{"key":"d435cec8e7","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n10138231917","category":"Food & Drink","subcategory":"Café / Coffee","community":"Qualicum Beach","lat":49.3469428,"lon":-124.4441944,"verdict":"include","name":{"value":"French Press Coffee Roasters","source":"enrichment"},"description":{"value":"French Press Coffee Roasters is a small-batch specialty coffee roaster and café in Qualicum Beach, with a second location in Parksville, roasting beans in-house on Vancouver Island. Founded by Jeremy Perkins, a former professional violist with decades of specialty coffee experience in the UK, the business earned a gold medal at the 2024 Golden Bean North America competition — the world's largest coffee roasting contest — along with multiple other medals. Cyclists stopping in can pair award-winning single-origin coffees and blends with freshly baked goods from a seasonally rotating menu.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://www.fpcoffeeroasters.com/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"692 Primrose Street, Qualicum Beach, BC V9K 1S7","source":"enrichment"},"phone":{"value":"250 594 4477","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":"info@fpcoffeeroasters.com","source":"html"},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":"1 rack within 100m: rack at 94m.","raw_osm":{"addr:housenumber":"692","addr:street":"Primrose Street","amenity":"cafe","check_date":"2024-07-24","name":"French Press Coffee Roasters","opening_hours":"08:00-16:00","website":"https://www.fpcoffeeroasters.com/"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The website is fully accessible and provides strong corroboration for the OSM record: address 692 Primrose Street, Qualicum Beach is confirmed, and the phone number 250 594 4477 appears repeatedly on the site (absent from OSM). The About page explicitly states gluten-free baked goods options, and the navigation includes an 'Order Pick-up' link confirming takeout service. No evidence on the website addresses bike parking, washrooms, water refill, or Wi-Fi.","concerns":["OSM phone field is empty; website consistently lists 250 594 4477 — phone should be added to OSM.","Postal code inconsistency on the website: the contact page and location listing show V9K 1S7 for the Qualicum Beach café, while the site-wide footer shows V9K 2K1. V9K 1S7 is used here as it appears on the location-specific contact entries."],"recommended_status_reason":"A real, active, award-winning café and roastery with a confirmed web presence, two locations, and clear evidence of regular operation. An obvious stop for touring cyclists in the Qualicum Beach / Parksville corridor.","confirmed_open":true,"contact_confirmed":{"phone":null,"website":true,"address":true},"notes":"This OSM record covers the Qualicum Beach location only. A separate OSM record may be warranted for the Parksville location at 425 Stanford Avenue E, Unit 102, Parksville, V9P 1V9 (phone: 250 951 5073) if not already present."},"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"},"Vegetarian / vegan / GF":{"value":true,"detail":"About page states: 'many of which have gluten-free options' in reference to baked goods including sticky buns, lemon tarts, carrot cake, and daily muffins. No explicit vegan mention","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 Island","ownership":"Buy BC (independent)","indigenous_role":[],"notability":3,"wow_evidence":"gold medal at the 2024 Golden Bean North America competition — the world's largest coffee roasting contest","price":{"band":1,"band_key":"cheap_eats","label":"Cheap eats","confidence":"high","source":"amenity_floor","signal":"amenity=cafe"},"tier":"welcoming"}