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Recommended by assistants · New York cafes and bars, US · October 2026

A quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning.

What ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini answered when asked this in New York cafes and bars on 2026-10-26, with web search on. Below are the places named, who named each one, and the direct link where the place has one.

PlaceNamed byDirect link
Café DiemChatGPT with its own sitecafediemnyc.com
Capital One CaféClaude with its own sitecapitalone.com
Think Coffee, TribecaChatGPT with its own sitethinkcoffee.com
Tiny Dancer CoffeeChatGPT with its own sitetinydancercoffee.com
Culture Company Coffee
not in the index
Claude by nameno link given
Culture EspressoGemini by nameno link given
DevociónClaude by nameno link given
Perk KafeGemini by nameno link given
Method

How this is read

Each assistant was asked each question once, 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. Any link between one name and the next belongs to that place. "With its own site" means the assistant linked the place's own website. "Through a marketplace" or "a directory" means it linked a listing instead, and "by name" means it gave no link. The direct links come from the Direct Index's own scan of the place's site. The assistant didn't supply them.

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