Inlander-Restaurant-Week-Picker/memory/MEMORY.md

Inlander Restaurant Week Picker - Project Memory

Quick Reference

• See scraping-guide.md for full year-scraping instructions and script templates
• See html-structures.md for HTML parsing patterns per restaurant type
• Project dir: \\WinServ-20-3.chns.local\Profiles\derekc\Documents\Coding Projects\Gitea-CooperandGoodman-Inlander-Restaurant-Week-Picker\Inlander-Restaurant-Week-Picker

Key Constraints (CRITICAL)

• WebFetch cannot access web.archive.org — use curl via Bash tool instead
• PowerShell cannot run scripts from UNC paths (\server...) — always cp scripts to local temp first
• bash /tmp = C:\Users\DEREKC~1.CHN\AppData\Local\Temp (8.3 short name)
• PowerShell temp = C:\Users\derekc.CHNSLocal\AppData\Local\Temp (long name) — same dir, different string
• Wayback Machine rate limits to ~20 requests before throttling with 429; use 3-5 sec delays, wait 30+ min after getting blocked

JSON Schema

Each entry in YEAR-restaurants.json:

{
  "name": "Restaurant Name",
  "slug": "restaurantslug",
  "price": 45,
  "areas": ["Downtown"],
  "cuisine": "American",
  "url": "https://inlanderrestaurantweek.com/project/SLUG/",
  "menu": {
    "hours": "Menu served 5pm-close",
    "phone": "(509) 555-1234",
    "courses": {
      "First Course": [{"name": "Dish Name", "desc": "Description"}],
      "Second Course": [...],
      "Third Course": [...]
    }
  }
}

Price is always 25, 35, or 45. gardenparty genuinely has 4 Third Course options.

2025 Data Status — COMPLETE

• File: 2025-restaurants.json (121 restaurants)
• Wayback snapshot used: 20250306132630
• Complete (3/3/3+): 112 restaurants
• gardenparty: 3/3/4 — correct, it genuinely offers 4 dessert choices
• tavolata: 3/3/3 — FIXED (recovered Third Course from snapshot 20250306132630)
• 0/0/0 (JS-only, unrecoverable): heritage, kismet, littlenoodle, macdaddys, purgatory, redtail, republickitchen, republicpi, vicinopizza

Scripts in Project Directory

• fix-tavolata.ps1 — already run, tavolata is complete; kept for reference
• check-2025.ps1 — validates all restaurant course counts