# Black Coffee And Waffle Bar: Agent-Direct Score C (64.6%)

Site: https://www.blackcoffeeandwaffle.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/blackcoffeeandwaffle.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Black Coffee And Waffle Bar is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open Black Coffee And Waffle Bar's website. It can read what Black Coffee And Waffle Bar offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through ChowNow.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://direct.chownow.com/order/23155/locations (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.blackcoffeeandwaffle.com/menu
- Phone: 16124360719
- Address: 1500 Como Ave SE, Minneapolis 55414-2424

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Black Coffee And Waffle Bar that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Como Tap (650 m): https://directindex.org/r/comotap.com
- Kung Fu Tea (750 m): https://directindex.org/r/kungfutea.com
- Norseman Distillery (820 m): https://directindex.org/r/norsemandistillery.com
- Steady Pour (820 m): https://directindex.org/r/steadypour.com
- Mango Mango Dessert (880 m): https://directindex.org/r/mangomangodessert.com

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "Black Coffee And Waffle Bar",
  "url": "https://www.blackcoffeeandwaffle.com",
  "telephone": "16124360719",
  "address": "1500 Como Ave SE, Minneapolis 55414-2424",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 44.9877,
    "longitude": -93.230093
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://direct.chownow.com/order/23155/locations",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## 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.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Ordering through chownow on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Minneapolis cafes and bars.

| 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 | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 24% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 24% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Vitality Roasting (F, 4 m, https://directindex.org/r/vitalityroasting.com); Como Tap (C, 652 m, https://directindex.org/r/comotap.com); GIOT Cream Coffee (C, 728 m, https://directindex.org/r/giotcoffee.com); Kung Fu Tea (A, 748 m, https://directindex.org/r/kungfutea.com); Norseman Distillery (C, 817 m, https://directindex.org/r/norsemandistillery.com); Steady Pour (B, 817 m, https://directindex.org/r/steadypour.com); Blarney's Pub & Grill (F, 864 m, https://directindex.org/r/blarneymn.com); Mango Mango Dessert (B, 876 m, https://directindex.org/r/mangomangodessert.com); Feng CHA Teahouse (C, 892 m, https://directindex.org/r/fengchausa.com); Kollege Klub Dinkytown (D, 909 m, https://directindex.org/r/kkminnesota.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.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Minneapolis cafes and bars and named 56 places. Black Coffee And Waffle Bar wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/minneapolis-cafes-bars/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 51% (28% A or B, 50658 sites); Sites using ChowNow 73% (55% A or B, 1152 sites); This site 64.6%.

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

## Businesses like Black Coffee And Waffle Bar in Minneapolis cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with Wix in Minneapolis cafes and bars | 17 | 59% | 24% | 64.6% |
| Sites using ChowNow in Minneapolis cafes and bars | 6 | 73% | 50% | 64.6% |
| Sites built with Wix and using ChowNow in Minneapolis cafes and bars | 2 | 78% | 50% | 64.6% |

The best of the sites using ChowNow in Minneapolis cafes and bars: People's Organic Cafe (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/peoplesorganic.com); Cafe 44 (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/france44.com); Bunny's Bar & Grill NE (B 80%, https://directindex.org/r/bunnysbarandgrill.com); George and the Dragon (C 61.5%, https://directindex.org/r/ganddpub.com); Cuppa Java (C 55.4%, https://directindex.org/r/cuppajava.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Black Coffee And Waffle Bar, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/blackcoffeeandwaffle.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://direct.chownow.com/order/23155/locations (vendor on own site: ChowNow; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.blackcoffeeandwaffle.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: 16124360719
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/blackcoffeeandwaffle.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/blackcoffeeandwaffle.com/menu
- Agents and people followed 2 direct links to this business this month (2 by AI agents).

## 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): yes
- 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
- Vendor terms for agents, ChowNow: Not stated. ChowNow's customer terms (8 September 2025) bar automated means such as spiders, robots and crawlers to download or scrape data, except search engines; they do not address an agent placing an order for a person, and no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://get.chownow.com/terms-of-service

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 7 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/blackcoffeeandwaffle.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: yes
- 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: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/blackcoffeeandwaffle.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/blackcoffeeandwaffle.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=blackcoffeeandwaffle.com&force=1