# Bowtie Bar: Agent-Direct Score F (29.2%)

Site: https://bowtie-bar.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/bowtie-bar.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.)
Bowtie Bar is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Bowtie Bar's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://bowtie-bar.com/menu/
- Phone: +12122615114
- Address: 714 7th Avenue at W 48th St, 10036, New York

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Bowtie Bar that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Interlude Rooftop Lounge (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/interluderooftop.com
- Playwright (110 m): https://directindex.org/r/playwrighttavern.com
- Masseria Caffe & Bakery (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/masseriacaffe.com
- Revel & Rye Bar & Restaurant (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/revelandrye.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (challenge:checking your browser). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Booking only through opentable.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. 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": "Organization",
  "name": "Bowtie Bar",
  "url": "https://bowtie-bar.com/",
  "telephone": "+12122615114",
  "address": "714 7th Avenue at W 48th St, 10036, New York",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.759618722295265,
    "longitude": -73.98464262031239
  }
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **OpenTable works with agents through its partners.** OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
3177 of 4076 in New York cafes and bars. Top 78% 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 | 97% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 36% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 22% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Gong Cha (D, 76 m, https://directindex.org/r/gong-cha.com); Interlude Rooftop Lounge (F, 80 m, https://directindex.org/r/interluderooftop.com); Frosty's Christmas Bar (D, 100 m, https://directindex.org/r/frostyschristmas.bar); Playwright (C, 114 m, https://directindex.org/r/playwrighttavern.com); RT60 Rooftop Bar & Lounge (B, 115 m, https://directindex.org/r/hardrock.com); Masseria Caffe & Bakery (B, 152 m, https://directindex.org/r/masseriacaffe.com); Revel & Rye Bar & Restaurant (B, 152 m, https://directindex.org/r/revelandrye.com); Hurley's (B, 160 m, https://directindex.org/r/hurleysnyc.com); Pig 'N' Whistle (F, 161 m, https://directindex.org/r/pignwhistleon46.com); Night After Night (F, 163 m, https://directindex.org/r/wearenightafternight.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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 224455 sites); Sites using OpenTable 69% (51% A or B, 6152 sites); This site 29.2%.

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

## Businesses like Bowtie Bar in New York cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York cafes and bars | 4076 | 48% | 26% | 29.2% |
| Sites built with WordPress in New York cafes and bars | 681 | 57% | 27% | 29.2% |
| Sites using OpenTable in New York cafes and bars | 89 | 68% | 53% | 29.2% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in New York cafes and bars | 30 | 59% | 37% | 29.2% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in New York cafes and bars: Cecilia (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/cecilia97.nyc); Don Coqui (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/doncoqui.com); Salsa Con Fuego (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/salsaconfuego.com); Tipsy Grape (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/tipsygrapeny.com); The Bronze Owl (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/thebronzeowlnyc.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Booking only through opentable; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 44th of 4,076 in New York cafes and bars, up from 3177th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Bowtie Bar, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/bowtie-bar.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://bowtie-bar.com/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +12122615114
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/bowtie-bar.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
- Vendor terms for agents, OpenTable: Through partners. OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got challenge:checking your browser); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 16 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

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