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Assistants · Winnipeg cafes and bars, CA · October 2026

Where assistants send people in Winnipeg cafes and bars

24 answers from ChatGPT and Gemini, asked on 2026-10-26, 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 13% link a marketplace, most often playeasy.com (8%).

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

13%

link a marketplace

8%

link playeasy.com, 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 13% a marketplace, playeasy.com most often.

Updated 2026-11-03. The Winnipeg 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 guides625%06 50%
devilmaycarebrewing.comother site28%1 8%1 8%
exchangedistrict.orgdirectory
It is a business improvement district website listing local businesses, venues, and events.
28%02 17%
oxbowwpg.caother site28%02 17%
playeasy.commarketplace28%02 17%
Resymarketplace28%02 17%
theforks.comother site28%02 17%
afterdarkwinnipeg.comother site14%1 8%0
autoreserve.commarketplace14%01 8%
cafe-work.comother site14%01 8%
cafe22.caother site14%1 8%0
DoorDash Storefrontvendor, direct14%01 8%
dospampasskyline.caother site14%01 8%
elephantcastle.comother site14%01 8%

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

By assistant

What each assistant does in Winnipeg cafes and bars

ChatGPT: answered by gpt-6-luna (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.

AssistantOwn site or directMarketplaceDirectoryNo linkPlaces
ChatGPT100%0%0%0%31
Gemini74%5%0%21%38
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.

QuestionChatGPTGemini
A quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning.Dan’s Café & Lounge own site
Lavanda Café own site
Gaberniks Cafe own site
Little Sister Coffee Maker own site
Thom Bargen Coffee Roasters own site
Fools + Horses Coffee own site
Good cocktails tonight, and I want to reserve a table for four.Amsterdam Tea Room own siteThe Oxbow marketplace
Nola own site
Amsterdam Tea Room and Bar own site
The best specialty coffee in town, open right now.Little Sister Coffee Maker own site
Café Postal own site
Thom Bargen Coffee own site
Café Postal no link
Typical Hours own site
Fools & Horses Coffee own site
Black Pearl Coffee no link
A pub showing the football tonight. Can I book a table?NFL football own site
Shark Club Winnipeg own site
The Toad own site
The Canadian Brewhouse Winnipeg own site
Booking Information no link
Elephant & Castle Winnipeg own site
Kings Head Pub own site
Brunch at a cafe on Saturday. Where do I book?Buccacino’s own site
Chez-Nous own site
OEB Breakfast Co own site
OEB Breakfast Co. own site
Pauline Bistro own site
Buvette own site
A bar with live music this Saturday night, reserve a table for six.SMITH Restaurant own site
The Toad in the Hole own site
Sidestage own site
The Riverside own site
SMITH Restaurant own site
The Saint Supper Club own site
Coffee and a good cake this afternoon. Where should I go?Sweet Impressions own site
Indulge Café & Bakery own site
Goodies Bake Shop own site
Café Postal own site
Lavanda Café & Plant Based Eatery own site
A rooftop bar for sunset drinks, reserve a table for two.The Roost own site
Little Brown Jug own site
Sunset Terrace at the Fort Garry Hotel own site
Dos Pampas Skyline Restaurant own site
Tavern United Downtown no link
Darling Bar no link
A cafe for breakfast near the centre tomorrow at 8.C. Jay’s Café own site
Lavanda Café & Plant Based Eatery own site
Gaberniks Cafe own site
OEB Breakfast Co own site
Stellas Cafe and Bakery own site
Fools + Horses Coffee own site
A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?Bar Accanto own site
Cibo Waterfront Cafe own site
The Roost own site
The Oxbow Natural Wine Bar & Restaurant marketplace
Oval Room Brasserie own site
The Roost Social House own site
The best craft beer place tonight. Do I need to reserve?Nonsuch Brewing Co own site
Sookram’s Brewing Co own site
Nonsuch Brewing Co no link
Opening Hours own site
Kilter Brewing Co own site
A cafe or bar where we can play board games tonight, table for five.After Dark Lounge own siteVictory Pints no link
Game Knight Games own site
Across The Board Game Café no link
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.