Intelligentsia Coffee
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Listed by OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps.
Ways to reach Intelligentsia Coffee directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-10-24. On the business's own site. Report a mistake
Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Sun 07:00–19:00
53 East Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60601 · +1-312-920-9332
Step-free access (OpenStreetMap)
Prices: 3 prices on the site, the middle one $49.00
Places near Intelligentsia Coffee that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Corner Bakery570 m · coffee shop
- Biggby Coffee860 m · coffee shop
- Stan's Donuts & Coffee870 m · coffee shop
- Blue Bottle Coffee1 km · coffee shop
The website's grade
An AI assistant can open Intelligentsia Coffee's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.
41 of 65 points available
agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence
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.
What the site tells visitors Measured, not scored
These don't change the grade.
In Chicago, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $14.00.
Every city compared →Named by Gemini for "A quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning" and "The best specialty coffee in town, open right now" in Chicago cafes and bars, October 2026
Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Chicago cafes and bars and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in 2 answers, by 1 of the 2 assistants asked.
| Question | Named by | Asked |
|---|---|---|
| A quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning. | Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-10-20 |
| The best specialty coffee in town, open right now. | Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-10-20 |
Every place named in Chicago cafes and bars, question by question.
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<a href="https://directindex.org/r/intelligentsia.com"><img src="https://directindex.org/badge/named/intelligentsia.com.svg" alt="Named by 1 of 2 assistants, Direct Index" width="300" height="40"></a>
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 quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“The best specialty coffee in town, open right now.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
How Intelligentsia Coffee compares
Not ranked yet in Chicago cafes and bars
The ranking updates every hour. This site joins it at the next update.
| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 97% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 98% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 41% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 32% | yes |
Compared with its peers
| Average score | A or B | This site | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with Shopify 13,925 sites | 48% | 24% | 63.1% |
Nearest places with a similar menu
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugary Chicago breakfast, coffee_shop | 437 m | C | no |
| Capital One Café at State Street coffee_shop, tea | 458 m | F | no |
| Dollop Coffee Co. coffee_shop | 527 m | D | no |
| Corner Bakery coffee_shop | 570 m | B | yes |
| Cityfront Cafe coffee_shop | 759 m | F | no |
| Biggby Coffee coffee_shop | 856 m | B | yes |
| Stan's Donuts & Coffee coffee_shop | 866 m | B | yes |
| Lavazza coffee_shop | 879 m | D | no |
| Espresso and Milk coffee_shop | 957 m | D | no |
| Blue Bottle Coffee coffee_shop | 1.0 km | F | yes |
Businesses like Intelligentsia Coffee in Chicago cafes and bars
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with Shopify in Chicago cafes and bars | 62 | 55% | 31% | 63.1% |
This site appears in 4 cities (5 places on intelligentsia.com). All the cities it's in →
What to fix first
- No structured data for the business +14 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
- 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. How to fix it
Send the fixes to your web person
No one is listed yet to fix this in Chicago 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.
- Ordering on your own site Agents can order without going through a marketplace.
Builder: shopify · contact page /pages/contact-us: nothing new · What to paste
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