{"key":"d599cdd40b","origin":"osm","osm_id":"n11993521969","category":"Food & Drink","subcategory":"Fast Food / Chain","community":"Vancouver","lat":49.2726362,"lon":-123.1353707,"verdict":"needs_review","name":{"value":"Chau Veggie Express","source":"review_edit"},"description":{"value":"Chau VeggiExpress is a vegan-only fast food restaurant in Vancouver's V6H postal area, offering plant-based quick-service meals. It is tagged in OpenStreetMap as exclusively vegan, making it a notable stop for cyclists seeking fully plant-based fuel. The business also has a catering menu listed on its OSM record.","source":"sonnet_4.6"},"website":{"value":"https://www.chowatchau.ca/","source":"enrichment"},"address":{"value":"1689 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3S2","source":"review_edit"},"phone":{"value":"+1 778 379 9508","source":"enrichment"},"email":{"value":"info@chowatchau.ca","source":"osm"},"route_slugs":[],"centrally_administered":false,"bike_parking_detail":"2 racks within 100m: rack at 25m; rack (100 spaces) at 84m. Total: 100 spaces.","raw_osm":{"addr:postcode":"V6H 3S2","amenity":"fast_food","contact:facebook":"chauveggiexpress","contact:instagram":"chauveggie","diet:vegan":"only","email":"info@chowatchau.ca","name":"Chau VeggiExpress","opening_hours":"Mo-Su 10:00-20:00","phone":"+1 778 379 9508","website":"https://www.chowatchau.ca/","website:menu":"https://www.chowatchau.ca/catering"},"enrichment_extras":{"reasoning":"The OSM record tags this as a vegan-only fast food outlet (diet:vegan=only, amenity=fast_food) in Vancouver. The website URL listed in OSM (https://www.chowatchau.ca/) resolves to an entirely unrelated business — a psychic/abundance coach named Gina Silvestri — providing zero confirmatory evidence for the restaurant and indicating the domain was sold or repurposed. All amenity values are therefore derived from OSM tags alone; diet:vegan=only supports a vegan/vegetarian claim, and fast_food suggests takeout, but without website confirmation I cannot mark takeout as true. The domain mismatch is a significant concern that warrants review of whether the business is still operating at this location.","concerns":["Website URL https://www.chowatchau.ca/ resolves to 'Gina Silvestri, Psychic Healer & Income Coach' — a completely unrelated business. The domain appears to have been sold or repurposed, strongly suggesting the restaurant may have closed or changed its web presence.","No street address available in OSM — only postcode V6H 3S2 is recorded.","Contact email info@chowatchau.ca uses the same domain that is now unrelated; email deliverability is uncertain."],"recommended_status_reason":"The domain listed in OSM (chowatchau.ca) has been repurposed to a completely unrelated coaching business, suggesting the restaurant may have closed or rebranded; open/closed status cannot be confirmed from available evidence.","contact_confirmed":{"phone":null,"website":false,"address":null},"notes":"Chau VeggiExpress (also associated with the 'Chow At Chau' brand per OSM email/website) was a known vegan fast food outlet in Vancouver. The domain repurposing warrants manual verification that the physical location is still operating before including in the directory."},"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":{"Vegetarian / vegan / GF":{"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"}},"unmapped_criteria":{},"region":"Vancouver, Coast and Mountains","ownership":"Buy BC (independent)","indigenous_role":[],"notability":1,"wow_evidence":"diet:vegan=only; vegan-only fast food restaurant","price":{"band":1,"band_key":"cheap_eats","label":"Cheap eats","confidence":"high","source":"amenity_floor","signal":"amenity=fast_food"},"tier":"welcoming"}