AI Visibility Index · Updated weekly

Restaurants · Chicago, IL

Across the 24 questions Chicago, IL customers ask AI about Restaurants, The Purple Pig Restaurant is named most. 3 of 4 assistants recommend it, for a 5.6% share of voice, the week of Friday, July 17, 2026.

Measured across
4
AI assistants measured
24
real customer prompts per market
1003
businesses ranked in Chicago, IL Restaurants
Weekly
fresh, tracked over time
Leaderboard

Who AI recommends in Chicago, IL Restaurants

Who the major AI assistants recommend, and how well they understand each business, across 24 customer prompts, week of Friday, July 17, 2026.

Rank
Business
Share of voice
Depth
7-day
1
5.6%
49
▲ 11
2
4 of 4
5.1%
38
▼ 1
3
4.1%
51
4
4 of 4
3.3%
31
5
4 of 4
2.8%
37
▼ 3
7
2.0%
49
8
3 of 4
1.5%
57
9
4 of 4
1.5%
60
▼ 4
10
1.3%
NEW
11
1.2%
45
▼ 1
12
1.2%
NEW
13
3 of 4
1.1%
▲ 5
14
1.1%
NEW
15
1.0%
43
▼ 4
16
4 of 4
1.0%
42
▼ 10
17
1.0%
NEW
19
0.9%
NEW
20
2 of 4
0.7%
▼ 6
21
0.7%
NEW
22
0.7%
▼ 6
23
3 of 4
0.7%
NEW
24
0.7%
▼ 7
25
2 of 4
0.7%
NEW

Share of voice is how often and how prominently AI names a business across every prompt and assistant. Depth is how well AI can help a customer actually decide and book. Alinea ranks #2 for visibility but 10th on depth.

Depth leaderboard

Which businesses AI understands best

Getting named is step one. Depth measures whether AI can take a customer from that name to a booking: offerings, availability, pricing, fit, differentiation. It's ranked separately from visibility, because a business AI recommends but can't explain still loses the job.

Rank
Business
OfferAvailPriceFitDiff
Depth
1
Weak point: Pricing · ▲ 2
60
2
Weak point: Pricing · ▼ 1
57
3
Weak point: Pricing · ▲ 1
51
4
Recommended #1 · understood #4 · ▲ 6
49
5
Weak point: Availability · new to depth
49
6
Weak point: Pricing · ▲ 3
45
7
Weak point: Pricing · new to depth
43
8
Weak point: Pricing · new to depth
43
9
Weak point: Pricing · new to depth
42
10
Recommended #2 · understood #10 · ▲ 2
38
11
Recommended #5 · understood #11 · ▼ 4
37
12
Recommended #4 · understood #12 · ▼ 1
31

Recommended ≠ understood. Alinea ranks #2 for visibility but #10 on depth. AI's weakest link for it is pricing. High visibility with low depth is the riskiest combination for a business: customers arrive, then get the wrong expectations.

What AI says

Questions AI answers about Restaurants in Chicago, IL

Which restaurant does AI recommend most in Chicago, IL?
The Purple Pig Restaurant, named by 3 of the four assistants, for a 5.6% share of voice across the 24 prompts. Next are Alinea and Bavette's Bar & Boeuf.
Which restaurant in Chicago, IL does AI understand best?
Lula Cafe scores highest on depth (60/100): assistants can accurately describe what it offers and help a customer toward a booking.
Which restaurants in Chicago, IL is AI getting wrong?
Alinea ranks #2 by visibility but only #10 on depth. AI's weakest link for it is pricing. Customers who arrive through AI may get the wrong expectations.
Methodology

How the index is measured

What we ask

24 real customer prompts per market, like "best HVAC in Denver" or "who can fix my AC today," put to each assistant three times, every week. We never name a business; we watch which ones AI names.

How we rank

Share of voice weighs how often and how prominently a business is recommended across every prompt and assistant, on a trailing average, so one odd answer doesn't swing the board. Rank comes from what the AI actually says, not its local-pack widget.

What depth means

For the leaders we run a buyer's decision journey (offerings, availability, pricing, fit, differentiation) and grade how well AI can carry a customer to a booking. It measures AI's output, not our opinion of the business.