# Halifax cafes and bars ranked by how well AI agents can use them

38 of 48 distinct business websites have been scanned. 13% of the scanned sites turn at least one AI crawler away at the edge. Grades: A 2, B 8, C 8, D 7, F 13.

| # | Business | Domain | Score | Menu | Direct channel | AI crawlers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bird's Nest Cafe | birdsnesthalifax.com | A 87.7% | elsewhere | own site | open |
| 2 | Summit Cafe | thesummitcafe.ca | A 86.2% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 3 | Café Tayaiki 52 | taiyaki52.com | B 84.6% | none | own site | open |
| 4 | Good Robot Brewing Company | goodrobotbrewing.ca | B 84.6% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 5 | Public - Café, Bakery & Bar | rcr.ca | B 81.5% | PDF | own site | open |
| 6 | Crème | cremehalifax.com | B 73.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 7 | The Beaver's Den | thebeaversden.ca | B 73.8% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 8 | Matadora Tapas Bar | matadorahfx.ca | B 72.3% | PDF | vendor on own site | open |
| 9 | The Loose Cannon | theloosecannon.ca | B 72.3% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 10 | Almonak | almonak.com | B 70.8% | none | vendor on own site | open |
| 11 | Café Lunette | cafelunette.com | C 67.7% | HTML page | marketplace | open |
| 12 | Second Cup | secondcup.com | C 67.5% | HTML page | own site | open |
| 13 | Orso Pub & Grill | orsopub.ca | C 67.2% | HTML page | own site | blocked |
| 14 | Durty Nelly's Irish Pub | durtynellys.ca | C 64.6% | HTML page | vendor on own site | open |
| 15 | Wild Leek Food & Juice Bar | wildleek.ca | C 64.6% | HTML page | vendor on own site | open |
| 16 | Sully & Porter | sullyandporter.com | C 62% | HTML page | own site | blocked |
| 17 | Stubborn Goat | stubborngoat.ca | C 61.5% | PDF | vendor on own site | open |
| 18 | The Bread Lounge | square.site | C 58% | none | none | blocked |
| 19 | HMCS King’s Wardroom | ukings.ca | D 53.8% | none | none | open |
| 20 | The Lower Deck | lowerdeck.ca | D 53.8% | HTML page | none | open |
| 21 | 2 Crows Brewing | 2crowsbrewing.com | D 50.8% | none | none | open |
| 22 | East Cup Cafe | eastcupcafe.com | D 50.8% | none | none | open |
| 23 | Terra Cafe | terracafe.ca | D 49.2% | HTML page | none | open |
| 24 | Board Room Game Cafe | wixsite.com | D 47.5% | HTML page | third party | open |
| 25 | Bitter End Martini Bar & Restaurant | bitterend.ca | D 43.1% | none | none | open |
| 26 | Charm School | unfuckingfiltered.com | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 27 | Dooly's | doolys.ca | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 28 | Lucy's Hydrostone Cafe | lucyshydrostone.ca | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 29 | Smokehouse Brewery | smokehousebrewery.ca | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 30 | Stillwell | barstillwell.com | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 31 | Trident Booksellers and Cafe | tridenthalifax.ca | F 38.5% | none | none | open |
| 32 | Food Court of Spring Garden Place | starbucks.ca | F 37.5% | none | none | open |
| 33 | Tim Horton's Express | timhortons.ca | F 37.5% | none | none | open |
| 34 | Tim Hortons | timhortons.com | F 37.5% | none | none | open |
| 35 | Uncommon Grounds | theuncommongroup.com | F 35.4% | none | none | open |
| 36 | Noggins Coburg | nogginsfarm.ca | F 33.4% | none | none | blocked |
| 37 | Narrow Espresso | narrowespresso.com | F 30.8% | none | none | open |
| 38 | The Nook | thenookhfx.ca | F 14.8% | none | none | blocked |

Each business: https://directindex.org/r/{domain} · Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology