# Columbus Café & Co: Agent-Direct Score B (72.3%)

Site: http://www.columbuscafenewyork.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/columbuscafenewyork.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Columbus Café & Co is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of Columbus Café & Co. It can read what Columbus Café & Co offers. To book or order, it is sent to Grubhub, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Menu: http://www.columbuscafenewyork.com/menu
- Phone: +1-212-721-9040

## What to fix first
- **Ordering only through grubhub.** (+12 points) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **No working HTTPS.** (+3 points) The page is only served over plain http. Agents and browsers downrank or refuse it.
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "CafeOrCoffeeShop",
  "name": "Columbus Café & Co",
  "url": "http://www.columbuscafenewyork.com",
  "telephone": "+1-212-721-9040",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Columbus Avenue 556",
    "postalCode": "10024",
    "addressLocality": "New York",
    "addressCountry": "US"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.7871147,
    "longitude": -73.9719656
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "coffee shop"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "http://www.columbuscafenewyork.com/menu"
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Columbus Café & Co

> cafe or coffee shop (coffee shop) in Columbus Avenue 556 10024 New York, New York cafes and bars. Phone +1-212-721-9040.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: http://www.columbuscafenewyork.com/menu

## About

- Website: http://www.columbuscafenewyork.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 key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Grubhub works with agents through its partners.** Grubhub's terms of use (17 December 2024) bar access with any robot, spider, crawler or automated process; since June 2026 Alexa+ users can browse, build an order and check out through Grubhub by voice. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.grubhub.com/legal/terms-of-use. An assistant that is not a partner may not finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
393 of 1484 in New York cafes and bars. Top 26% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 98% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 99% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 25% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 11% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: The Crossbar (C, 454 m, https://directindex.org/r/crossbar.nyc); Fillup Coffee (F, 575 m, https://directindex.org/r/fillup.coffee); Black Lab Cafe (F, 612 m, https://directindex.org/r/blacklabcafe.com); PlantShed New York Flowers (D, 723 m, https://directindex.org/r/plantshed.com); green lane coffee (C, 789 m, https://directindex.org/r/greenlane.coffee); Picky Barista (D, 1297 m, https://directindex.org/r/pickybarista.com); Champignon Café (B, 1531 m, https://directindex.org/r/champignoncafe.com); Super Nice Coffee and Bakery (F, 1720 m, https://directindex.org/r/supernice.nyc); Luckin Coffee (D, 1793 m, https://directindex.org/r/luckincoffee.com); Cafè Blériot (F, 1915 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafebleriotnyc.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

Against its peers: Sites using Grubhub 66% (44% A or B, 150 sites); This site 72.3%.

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

## Businesses like Columbus Café & Co 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 | 1484 | 46% | 30% | 72.3% |
| Sites using Grubhub in New York cafes and bars | 26 | 69% | 54% | 72.3% |

The best of the sites using Grubhub in New York cafes and bars: La Cava Wine Bar (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/lacavanyc.com); Maggie's Place (A 85%, https://directindex.org/r/maggiesnyc.com); Paneantico (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/paneantico.com); Corner Bistro East (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/cornerbistrony.com); Crispy Heaven Bakery (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/crispyheavennyc.com).

With the three fixes above (Ordering only through grubhub; No working HTTPS; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 100%: first of 1,484 in New York cafes and bars.

## The direct record
What agents get for Columbus Café & Co, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/columbuscafenewyork.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: http://www.columbuscafenewyork.com/menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1-212-721-9040
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/columbuscafenewyork.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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured
- Vendor terms for agents, Grubhub: Through partners. Grubhub's terms of use (17 December 2024) bar access with any robot, spider, crawler or automated process; since June 2026 Alexa+ users can browse, build an order and check out through Grubhub by voice. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.grubhub.com/legal/terms-of-use

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 22 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/columbuscafenewyork.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- 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/columbuscafenewyork.com/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/columbuscafenewyork.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=columbuscafenewyork.com&force=1