# Tortoise & Hare: Agent-Direct Score F (20%)

Site: http://www.tortoiseharenyc.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/tortoiseharenyc.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.)
Tortoise & Hare is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Tortoise & Hare's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Phone: +13478437868
- Address: 6115 Broadway, 10471, New York

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Tortoise & Hare that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Bronx Alehouse (1.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/bronxalehouse.com
- The Café at Wave Hill (1.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/wavehill.org
- Moss Cafe (1.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/mosscafeny.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+13 points) There's only a phone number or WhatsApp, and agents can't use those yet. 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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **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
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+4 points) Missing: telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **The footer says © 2018.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. In New York, 73% of comparable sites that show a year say 2025 or later.

## 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": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "Tortoise & Hare",
  "url": "http://www.tortoiseharenyc.com/",
  "telephone": "+13478437868",
  "address": "6115 Broadway, 10471, New York",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.89415073,
    "longitude": -73.89663049
  }
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address

## Where it stands
3335 of 4076 in New York cafes and bars. Top 82% 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% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 36% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 22% | no |

Nearest places in the index: An Beal Bocht Cafe (C, 1029 m, https://directindex.org/r/anbealbochtcafe.com); Bronx Alehouse (C, 1085 m, https://directindex.org/r/bronxalehouse.com); Artizen (F, 1175 m, https://directindex.org/r/artizennyc.com); Cote Wine Bar (C, 1289 m, https://directindex.org/r/cotewinebar.com); The Café at Wave Hill (C, 1488 m, https://directindex.org/r/wavehill.org); Moss Cafe (C, 1496 m, https://directindex.org/r/mosscafeny.com); Cafe Oasis (F, 1825 m, https://directindex.org/r/square.site); Sheza Coffee House (F, 1843 m, https://directindex.org/r/shezacoffeehouse.com); Madden's Pub (C, 2446 m, https://directindex.org/r/maddenmedia.com); National Restaurant & Coffee Shop (F, 2449 m, https://directindex.org/r/nationalrestaurantcoffeeshop.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 GoDaddy Website Builder 34% (9% A or B, 6476 sites); This site 20%.

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

## Businesses like Tortoise & Hare 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 | 4076 | 48% | 26% | 20% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in New York cafes and bars | 74 | 37% | 18% | 20% |

The best of the sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in New York cafes and bars: Bisou Wine Bar (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/bisoubarnyc.com); Central Park Cafe (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/centralparkcafe.com); Henry Street Ale House (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/henrystreetalehouse.com); Java Joe (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/javajoebrooklyn.com); The Franklin Wine Bar & Bistro (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/thefranklinwinebar.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No booking or ordering link on the website; No menu or price list found), the score would be about 89.2%. That would be 217th of 4,076 in New York cafes and bars, up from 3335th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Tortoise & Hare, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/tortoiseharenyc.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +13478437868

## 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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 11 | 25 |
| Actionable | 2 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/tortoiseharenyc.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/tortoiseharenyc.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=tortoiseharenyc.com&force=1