# The New Yorker: Agent-Direct Score D (40.5%)

Site: http://thenewyorkersd.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thenewyorkersd.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The New Yorker is hard for agents to use.
Some AI assistants are turned away by The New Yorker's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It can't find a link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Phone: (619) 238-0048
- Address: 535 4th Ave, 92101, San Diego

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The New Yorker that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Freddy's Chophouse (20 m): https://directindex.org/r/freddyschophouse.com
- Tiger Cafe (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/tigercafeinc.com
- The Field Irish Pub (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/thefield.com
- The Cat Cafe (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/catcafesd.com
- Salt & Whiskey (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/hortongrand.com

## What to fix first
- **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+15 points) There's no link on the site for an agent to follow. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add a booking or ordering page on your own domain. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Organization",
  "name": "The New Yorker",
  "url": "http://thenewyorkersd.com",
  "telephone": "(619) 238-0048",
  "address": "535 4th Ave, 92101, San Diego",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 32.71098410520606,
    "longitude": -117.1609696204852
  }
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it

## Where it stands
530 of 860 in San Diego cafes and bars. Top 62% 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 | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 94% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 97% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 34% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 40% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Freddy's Chophouse (C, 21 m, https://directindex.org/r/freddyschophouse.com); The Patricios Restaurant (F, 40 m, https://directindex.org/r/thepatriciosrestaurant.com); 664 (D, 44 m, https://directindex.org/r/664gaslamp.com); Tiger Cafe (D, 45 m, https://directindex.org/r/tigercafeinc.com); The Field Irish Pub (B, 64 m, https://directindex.org/r/thefield.com); Prohibition Lounge (B, 68 m, https://directindex.org/r/prohibitionsd.com); The Cat Cafe (F, 71 m, https://directindex.org/r/catcafesd.com); Salt & Whiskey (C, 77 m, https://directindex.org/r/hortongrand.com); Tabac (C, 81 m, https://directindex.org/r/tabachookah.com); Swing Social (C, 93 m, https://directindex.org/r/swingsocialsd.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.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236087 sites); This site 40.5%.

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

## Businesses like The New Yorker in San Diego cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in San Diego cafes and bars | 860 | 50% | 26% | 40.5% |
| Sites built with WordPress in San Diego cafes and bars | 212 | 60% | 33% | 40.5% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in San Diego cafes and bars: Little Italy Farmers T (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/myfarmerstable.com); Gaslamplighter (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/thegaslamplighter.com); Rosati's Pizza Pub and Sports Bar (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/myrosatispizza.com); Fifth & Rose (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/pendry.com); Little Lion Cafe (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/thelittlelioncafe.com).

With the three fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; Structured data is incomplete; No menu or price list found), the score would be about 85.1%. That would be 69th of 860 in San Diego cafes and bars, up from 530th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The New Yorker, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thenewyorkersd.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: (619) 238-0048

## 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 | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/thenewyorkersd.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: yes
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes
- 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: yes
- 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/thenewyorkersd.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/thenewyorkersd.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=thenewyorkersd.com&force=1