# The Friend: Agent-Direct Score F (0%)

Site: https://www.thefriendbar.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thefriendbar.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Friend's website could not be reached by the scanner on 2026-10-14 (cloudflare challenge). Rescans are free.

## Direct links
- Phone: +1-323-522-6835

## What to fix first
- **The site could not be read at all.** A bot challenge stands in front of the site (cloudflare_challenge); a plain fetch never reaches the page.

## Already right
- Nothing.

## Where it stands
458 of 484 in Los Angeles cafes and bars. Top 95% 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 | 96% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 92% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 31% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 18% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Maru Coffee (F, 1334 m, https://directindex.org/r/marucoffee.com); Vandell (B, 1340 m, https://directindex.org/r/thevandell.com); All Time (C, 1369 m, https://directindex.org/r/alltimelosangeles.com); Cha Cha Lounge (D, 1435 m, https://directindex.org/r/chachalounge.com); Jay's Bar (D, 1518 m, https://directindex.org/r/jaysbarla.com); Tiki-Ti (D, 1525 m, https://directindex.org/r/tiki-ti.com); Dinosaur Coffee (D, 1566 m, https://directindex.org/r/dinosaurcoffee.com); 4100 Bar (D, 1657 m, https://directindex.org/r/4100bar.com); Zebulon L.A. (C, 1668 m, https://directindex.org/r/zebulon.la); Black Elephant Coffee (A, 1696 m, https://directindex.org/r/blackelephantcoffee.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.

## Businesses like The Friend in Los Angeles cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Los Angeles cafes and bars | 484 | 39% | 21% | 0% |

The best of Same kind in Los Angeles cafes and bars: Cabinet Espresso Bar (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/cabinet-espresso.com); Hey Hey (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/heyheydrinks.com); Ireland's 32 (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/irelands32.com); Project Barley (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/projectbarley.com); Idle Hour (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/idlehourbar.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for The Friend, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thefriendbar.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-Sa 19:00-02:00; Su 19:00-00:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-323-522-6835

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/thefriendbar.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=thefriendbar.com&force=1