# The Buren: Agent-Direct Score B (78.5%)

Site: https://www.theburenbkny.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/theburenbkny.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.)
The Buren is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open The Buren's website. What The Buren offers is on another site. It finds a way to book or order directly, through order.tbdine.com.

## Direct links
- Phone: +17186843023
- Address: 1223 Broadway, 11221-6310, Brooklyn
- Prices: 34 prices on the site, the middle one $5.50

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Buren that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Wonderville (130 m): https://directindex.org/r/wonderville.nyc
- The Broadway (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/thebroadway.nyc
- Bonjour Brooklyn (250 m): https://directindex.org/r/bonjourbrooklyn.com
- Cafe Mia (330 m): https://directindex.org/r/cafemiabk.com

## What to fix first
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **Menu or price list is on another site.** (+5 points) The link goes to tbdine.com, so that site gets the credit and the visits. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **34 prices on the landing page, the middle one $5.50.** In New York, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $15.00.

## Fix kit: What to paste

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

```
# The Buren

> restaurant in 1223 Broadway, 11221-6310, Brooklyn, New York cafes and bars. Phone +17186843023.

## Book or order directly

- Menu: https://order.tbdine.com/pickup/18682/menu

## About

- Website: https://www.theburenbkny.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.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours

## Where it stands
628 of 4114 in New York cafes and bars. Top 15% 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% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 36% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 23% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Wonderville (B, 126 m, https://directindex.org/r/wonderville.nyc); Soul II Soul Bar & Lounge (C, 132 m, https://directindex.org/r/mixcloud.com); The Broadway (B, 154 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebroadway.nyc); Bonjour Brooklyn (D, 246 m, https://directindex.org/r/bonjourbrooklyn.com); Cafe Mia (A, 333 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafemiabk.com); Sunrise Sunset (F, 348 m, https://directindex.org/r/sunrisesunsetbk.com); Cup of Brooklyn (D, 399 m, https://directindex.org/r/cupofbrooklyn.com); Lone Wolf (F, 461 m, https://directindex.org/r/lonewolftribe.com); Looking Glass (F, 470 m, https://directindex.org/r/thelookingglassinvestigations.com); Passionfruit Coffee (B, 503 m, https://directindex.org/r/passionfruitcoffee.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 New York cafes and bars and named 95 places. The Buren wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars/recommended


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

## Businesses like The Buren 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 | 4114 | 48% | 27% | 78.5% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in New York cafes and bars: Americano Cafe (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/americanocafesi.com); Bora Bora Smoothie Cafe (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/boraborausa.com); BreakJuicery (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/breakjuicery.com); Cafe Luna (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/cafelunanj.com); Cafe Mia (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/cafemiabk.com).

With the two fixes above (Ordering through an unrecognised third party; Menu or price list is on another site), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 4,114 in New York cafes and bars.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Buren, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/theburenbkny.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://order.tbdine.com/pickup/18682/menu (external; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +17186843023
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/theburenbkny.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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 20 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 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/theburenbkny.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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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/theburenbkny.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/theburenbkny.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=theburenbkny.com&force=1