The Direct Index
Recommended by assistants · Minneapolis, US · October 2026

A traditional local restaurant that tourists don't know. Book me a table for Saturday.

What ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini answered when asked this in Minneapolis on 2026-10-17, with web search on: the places named, who named them, and the direct link where the place has one.

PlaceNamed byDirect link
Black Forest InnGemini with its own siteblackforestinnmpls.com
Caspian BistroChatGPT with its own sitecaspianbistro.com
ChimborazoGemini with its own sitechimborazorestaurant.com
Jax CafeClaude with its own sitejaxcafe.com
Mama Sheila’s House of SoulChatGPT with its own sitemamasheilasmn.com
The Food Bank EateryChatGPT with its own sitethefoodbankeatery.com
Als Breakfast
not in the index
Claude by nameno link given
Band Box DinerClaude by nameno link given
Method

How this is read

Each assistant was asked once per question, with web search on, for up to three places and the link to each one's own website. Names are read from the answer and matched against the index; links between a name and the next are that place's. "With its own site" means the assistant linked the place's own website; "through a marketplace" or "a directory" that it linked a listing instead; "by name" that it gave no link. The direct links come from the Direct Index scan of the place's site, not from the assistant.

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