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title: What an AI agent reads on The Basement · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/r/thebasementnyc.com/agent-view?format=md
---

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# What an AI agent reads on The Basement

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 [thebasementnyc.com](https://thebasementnyc.com/), from the copy the scanner kept.

5,392

characters of text without JavaScript

Organization

structured data for the business

0

of 3 AI crawlers turned away at the edge

 Text

## The words an agent gets

Title: The Basement - Bar and American Tavern · language en-US. First 1,800 of 5,392 characters:

```
The Basement - Bar and American Tavern Welcome To 11 Schuyler St. Staten Island, NY 10301 Our Menus Brunch Lunch Dinner Dessert Prefix Late Night Happy Hour (718) 791-0027 Order Pickup Online Copyright © 2026 The Basement Privacy Policy The Basement Bar | American Tavern 3 courseprix fixemenu $4995 Monday thruThursday 3 PM - 10 PMAsk us for details or check menu online. Seafood Bar Oysters (6) 18 Clams (6) 16 Shrimp Cocktail (4) 18 Royal 4 Oyster | 4 Clams | 4 Shrimp 38 Soups French Onion 10 | Lobster Bisque 12 Salads Frisee Salad California frisee, crispy bacon, red onions, pecans, shaved Parmigiano Reggiano and drizzled with sweet pecan vinaigrette. Caesar Salad Artisan romaine tossed with homemade Caesar dressing, croutons, fried capers and Parmigiano Reggiano. 1495 Citrus & Beet Salad Sliced orange, arugula, goat cheese, walnuts and honey mustard vinaigrette. Spring Mix & Fruit Salad Spring greens, fresh apples, strawberries, dry figs, Ricotta Salatta cheese and raspberry vinaigrette. Rustic Flatbread Osso Bucco 18.50 Melted cheese, pulled pork in demi glace, arugula and spicy mayo. Basement Snacks For Two 34.95 (3) Bourbon Ribs, (3) Chicken Wings, (2) Sweet Potato Fritters, (3) Baked Clams Appetizers Brooklyn Burrata 19Over capocollo, orange slices, strawberries, arugula and balsamic glaze. Cannellini Hummus 16.50Pureed cannellini beans, served with tomato bruschetta, sliced veggies and corn chips. Fried Broccolini 16Served with remoulade sauce. Sweet Potato Fritters 17With goat cheese, corn and spicy mayo. Scallop Francese 21Sauteed in lemon-butter sauce and ricotta gnocchi. Seared Tuna 19Served with sundried tomato salsa, citrus soy sauce, and cream of wasabi. Calamari 18.50Fried and served with side of Pomodoro sauce and basil aioli. Baked Clams 18.501/2 dz. cla
```

 Facts

## What it can state about the business

| A business type in JSON-LD | Organization |
| Name | Bayou Restaurant NYC |
| Telephone | 7187910027 (a tel: link, not structured) |
| Address | no |
| Opening hours | no |
| Menu or price list | a PDF thebasementnyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Basement-Lunch |
| Cuisine in structured data | no |
| JSON-LD blocks | 1 (BreadcrumbList, EntryPoint, ImageObject, ListItem, Organization, PropertyValueSpecification) |

 Actions

## The links it would act on

| Link | Role | Where it goes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [app.masa.plus/store/11970?_ts=1716921086](https://app.masa.plus/store/11970?_ts=1716921086) | ordering | an unrecognised third party |
| [www.opentable.com/widget/reservation/loader?rid=1327450&type=standard&](https://www.opentable.com/widget/reservation/loader?rid=1327450&type=standard&theme=standard&color=1&dark=false&iframe=true&domain=com&lang=en-US&newtab=false&ot_source=Restaurant%20website&cfe=true) | booking | opentable, acting for the business |

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```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://directindex.org/#org","name":"The Direct Index","url":"https://directindex.org/","logo":"https://directindex.org/favicon.svg","founder":{"@type":"Person","name":"Antonio Curado"},"description":"Independent measurement of whether AI agents can find, read and act on a business's own website."},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://directindex.org/#site","url":"https://directindex.org/","name":"The Direct Index","publisher":{"@id":"https://directindex.org/#org"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://directindex.org/scan?url={url}"},"query-input":"required name=url"}},{"@type":"WebAPI","name":"The Direct Index API","url":"https://directindex.org/openapi.json","documentation":"https://directindex.org/llms-full.txt","provider":{"@id":"https://directindex.org/#org"}}]}
```