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title: Where assistants send people in New York cafes and bars · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/assistants
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 Assistants · New York cafes and bars, US · October 2026

# Where assistants send people in New York cafes and bars

36 answers from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, asked on 2026-10-26, to the questions people ask and to questions about the top businesses in the index. 94% of them link a business's own site or its booking software, and 22% link a marketplace, most often Resy (14%).

94%

of answers link the business's own site or its booking software

22%

link a marketplace

14%

link Resy, the marketplace named most

36

answers, 36 to the questions people ask and 0 about businesses

Of the 36 answers to the questions people ask, 94% link a business's own site or its booking software and 22% a marketplace, Resy most often.

Updated 2026-11-08. [The New York cafes and bars index](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars) · [Places named, question by question](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/recommended) · [Markdown](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/assistants?format=md) · [JSON](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/assistants.json) · [Share image](https://directindex.org/og/city/new-york-cafes-bars/assistants.png) · [All cities](https://directindex.org/assistants).

 League table

## The destinations, most linked first

Each row is a place an answer can send people. Share is the percentage of all 36 answers that link to it. Each assistant's column counts only that assistant's answers.

| Destination | Kind | Answers | Share | ChatGPT | Claude | Gemini |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **The businesses' own sites** | own site | 33 | **92%** | 12 100% | 10 83% | 11 92% |
| Press, guides and forums | press and guides | 5 | **14%** | 1 8% | 0 | 4 33% |
| Resy | marketplace | 5 | **14%** | 0 | 2 17% | 3 25% |
| damnlines.com | other site | 2 | **6%** | 0 | 0 | 2 17% |
| joinknew.com | other site | 2 | **6%** | 0 | 0 | 2 17% |
| secretnyc.co | other site | 2 | **6%** | 0 | 0 | 2 17% |
| Tock | vendor, direct | 2 | **6%** | 0 | 1 8% | 1 8% |
| alizhotel.com | other site | 1 | **3%** | 0 | 0 | 1 8% |
| atly.com | directory | 1 | **3%** | 0 | 0 | 1 8% |
| balthazarny.com | other site | 1 | **3%** | 0 | 0 | 1 8% |
| bar54.com | other site | 1 | **3%** | 0 | 0 | 1 8% |
| boardsandbrews.com | other site | 1 | **3%** | 0 | 0 | 1 8% |
| DesignMyNight | vendor, direct | 1 | **3%** | 0 | 0 | 1 8% |
| donyc.com | other site | 1 | **3%** | 0 | 0 | 1 8% |
| esbnyc.com | other site | 1 | **3%** | 0 | 0 | 1 8% |

20 more destinations with fewer answers each are in the JSON.

 By assistant

## What each assistant does in New York cafes and bars

ChatGPT: answered by gpt-6-luna (12).

Claude: answered by claude-sonnet-5-5 (12).

Gemini: answered by gemini-2.5-flash (12).

### Places named when people ask

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places and a link to book or order with each one directly. The table shows how many of the places it named came with a link to the place's own site, to a marketplace or to a directory, or with no link at all.

| Assistant | Own site or direct | Marketplace | Directory | No link | Places |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ChatGPT | **90%** | 0% | 0% | 10% | 42 |
| Claude | **68%** | 12% | 0% | 21% | 34 |
| Gemini | **91%** | 3% | 0% | 6% | 34 |

 Question by question

## Who gets named, and with which link

Asked on 2026-10-26. A place in this index links to its report. A place with its own site that isn't in the index yet links to a scan. "No link" means the assistant named the place but didn't link its site. Each question links to the full list of places named.

