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title: ChowNow: what agents find on the sites that use it · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/vendors/chownow?format=md
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# ChowNow: what agents find on the sites that use it

257 business websites in the index hand their ordering to ChowNow. They score 72% on average; 54% score A or B. Of the 12 action-tested, an agent reached the step before confirming on 50%.

257

sites in the index use it

72%

average Agent-Direct Score

54%

score A or B

50%

action test passed, of 12 tested

ChowNow runs on the business's own domain: the booking or the order lands with the business, which stays the merchant of record. An agent that reaches the site can act there.

 Action test

## Can an agent act on the ChowNow page?

A browser opens the direct booking or ordering page and looks for the controls an agent needs (date, time, party size, add to cart, prices); it never fills or submits anything.

| Reached the step before confirming | 6 |
| A path exists but an agent would struggle | 3 |
| An agent cannot act there | 3 |

 Where

## Cities where ChowNow is most used

[New York](https://directindex.org/city/new-york) 89 · [Los Angeles](https://directindex.org/city/los-angeles) 36 · [Chicago](https://directindex.org/city/chicago) 32 · [Seattle](https://directindex.org/city/seattle) 19 · [New York cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/new-york-cafes-bars) 19

 Examples

## Best-scoring sites using ChowNow

| [Freda's Seafood Grille](https://directindex.org/r/fredasaustin.com) Austin | **A** 100% |
| [Island](https://directindex.org/r/islandny.com) New York | **A** 100% |
| [Luna Blu](https://directindex.org/r/lunablurestaurant.com) San Francisco | **A** 96.3% |
| [Buddha Bodai](https://directindex.org/r/buddha-bodai.com) New York | **A** 95.4% |
| [Grand Canyon Restaurant](https://directindex.org/r/grandcr.com) New York | **A** 95.4% |

Computed 2026-10-14 from the latest scan of every business with a website of its own, in every city index; refreshed daily. Are you ChowNow? Write to hello@directindex.org and we will verify your widget with you and keep this page right.

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Business listings from OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Scores under the same licence.

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