# Across the Board Game Café: Agent-Direct Score A (95.4%)

Site: https://acrosstheboardcafe.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/acrosstheboardcafe.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Across the Board Game Café is ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Across the Board Game Café's website. It can read what Across the Board Game Café offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://acrosstheboardcafe.com/book-a-table/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://acrosstheboardcafe.com/our-menus/
- Phone: +1 204-691-3422
- Address: Bannatyne Avenue 211 R3B 3P2
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Fri 12:00–18:00; Sat–Sun 12:00–17:00
- Prices: 18 prices on the site, the middle one CA$20.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Across the Board Game Café that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Little Brown Jug (340 m): https://directindex.org/r/littlebrownjug.ca
- Colosimo Coffee Roasters (450 m): https://directindex.org/r/colosimocoffee.com
- Patent 5 (520 m): https://directindex.org/r/patent5.ca
- Lake of the Woods Brewing Company (870 m): https://directindex.org/r/lowbrewco.com

## What to fix first
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (no points, but worth doing) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **18 prices on the landing page, the middle one CA$20.00.** 

## Fix kit: What to paste

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Across the Board Game Café

> cafe or coffee shop in Bannatyne Avenue 211 R3B 3P2, Winnipeg cafes and bars. Phone +1 204-691-3422.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://acrosstheboardcafe.com/book-a-table/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://acrosstheboardcafe.com/our-menus/

## Opening hours

Mo-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa-Su 12:00-17:00

## About

- Website: https://acrosstheboardcafe.com/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
1 of 48 in Winnipeg cafes and bars. Top 2% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 60% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 20% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 40% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Rosé Coffee & Wine (C, 24 m, https://directindex.org/r/rosecoffeeandwine.ca); Bronuts (F, 139 m, https://directindex.org/r/bronuts.ca); Más Coffee (F, 167 m, https://directindex.org/r/mascoffee.ca); Little Brown Jug (B, 335 m, https://directindex.org/r/littlebrownjug.ca); Colosimo Coffee Roasters (B, 446 m, https://directindex.org/r/colosimocoffee.com); James Avenue Pumphouse (D, 447 m, https://directindex.org/r/jamesavenuepumphouse.com); Patent 5 (A, 522 m, https://directindex.org/r/patent5.ca); Times Change(d) High and Lonesome Club (F, 728 m, https://directindex.org/r/highandlonesomeclub.ca); Modern Electric Lunch (D, 734 m, https://directindex.org/r/melunch.ca); Lake of the Woods Brewing Company (B, 872 m, https://directindex.org/r/lowbrewco.com).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

Recommended when people ask: "A cafe or bar where we can play board games tonight, table for five." (ChatGPT, Gemini)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 224455 sites); This site 95.4%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/acrosstheboardcafe.com/agent-view

## Named by ChatGPT and Gemini for "A cafe or bar where we can play board games tonight, table for five" in Winnipeg cafes and bars, October 2026
- "A cafe or bar where we can play board games tonight, table for five." (2026-10-26): ChatGPT with a link to this site; Gemini by name, without a link. https://directindex.org/city/winnipeg-cafes-bars/recommended/board-games
Named by 2 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/acrosstheboardcafe.com.svg

## Businesses like Across the Board Game Café in Winnipeg cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Winnipeg cafes and bars | 48 | 59% | 35% | 95.4% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Winnipeg cafes and bars | 13 | 65% | 46% | 95.4% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Winnipeg cafes and bars: Good Earth Coffee House (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/goodearthcoffeehouse.com); Patent 5 (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/patent5.ca); Lake of the Woods Brewing Company (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/lowbrewco.com); One Great City Brewing Co. (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/ogcbrewingco.com); Fionn MacCool’s (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/fionnmaccools.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Across the Board Game Café, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/acrosstheboardcafe.com
- Book: https://acrosstheboardcafe.com/book-a-table/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://acrosstheboardcafe.com/our-menus/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa-Su 12:00-17:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 204-691-3422
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/acrosstheboardcafe.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/acrosstheboardcafe.com/menu

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no

Found one hop past the home page: booking page /book-a-table/: booking via resdiary.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/acrosstheboardcafe.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: yes
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes
- Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md)
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- llms.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md)
- API catalog (RFC 9727): no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/api-catalog/SKILL.md)
- MCP server card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/mcp-server-card/SKILL.md)
- A2A agent card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/a2a-agent-card/SKILL.md)
- Agent Skills index: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md)
- OAuth or OIDC discovery: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-discovery/SKILL.md)
- OAuth protected resource metadata: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-protected-resource/SKILL.md)
- auth.md: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/auth-md/SKILL.md)
- Web Bot Auth key directory: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/web-bot-auth/SKILL.md)
- ARD capability manifest: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ard/SKILL.md)
- DNS-AID records: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/dns-aid/SKILL.md)
- WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md)
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/acrosstheboardcafe.com/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/acrosstheboardcafe.com/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=acrosstheboardcafe.com&force=1