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Assistants · Raleigh cafes and bars, US · October 2026

Where assistants send people in Raleigh cafes and bars

24 answers from ChatGPT and Gemini, asked on 2026-10-25, to the questions people ask and to questions about the top businesses in the index. 100% of them link a business's own site or its booking software, and 4% link a marketplace, most often joe.coffee (4%).

Fewer than 30 answers, so this share is not compared with other cities.

100%

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

4%

link a marketplace

4%

link joe.coffee, the marketplace named most

24

answers, 24 to the questions people ask and 0 about businesses

Of the 24 answers to the questions people ask, 100% link a business's own site or its booking software and 4% a marketplace, joe.coffee most often.

Updated 2026-11-03. The Raleigh cafes and bars index · Places named, question by question · Markdown · JSON · Share image · All cities.

League table

The destinations, most linked first

Each row is a place an answer can send people. Share is the percentage of all 24 answers that link to it. Each assistant's column counts only that assistant's answers.

DestinationKindAnswersShareChatGPTGemini
The businesses' own sitesown site24100%12 100%12 100%
Press, guides and forumspress and guides1458%4 33%10 83%
downtownraleigh.orgdirectory
Official downtown business improvement district directory and city portal.
313%03 25%
Squarevendor, direct313%03 25%
empireeats.comother site28%02 17%
kitchentableraleigh.comother site28%1 8%1 8%
lucettegrace.comother site28%02 17%
Toastvendor, direct28%1 8%1 8%
10thandterrace.comother site14%1 8%0
alteredstatebrewing.comother site14%1 8%0
brewatlas.codirectory14%01 8%
DoorDash Storefrontvendor, direct14%01 8%
Facebookdirectory14%01 8%
freshexchange.comother site14%01 8%
greenlightbar.comother site14%01 8%

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

By assistant

What each assistant does in Raleigh cafes and bars

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

Gemini: answered by gemini-3.8-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.

AssistantOwn site or directMarketplaceDirectoryNo linkPlaces
ChatGPT94%0%0%6%34
Gemini89%0%0%11%36
Question by question

Who gets named, and with which link

Asked on 2026-10-25. 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.

QuestionChatGPTGemini
A quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning.The Morning Times no link
NOCO Brews & Bites own site
Sosta Cafe own site
Heirloom own site
The Morning Times no link
Good cocktails tonight, and I want to reserve a table for four.Ajja own site
District own site
Flour & Barrel own site
The Merchant own site
The Crunkleton Raleigh own site
High Rail Rooftop Bar own site
The best specialty coffee in town, open right now.Jubala Coffee own site
42 & Lawrence own site
The Left Hook Coffee own site
Jubala Coffee own site
Iris Coffee Lab own site
Heirloom own site
A pub showing the football tonight. Can I book a table?Sports & Social Cary own site
Hibernian Irish Pub own site
Olé Sports Bar & Lounge own site
American football own site
Players Retreat own site
The Local own site
The London Bridge Pub own site
Brunch at a cafe on Saturday. Where do I book?Birdie’s Barroom & Kitchen own site
STIR Raleigh own site
Another Broken Egg Cafe own site
Birdies Barroom & Kitchen own site
St. Roch Fine Oysters + Bar own site
Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar own site
A bar with live music this Saturday night, reserve a table for six.Sullivan’s Steakhouse own site
Bowstring Brewyard own site
Tin Roof own site
Tin Roof Raleigh own site
Botanical Lounge own site
Bowstring Pizza and Brewyard own site
Coffee and a good cake this afternoon. Where should I go?The Cupcake Shoppe Bakery own site
Little Blue Bakehouse own site
Asali Desserts & Cafe own site
Yellow Dog Bread Co own site
Asali Desserts & Cafe own site
A rooftop bar for sunset drinks, reserve a table for two.High Rail own site
Urban Oak own site
The Willard Rooftop Lounge own site
La Terrazza own site
Urban Oak Rooftop Bar & Lounge own site
A cafe for breakfast near the centre tomorrow at 8.The Morning Times no link
Sosta Cafe own site
Sir Walter Coffee own site
The Morning Times own site
Crema Cafe & Eatery own site
A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?The Green Light own site
Littlest Tea Room own site
Barcelona Wine Bar own site
The Green Light no link
Yes own site
Bittersweet own site
Vita Vite own site
The best craft beer place tonight. Do I need to reserve?Brewery Bhavana own site
Wye Hill Kitchen & Brewing own site
Raleigh Beer Garden own site
Brewery Bhavana no link
Yes, recommended own site
Trophy Brewing & Taproom own site
A cafe or bar where we can play board games tonight, table for five.Side Quest Game Lounge + Bar own site
Meeple’s Brew own site
Side Quest Game Lounge + Bar no link
Booking / Table Fee own site
The Kitchen Table at Relish own site
Gamers Geekery & Tavern 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 2026-11-03. The data is open, and the JSON version of this page has every destination. Methodology.