{"key":"d36ee291fe","origin":"osm","osm_id":"w250714179","category":"Groceries","subcategory":"Convenience Store","community":"Courtenay","lat":49.6706287,"lon":-124.9990595,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"Garlic n Pepper","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"Garlic N Pepper is a family-run Korean/Japanese grocery store and eatery in Courtenay that has been operating since 2019. It stocks a notably broad Asian grocery selection — 30+ ramen varieties, Korean and Japanese sauces, snacks, frozen foods, and house-made small-batch kimchi — that would be hard to find elsewhere in the Comox Valley. The eatery side serves hot Korean comfort food including bibimbap, bulgogi, spicy pork, and mandu, available for dine-in, pickup, or delivery.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://garlicandpepper.ca","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"2328 Rosewall Crescent, Courtenay, BC","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"250-871-0707","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":null,"source":null},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":null,"raw_osm":{"addr:housenumber":"2328","addr:street":"Rosewall Crescent","building":"yes","name":"Garlic n Pepper","opening_hours":"Jun-Apr: Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00; Jun-Apr: Su 11:00-17:00; Jun-Apr: Mo off; May: We-Su 11:00-19:00","shop":"convenience"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"Website content was successfully retrieved and confirms a Korean/Japanese grocery store and eatery at 2328 Rosewall Crescent, Courtenay, BC, with phone 250-871-0707 not present in OSM tags. The website explicitly describes 'Korean and Japanese Groceries' and a full cooked-food menu (bibimbap, bulgogi, fried chicken bowl, etc.), supporting basic groceries and hot food as true. No mention of bike parking, washrooms, water, or cyclist-specific amenities was found anywhere in the website content or OSM tags.","concerns":["OSM opening_hours lists Tuesday as open (Tu-Sa in Jun-Apr schedule), but the website currently shows Tuesday CLOSED alongside Monday. Website hours should be treated as more current.","Phone number 250-871-0707 is present on the website but absent from OSM tags; contact_confirmed.phone set to null as there is no OSM value to cross-check against.","Business name on website is 'Garlic N Pepper Eatery' (with 'Eatery' appended and different capitalisation) vs OSM 'Garlic n Pepper'; OSM name retained per rules."],"recommended_status_reason":"Real, actively operating business with a live website, confirmed address, and both grocery and hot-food offerings useful to touring cyclists passing through Courtenay.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":null,"website":true,"address":true},"notes":"One customer review references 'this new location' vs a prior 'gas station location', suggesting a relatively recent relocation to the current Rosewall Crescent address. Catering subpage (/catering/) was blocked by Cloudflare rate limiting and could not be reviewed."},"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"],"area_dedup":{"absorbed":"e0a5c211d1"},"subcategory_source":"osm_tag","subcategory_confidence":"high"},"required_criteria":{},"optional_amenities":{"Basic groceries":{"value":true,"detail":null,"source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"},"Hot food":{"value":true,"detail":"Full Korean eatery menu: Korean Fried Chicken Bowl, Bibimbap, Bulgogi, Spicy Pork, Japchae, Soondubu, Kimchi Fried Rice, and more. Also available via SkipTheDishes and DoorDash","source":"sonnet_4.6","date":"2026-07-18"}},"unmapped_criteria":{},"region":"Vancouver Island","ownership":"Buy BC (independent)","indigenous_role":[],"notability":1,"wow_evidence":"30+ ramen varieties, Korean and Japanese sauces... house-made small-batch kimchi... bibimbap, bulgogi, spicy pork, and mandu","tier":"info"}