Restaurant","community":"Vancouver","lat":49.2787825,"lon":-123.0995038,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Ba Le Sandwich Shop","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Ba Le Sandwich Shop is a long-standing, family-run Vietnamese banh mi shop on Vancouver's Main Street, celebrated by regulars for its in-house baked baguette bread and remarkably affordable sandwiches. The space is intentionally minimal — just two small tables — making it almost entirely a takeout operation, well suited to a cyclist grabbing a quick, cheap meal on the go. Multiple reviewers note it has been a neighbourhood fixture for years and offers a genuinely casual, no-frills experience.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://balesandwichshopvancouver2.mybistro.online/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"638 Main Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 2V4","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"(604) 662-8108","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":null,"source":null},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":"16 racks within 100m: stands (2 spaces) at 31m; rack (4 spaces) at 32m; stands (2 spaces) at 40m; stands (2 spaces) at 41m; stands (2 spaces) at 42m; stands (2 spaces) at 44m; stands at 44m; stands (2 spaces) at 45m; stands (2 spaces) at 55m; stands (2 spaces) at 58m; stands at 62m; stands (2 spaces) at 68m; stands (2 spaces) at 71m; stands (2 spaces) at 80m; stands (2 spaces) at 89m; stands (2 spaces) at 99m. Total: 30 spaces.","raw_osm":{"addr:city":"Vancouver","addr:housenumber":"638","addr:postcode":"V6A 2V4","addr:province":"BC","addr:street":"Main Street","amenity":"restaurant","capacity":"5","cuisine":"vietnamese;sandwich","name":"Ba Le Sandwich Shop","opening_hours":"08:00-18:00"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The website content corroborates the OSM address (638 Main Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 2V4) and provides a phone number (604) 662-8108 not present in OSM. The site explicitly lists 'Bike Parking: Yes' and 'Take-out: Yes' as business attributes, and 'Wi-Fi: No' as a confirmed negative. No washroom information or water refill mention appears anywhere in the website content, and the menu itself was unavailable ('under update'), so dietary options cannot be confirmed.","concerns":["Phone number (604) 662-8108 is confirmed on the website but absent from OSM tags — OSM should be updated.","Website URL was auto-discovered with low confidence and resolves to a third-party ordering/review aggregator (mybistro.online), not a dedicated business website; treat as supplementary only.","OSM capacity of 5 and multiple reviews confirm extremely limited seating (two small tables of two); cyclists should expect a takeout-only experience in practice."],"recommended_status_reason":"A long-established, affordable takeout banh mi shop with confirmed bike parking on a major Vancouver cycling corridor — a practical and cyclist-friendly food stop worth listing.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":null,"website":null,"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":["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"},"Wi-Fi":{"value":false,"detail":null,"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":"Bike Parking: Yes...long-standing, family-run Vietnamese banh mi shop...remarkably affordable sandwiches","price":{"band":1,"band_key":"cheap_eats","label":"Cheap eats","confidence":"medium","source":"cuisine_cheap","signal":"cuisine=sandwich"},"tier":"welcoming"}