The Direct Index
Report · Chicago · scanned 2026-10-14

Alpana

alpanachicago.com is ready for agents.

Book directly: www.alpanachicago.com/reservations on the business's own site · Order directly: order.toasttab.com/online/alpana-831-n-state through toast acting for the business · Menu: www.alpanachicago.com/menus

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A
92.3%

60 of 65 points available

1/5

agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence

2

things to fix

Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.

Findings

What to fix first

  1. Structured data is incomplete +2 points

    Missing: telephone. How to fix it

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

    Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. How to fix it

No one is listed yet to fix this in Chicago. List your agency or yourself: free, reviewed by hand.

Already right

Builder: squarespace · Front: cloudflare

Fix kit

What to paste

Filled from the business's own record and this scan. Check every line before it goes live; where it goes on squarespace is in the guides.

Structured data (JSON-LD)

One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong. Guide.

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Alpana",
  "url": "https://www.alpanachicago.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-312-624-8055",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "North State Street 831",
    "postalCode": "60610",
    "addressLocality": "Chicago"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 41.8978761,
    "longitude": -87.6280668
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "italian"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.alpanachicago.com/reservations",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.alpanachicago.com/menus",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.alpanachicago.com/reservations",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://order.toasttab.com/online/alpana-831-n-state",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>

llms.txt

Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. Guide.

# Alpana

> restaurant (italian) in North State Street 831 60610 Chicago, Chicago. Phone +1-312-624-8055.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.alpanachicago.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/online/alpana-831-n-state (through toast acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.alpanachicago.com/menus

## About

- Website: https://www.alpanachicago.com/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
Where it stands

84 of 1,721 in Chicago

Top 5% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: The Press Room A, Wheat's End Cafe A. Just below: Bar Roma A, Benihana A.

What the top tenth of the index doesTop 10%This site
Take bookings or orders on their own domain100%yes
Publish the menu or price list as HTML97%yes
Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block)95%yes
Structured data with address, phone and hours51%no
Have an llms.txt18%no

The top tenth is the 173 best-scoring reachable sites of the index at the last refresh.

Against its peers

Average scoreA or BThis site
Sites built with Squarespace 6,916 sites64%46%92.3%
Sites using Toast 1,749 sites74%62%92.3%

Nearest places with a similar menu

PlaceDistanceGradeDirect booking or ordering
Mozzarella Store, Pizza & Caffè italian, pizza249 mByes
Osteria Via Stato italian531 mCyes
Francesca's on Chestnut italian538 mAyes
Eataly italian650 mDyes
RPM Italian italian, fine_dining776 mByes
Club Lago italian787 mAyes
Zarella Pizzeria & Taverna pizza, italian830 mAyes
Ummo italian855 mAyes
Il Porcellino pasta, italian913 mCyes
Siena Tavern pasta, italian, pizza989 mAyes
Agent readiness

Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence

The standards an agent looks for before it reads a page, on the same criteria as Cloudflare's Agent Readiness scan. Not part of the score; each missing item links to a how-to. Cloudflare's report.

Link headers on the homepageno how
sitemap.xmlyes
AI bot rules in robots.txtyes
Content Signals in robots.txtno how
Markdown on Accept: text/markdownno how
llms.txtno how
API catalog (RFC 9727)no how
MCP server cardno how
A2A agent cardno how
Agent Skills indexno how
OAuth or OIDC discoveryno how
OAuth protected resource metadatano how
auth.mdno how
Web Bot Auth key directoryno how
ARD capability manifestno how
DNS-AID recordsno how
WebMCP tools on the pageno how
JSON-LD for the businessyes
Assistants

What assistants answer

Each assistant is asked three questions about this business: the official website, where to book, where to order. The cell says where the answer sent people.

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Agent-Direct Score A

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