| Question | ChatGPT | Claude | Gemini |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [A quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning.](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/recommended/laptop-cafe) | [Café Diem](https://directindex.org/r/cafediemnyc.com) own site
[Tiny Dancer Coffee](https://directindex.org/r/tinydancercoffee.com) own site
[Think Coffee, Tribeca](https://directindex.org/r/thinkcoffee.com) own site | [Capital One Café](https://directindex.org/r/capitalone.com) own site
[Devoción](https://directindex.org/r/devocion.com) no link
Culture Company Coffee no link | [Culture Espresso](https://directindex.org/r/cultureespresso.com) no link
[Perk Kafe](https://directindex.org/r/perkkafe.com) no link |
| [Good cocktails tonight, and I want to reserve a table for four.](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/recommended/cocktails-four) | [BANZARBAR](https://directindex.org/r/banzarbar.com) own site
[Ms. Alice](https://directindex.org/r/msalicenyc.com) own site
[Overstory](https://directindex.org/r/overstory-nyc.com) own site | [The Dead Rabbit](https://directindex.org/r/deadrabbitnyc.com) marketplace
[Employees Only](https://directindex.org/r/employeesonlynyc.com) marketplace
Death & Co own site | [The Dead Rabbit](https://directindex.org/r/thedeadrabbit.com) own site
[Death & Co East Village](https://directindex.org/r/deathandcompany.com) own site
[Madame George](https://directindex.org/r/madamegeorge.nyc) own site |
| [The best specialty coffee in town, open right now.](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/recommended/specialty-coffee) | [La Cabra](https://directindex.org/r/lacabra.com) own site
[SEY Coffee](https://directindex.org/r/seycoffee.com) own site | [Sey Coffee](https://directindex.org/r/seycoffee.com) own site
[Devoción](https://directindex.org/r/devocion.com) own site
[Kaigo Coffee Room](https://directindex.org/r/kaigocoffee.com) no link | [Devoción Coffee](https://directindex.org/r/devocion.com) own site
[Joe Coffee Company](https://directindex.org/r/joecoffeecompany.com) own site
[Blue Bottle Coffee](https://directindex.org/r/bluebottlecoffee.com) own site |
| [A pub showing the football tonight. Can I book a table?](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/recommended/pub-football) | [City Coffee & Bar](https://directindex.org/r/citycoffeebar.com) own site
[Brickyard Craft Kitchen & Bar](https://directindex.org/r/brickyardbarnyc.com) own site
[The Three Monkeys](https://directindex.org/r/thethreemonkeysbar.com) own site | [Jones Wood Foundry](https://directindex.org/r/joneswoodfoundry.com) own site
[Smithfield Hall](https://directindex.org/r/smithfieldhallnyc.com) own site
Football Factory at Legends no link | [The Football Factory at Legends](https://directindex.org/scan/footballfactoryny.com) own site
[Smithfield Hall](https://directindex.org/r/smithfieldnyc.com) own site
[Carraghers Pub & Restaurant](https://directindex.org/r/carraghersnyc.com) own site |
| [Brunch at a cafe on Saturday. Where do I book?](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/recommended/cafe-brunch) | [Café Luce](https://directindex.org/scan/cafelucenyc.com) own site
[Banc Cafe](https://directindex.org/r/banccafe.com) own site
[Make a Reservation](https://directindex.org/r/banccafe.com) own site
[Café Boulud](https://directindex.org/scan/cafeboulud.com) own site | Chez Nick no link | [The Grey Dog](https://directindex.org/r/thegreydog.com) own site
[La Parisienne](https://directindex.org/scan/laparisiennenyc.com) own site
[Jacks Wife Freda](https://directindex.org/r/jackswifefreda.com) own site |
| [A bar with live music this Saturday night, reserve a table for six.](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/recommended/live-music-bar) | [The Whitby Bar](https://directindex.org/scan/firmdalehotels.com) own site
[The Living Room at Faena New York](https://directindex.org/r/faena.com) own site
[The Lower](https://directindex.org/scan/thelowernyc.com) own site | [Birdland Jazz Club](https://directindex.org/r/birdlandjazz.com) own site
[Smalls Jazz Club](https://directindex.org/scan/smallslive.com) own site
[The Django](https://directindex.org/r/thedjangonyc.com) own site | [Blue Note](https://directindex.org/scan/bluenotejazz.com) own site
[Cafe Wha](https://directindex.org/scan/cafewha.com) own site
[Smoke Jazz Club](https://directindex.org/scan/smokejazz.com) own site |
| [Coffee and a good cake this afternoon. Where should I go?](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/recommended/cake-coffee) | [New York City](https://directindex.org/r/thrillist.com) no link
[La Farine Pâtisserie et Café](https://directindex.org/scan/lafarinecafe.com) own site
[New York Bakery Café](https://directindex.org/r/newyorkbakerycafe.com) own site
[Crumbly Cafe & Bakery](https://directindex.org/r/crumblynyc.com) own site | [Café Sabarsky](https://directindex.org/r/neuegalerie.org) own site
[Venieros Pasticceria & Cafe](https://directindex.org/scan/venierospastry.com) own site
[Maman](https://directindex.org/r/mamannyc.com) own site | [Dominique Ansel Bakery](https://directindex.org/r/dominiqueansel.com) own site
[Cafe Lalo](https://directindex.org/scan/cafelalo.com) own site
[Blue Bottle Coffee](https://directindex.org/r/bluebottlecoffee.com) own site |
