The Direct Index
Report · New York cafes and bars · scanned 2026-10-14

Hex & Co.

hexnyc.com is mostly ready for agents.

Listed by OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps.

BookOrderMenuCallWebsite

Ways to reach Hex & Co. directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-10-14. On the business's own site. Report a mistake

Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Sun 10:00–23:00

801 Broadway, 10003 · +1-646-524-5163

Nearby, also direct

Places near Hex & Co. that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.

Owners

The website's grade

An AI assistant can open Hex & Co.'s website. It can read what Hex & Co. offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

72.3%

47 of 65 points available

1/5

agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence

2

things to fix

Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.

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Named by assistants

Named by Gemini for "A cafe or bar where we can play board games tonight, table for five" in New York cafes and bars, October 2026

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in New York cafes and bars and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in one answer, by 1 of the 3 assistants asked.

QuestionNamed byAsked
A cafe or bar where we can play board games tonight, table for five.Gemini with a link to this site2026-10-26

Every place named in New York cafes and bars, question by question.

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The badge shows how many of the assistants asked named this business, and the month. It updates after every round.

Named by 1 of 3 assistants, Direct Index

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Assistants

What assistants answer

Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.

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.

Recommended when people ask:
“A cafe or bar where we can play board games tonight, table for five.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)

Where it stands

How Hex & Co. compares

Where it stands

954 of 4,114 in New York cafes and bars

Top 23% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Harbs B, Harriet's Rooftop B. Just below: High Dive B, Jbird Cocktails B.

What the top 10% of the index doesTop 10%This site
Take bookings or orders on their own domain97%yes
Publish the menu or price list as HTML95%yes
Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt)98%yes
Structured data with address, phone and hours36%no
Have an llms.txt23%no

Compared with its peers

Average scoreA or BThis site
Sites built with WordPress 251,601 sites55%24%72.3%
Sites using Square 5,437 sites65%42%72.3%

Nearest places with a similar menu

PlaceDistanceGradeDirect booking or ordering
Cafe 2by2 coffee_shop, pastry231 mFyes
Hidden Grounds coffee_shop291 mByes
Matto Espresso coffee_shop344 mFno
Veniero's Pasticceria & Caffé pastry, coffee_shop682 mByes
Not As Bitter coffee_shop693 mDno
The Uncommons coffee_shop713 mCyes
Eleni's Goods greek, coffee_shop728 mByes
Blue Bottle Coffee coffee_shop740 mFyes
Third Rail Coffee coffee_shop753 mCno
Gotham Coffee Roasters coffee_shop797 mDno
Businesses like yours

Businesses like Hex & Co. in New York cafes and bars

GroupSitesAvg scoreA or BThis site
Businesses of the same kind in New York cafes and bars4,11448%27%72.3%
Sites built with WordPress in New York cafes and bars69057%27%72.3%
Sites using Square in New York cafes and bars10671%62%72.3%
Sites built with WordPress and using Square in New York cafes and bars2269%68%72.3%

After the top fixes

With the fix above (No structured data for the business), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 46th of 4,114 in New York cafes and bars, up from 954th.

Findings

What to fix first

  1. No structured data for the business +15 points

    Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. How to fix it

  2. No llms.txt no points, but worth doing

    Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. How to fix it

Send the fixes to your web person

One email with the fixes and the link. Nothing is stored.

No one is listed yet to fix this in New York cafes and bars. List your agency or yourself. It's free, and every listing is reviewed by hand.

Already right

  • robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
  • AI crawlers get the page GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
  • Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.
  • Booking on your own site Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
  • Ordering through square on your own domain There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

Builder: wordpress · What to paste

Owners

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For developers and agents

What agents get, and what the site publishes

The direct record agents get for this business, the rails an agent could transact through, and the agent standards the site publishes. Show the details