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

An assistant's crawler fetches the page once, without running JavaScript, and reads the text, the structured data and the links. This is that view of [unionsquarecafe.com](https://www.unionsquarecafe.com/), from the copy the scanner kept.

2,610

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: Home | Union Square Cafe in New York City · language en-US. First 1,800 of 2,610 characters:

```
Home | Union Square Cafe in New York City Skip to main content Our Story sub-menu Our Story About Community Menus Hours & Location Gallery Private Dining Shop sub-menu Shop Nationwide Shipping Pre-Order & Pick Up Gift Cards Holidays Reserve Toggle Navigation Our Story sub-menu Our Story About Community Menus Hours & Location Gallery Private Dining Shop sub-menu Shop Nationwide Shipping Pre-Order & Pick Up Gift Cards Holidays Press Careers Terms and Conditions Accessibility 101 E 19th St, New York, NY 10003 (212) 243-4020 Reserve Facebook Twitter Instagram powered by BentoBox Homepage Main content starts here, tab to start navigating Slide 1 of 6 Slide 2 of 6 Slide 3 of 6 Slide 4 of 6 Slide 5 of 6 Slide 6 of 6 hero gallery paused, press to play images slides Playing hero gallery, press to pause images slides Union Square Cafe is a neighborhood restaurant founded in 1985 by Danny Meyer. Today, helmed by Executive Chef Lena Ciardullo, it remains one of New York’s most essential restaurants. Our menu draws inspiration from the Union Square Greenmarket and the experience is centered around warmth, comfort, celebration, and hospitality. At Union Square Cafe, you will always find a place to call home. Union Square Cafe is open from 11:30am on weekdays and 11am on weekends. We serve lunch, aperitivo hour, dinner, and weekend brunch. You can find us on the southeast corner of 19th & Park Avenue.Menus Hours & Location Reserve Reserve Email Signup Facebook Twitter Instagram Press Careers Terms and Conditions Accessibility 101 E 19th St, New York, NY 10003 (212) 243-4020 Email Signup powered by BentoBox leave this field blank Email Signup Please, enter a valid first name First Name - Required Please, enter a valid last name Last Name - Required Please, enter a valid email Ema
```

 Facts

## What it can state about the business

| A business type in JSON-LD | FoodEstablishment |
| Name | Union Square Cafe |
| Telephone | (212) 243-4020 |
| Address | yes |
| Opening hours | no |
| Menu or price list | a menu or price-list page in HTML www.unionsquarecafe.com/menus/ |
| Cuisine in structured data | New American |
| JSON-LD blocks | 3 (FoodEstablishment, Organization, PostalAddress, Reservation, ReserveAction, WebPage) |

 Actions

## The links it would act on

| Link | Role | Where it goes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [www.unionsquarecafe.com/catering-store-v2/](https://www.unionsquarecafe.com/catering-store-v2/) | ordering | the business's own site |
| [www.opentable.com/union-square-cafe-reservations-new-york?restref=213&](https://www.opentable.com/union-square-cafe-reservations-new-york?restref=213&lang=en-US&ot_source=Restaurant%20website) | booking | opentable, a marketplace |
| [getbento.com/?utm_source=header&utm_campaign=unionsquarecafe.com](https://getbento.com/?utm_source=header&utm_campaign=unionsquarecafe.com) | ordering | bentobox, acting for the business |
| [app-assets.getbento.com/alerts-component/f5f7a25/main.js.map](https://app-assets.getbento.com/alerts-component/f5f7a25/main.js.map) | ordering | bentobox, acting for the business |

Everything here comes from one fetch of the homepage as a crawler; the [report](https://directindex.org/r/unionsquarecafe.com) turns it into a score and fixes, with a kit to paste.

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