| [A rooftop bar for sunset drinks, reserve a table for two.](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/recommended/rooftop-bar) | [Upstairs at The Kimberly](https://directindex.org/r/upstairsnyc.com) own site
[Bar Hugo](https://directindex.org/r/hotelhugony.com) own site
[JIMMY](https://directindex.org/scan/modernhaushotel.com) own site | [The Skylark](https://directindex.org/r/theskylarknyc.com) own site
[Mr. Purple](https://directindex.org/r/mrpurplenyc.com) own site
[230 Fifth](https://directindex.org/r/230-fifth.com) own site | [Westlight](https://directindex.org/r/westlightnyc.com) own site
[Refinery Rooftop](https://directindex.org/r/refineryrooftop.com) own site |
| [A cafe for breakfast near the centre tomorrow at 8.](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/recommended/breakfast-cafe) | Midtown/Times Square no link
[Masseria Caffè & Bakery](https://directindex.org/r/masseriacaffe.com) own site
[Café d’Avignon](https://directindex.org/r/cafedavignon.com) own site
[Sugar Factory Times Square](https://directindex.org/r/sugarfactory.com) own site | Ánimo marketplace
Revelie Luncheonette own site
[Café Chelsea](https://directindex.org/scan/cafechelseanyc.com) own site | Balthazar marketplace
[White Noise Coffee](https://directindex.org/r/whitenoise.coffee) own site
[Hole in the Wall Cafe](https://directindex.org/r/holeinthewallnyc.com) own site |
| [A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/recommended/quiet-date) | [Jadis](https://directindex.org/r/jadisnyc.com) own site
[Shmoné Wine](https://directindex.org/scan/shmonenyc.com) own site
[Claire’s Wine Bar](https://directindex.org/scan/claireswinebar.com) own site | [Elsa](https://directindex.org/r/elsabarnyc.com) marketplace
[Dear Irving Gramercy](https://directindex.org/r/dearirving.com) own site
[Bar Goto](https://directindex.org/r/bargoto.com) no link | [Death & Co](https://directindex.org/r/deathandcompany.com) own site
[Dear Irving on Hudson](https://directindex.org/r/dearirving.com) own site
[Ophelia Lounge NYC](https://directindex.org/r/opheliany.com) own site |
| [The best craft beer place tonight. Do I need to reserve?](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/recommended/craft-beer) | [New York City](https://directindex.org/r/thrillist.com) no link
[Tørst](https://directindex.org/r/torstnyc.com) own site
[Best overall](https://directindex.org/r/torstnyc.com) own site
[Blind Tiger Alehouse](https://directindex.org/r/blindtigeralehouse.com) own site | [Other Half Brewing](https://directindex.org/r/otherhalfbrewing.com) own site
[Grimm Artisanal Ales](https://directindex.org/scan/grimmales.com) own site
[Harlem Hops](https://directindex.org/r/harlemhops.com) no link | [Blind Tiger Ale House](https://directindex.org/r/blindtigeralehouse.com) own site
[Loreley Beer Garden](https://directindex.org/r/loreleynyc.com) own site
[The Jeffrey](https://directindex.org/r/thejeffreynyc.com) own site |
| [A cafe or bar where we can play board games tonight, table for five.](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/recommended/board-games) | [The Uncommons](https://directindex.org/r/uncommonsnyc.com) own site
[Chaotic Good Cafe](https://directindex.org/r/chaoticgoodcafe.com) own site
[The Brooklyn Strategist](https://directindex.org/r/thebrooklynstrategist.com) own site | [The Uncommons](https://directindex.org/r/uncommonsnyc.com) own site
[Bard & Baker](https://directindex.org/scan/bardandbaker.com) own site
[The Brooklyn Strategist](https://directindex.org/r/thebrooklynstrategist.com) own site | [Hex & Company](https://directindex.org/scan/hexnyc.com) own site
[The Uncommons](https://directindex.org/r/uncommonsnyc.com) own site
[Chaotic Good Cafe](https://directindex.org/r/chaoticgood.cafe) own site |

 Method

## How this is counted

Everything here is counted in answers, using the latest answer from each assistant to each question, asked with web search on. Some questions are the ones people ask ("best pizza delivered right now", "book me a table for Saturday"). The others are three questions about each of the top-ranked businesses in the index: the official website, where to book and where to order. Every link in an answer is read. A destination counts once for each answer that links to it, whether as the place to book or as a source the assistant cited. So each share is the share of answers that link that destination, and the shares don't add up to 100%.

All the businesses' own sites share one row, whatever the business. A booking or ordering vendor on the business's own domain counts as direct. Marketplaces and directories are named. Listing, review and map sites (Tripadvisor, Google Maps, Yelp) count as directories, even where the scanner files them with the marketplaces. Newspapers, magazines, guides, forums and tourism sites share one row. Anything left is listed by its registered domain, and a model sorts each of those unknown hosts once into directory, press, marketplace, vendor, business or other, with the reason shown. Text that only looks like a host because a space is missing ("them.here") is dropped. Business names are matched against the index. A place that isn't in the index links to a scan of its site, if the assistant gave one.

Updated 2026-11-08. The data is open, and the JSON version of this page has every destination. [Methodology](https://directindex.org/methodology).

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