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Recommended by assistants · San Francisco, US · November 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 San Francisco on 2026-11-02, 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
Bella TrattoriaGemini with its own sitebellatrattoriasf.com
Brazen HeadGemini with its own sitebrazenheadsf.com
The Gold Mirror RestaurantGemini with its own sitethegoldmirrorsf.com
The Old Clam HouseChatGPT with its own sitetheoldclamhouse.com
The Sausage FactoryChatGPT with its own sitethesausagefactorysf.com
Original Joes
not in the index
Claude by nameno link given
Sotto MareClaude by nameno link given
Tommaso Ristorante Italiano
not in the index
Claude 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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