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

An assistant's crawler fetches the page once, without running JavaScript, and reads the text, the structured data and the links. Below is what it gets from [theindependentnyc.com](https://www.theindependentnyc.com/), taken from the copy the scanner kept.

3,800

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: The Independent: Cocktails & Quality Fare · language en-US. First 1,800 of 3,800 characters:

```
The Independent: Cocktails & Quality Fare Skip to main content 147 W. 40th Street, New York, NY 10018 (opens in a new tab) (917) 388-3727 Reservations Menus Hours & Location Gatherings & Parties Happenings Join the team (opens in a new tab) Gift Cards Email Signup Contact Online Ordering (opens in a new tab) Facebook (opens in a new tab) Instagram (opens in a new tab) powered by BentoBox (opens in a new tab) 147 W. 40th Street, New York, NY 10018 (opens in a new tab) (917) 388-3727 Toggle Navigation Menus Hours & Location Gatherings & Parties Happenings Join the team (opens in a new tab) Gift Cards Email Signup Contact Online Ordering (opens in a new tab) Facebook (opens in a new tab) Instagram (opens in a new tab) 147 W. 40th Street, New York, NY 10018 (opens in a new tab) (917) 388-3727 powered by BentoBox (opens in a new tab) × Reservations Location - Required Location The Independent: Cocktails and Quality Fare Please, select a location Number of People - Optional Number of People 1 Person 2 People 3 People 4 People 5 People 6 People 7 People 8+ People Date - Required Time - Optional Time 11:00 PM 10:30 PM 10:00 PM 9:30 PM 9:00 PM 8:30 PM 8:00 PM 7:30 PM 7:00 PM 6:30 PM 6:00 PM 5:30 PM 5:00 PM 4:30 PM 4:00 PM 3:30 PM 3:00 PM 2:30 PM 2:00 PM 1:30 PM 1:00 PM 12:30 PM 12:00 PM 11:30 AM 11:00 AM 10:30 AM 10:00 AM 9:30 AM 9:00 AM 8:30 AM 8:00 AM 7:30 AM 7:00 AM Find A Table Submit the reservation form Please check errors in the form above Thanks! This site is protected by reCAPTCHA. Home Main content starts here, tab to start navigating Slide 1 of 12 Slide 2 of 12 Slide 3 of 12 Slide 4 of 12 Slide 5 of 12 Slide 6 of 12 Slide 7 of 12 Slide 8 of 12 Slide 9 of 12 Slide 10 of 12 Slide 11 of 12 Slide 12 of 12 hero gallery paused, press to play images slides Playing hero
```

 Facts

## What it can say about the business

| A business type in JSON-LD | FoodEstablishment |
| Name | The Independent |
| Telephone | (917) 388-3727 |
| Address | yes |
| Opening hours | no |
| Menu or price list | a menu or price-list page in HTML www.theindependentnyc.com/menus/ |
| Cuisine in structured data | American/Mediterranean |
| JSON-LD blocks | 3 (FoodEstablishment, OrderAction, Organization, PostalAddress, Product, Reservation) |

 Actions

## The links it would act on

| Link | Role | Where it goes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [ordering.chownow.com/order/31134/locations/](http://ordering.chownow.com/order/31134/locations/) | ordering | chownow, 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","email":"hello@directindex.org","founder":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https://directindex.org/#antonio","name":"Antonio Curado","sameAs":["https://x.com/ab_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"}}]}
```