Ampersea
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Listed by OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps.
Ways to reach Ampersea directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-13. On the business's own site. Report a mistake
1417 Thames Street, Baltimore, MD 21231 · +1-443-681-5310
Its menu mentions: vegan options, vegetarian dishes
Places near Ampersea that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Sal and Sons570 m · seafood
- Hull Street Blues Cafe860 m · seafood
- Captain James Landing Crab House940 m · seafood
- Mo's1 km · seafood
- Rusty Scupper1 km · seafood
The website's grade
An AI assistant can open Ampersea's website. It can read what Ampersea offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.
47 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.
Named by Gemini for "Lunch on a terrace in the sun tomorrow. Where can I reserve?" in Baltimore, November 2026
Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Baltimore and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in one answer, by 1 of the 2 assistants asked.
| Question | Named by | Asked |
|---|---|---|
| Lunch on a terrace in the sun tomorrow. Where can I reserve? | Gemini with a link to this site | 2026-11-13 |
Every place named in Baltimore, 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.
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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:
“Lunch on a terrace in the sun tomorrow. Where can I reserve?” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
How Ampersea compares
281 of 873 in Baltimore
Top 32% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Abbey Burger B, Amici B. Just below: Blacksauce Kitchen B, Chicken Rico B.
| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 90% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 92% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 65% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 34% | no |
Compared with its peers
| Average score | A or B | This site | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress 259,325 sites | 55% | 24% | 72.3% |
Nearest places with a similar menu
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Street Oyster House seafood | 475 m | C | no |
| The Choptank seafood | 490 m | F | no |
| Sal and Sons seafood | 565 m | B | yes |
| Loch Bar seafood | 644 m | C | no |
| Hull Street Blues Cafe seafood | 859 m | A | yes |
| Captain James Landing Crab House seafood | 944 m | A | yes |
| L.p. Steamers seafood | 960 m | D | no |
| McCormick & Schmick's seafood, steak | 992 m | B | no |
| Mo's seafood | 1.0 km | B | yes |
| Rusty Scupper seafood | 1.0 km | A | yes |
Businesses like Ampersea in Baltimore
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Baltimore | 873 | 55% | 38% | 72.3% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Baltimore | 175 | 63% | 36% | 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 29th of 873 in Baltimore, up from 281st.
What to fix first
- No structured data for the business +15 points
Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. How to fix it
- 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
No one is listed yet to fix this in Baltimore. 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.
Builder: wordpress · contact page /about/: nothing new; menu page /menu/: 135 prices; booking page /reservations/: nothing new · What to paste
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