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title: What an AI agent reads on Hard Times Cafe · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/r/hardtimes.com/agent-view?format=md
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# What an AI agent reads on Hard Times Cafe

An assistant's crawler fetches the page once, without running JavaScript, and reads the text, the structured data and the links. This is that view of [hardtimes.com](http://www.hardtimes.com/locations/alexandria/), from the copy the scanner kept.

1,722

characters of text without JavaScript

FoodEstablishment

structured data for the business

0

of 3 AI crawlers turned away at the edge

 Text

## The words an agent gets

Title: Alexandria | Hours + Location | Hard Times Cafe | American Restaurant with 5 Locations in The US · language en-US. First 1,722 of 1,722 characters:

```
Alexandria | Hours + Location | Hard Times Cafe | American Restaurant with 5 Locations in The US Skip to main content Locations sub-menu Locations Alexandria Fredericksburg Rockville Springfield Hard Times Chili Spice Company Menus sub-menu Menus Alexandria Fredericksburg Rockville Springfield Catering Private Events About Store Gift Cards sub-menu Gift Cards Check Physical Gift Card Balance Order Online Toggle Navigation Locations sub-menu Locations Alexandria Fredericksburg Rockville Springfield Hard Times Chili Spice Company Menus sub-menu Menus Alexandria Fredericksburg Rockville Springfield Catering Private Events About Store Gift Cards sub-menu Gift Cards Check Physical Gift Card Balance Events Jobs Press Contact Sports Order Online Email Signup Facebook Twitter Instagram powered by BentoBox Main content starts here, tab to start navigating Alexandria View Menu Hours & Location 1404 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314 (703) 837-0050 alexandria@hardtimes.com In 1980, the first Hard Times Cafe opened on this very site in Old Town Alexandria. Founders Jim and Fred Parker didn’t really know what they were getting into — but they did know how to cook award-winning chili. The rest is history. Step back in time and take in a classic tribute to the west. Get Directions Order Online Email Signup Facebook Twitter Instagram Events Jobs Press Contact Sports Email Signup powered by BentoBox leave this field blank Email Signup Please, enter a valid first name First Name - Required Please, enter a valid last name Last Name - Required Please, enter a valid email Email - Required Submit Please check errors in the form above Thank you for signing up for email updates! Close This site is protected by reCAPTCHA.
```

 Facts

## What it can state about the business

| A business type in JSON-LD | FoodEstablishment |
| Name | Alexandria |
| Telephone | (703) 837-0050 |
| Address | yes |
| Opening hours | no |
| Menu or price list | a menu or price-list page in HTML www.hardtimes.com/alexandria-menus/ |
| Cuisine in structured data | American |
| JSON-LD blocks | 1 (FoodEstablishment, Organization, PostalAddress) |

 Actions

## The links it would act on

| Link | Role | Where it goes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [www.hardtimes.com/order-online](https://www.hardtimes.com/order-online) | ordering | the business's own site |
| [getbento.com/?utm_source=header&utm_campaign=hardtimes.com](https://getbento.com/?utm_source=header&utm_campaign=hardtimes.com) | ordering | bentobox, acting for the business |
| [app-assets.getbento.com/alerts-component/f5f7a25/main.js.map](https://app-assets.getbento.com/alerts-component/f5f7a25/main.js.map) | ordering | bentobox, acting for the business |

Everything here comes from one fetch of the homepage as a crawler; the [report](https://directindex.org/r/hardtimes.com) turns it into a score and fixes, with a kit to paste.

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```json
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```