# Bar a Vin: Agent-Direct Score F (16.9%)

Site: https://baravinslc.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/baravinslc.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Bar a Vin is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Bar a Vin's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Address: 917 South State Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Tue closed; Wed–Thu 17:00–22:00; Fri–Sat 17:00–23:00; Sun 17:00–22:00
- Prices: 4 prices on the site, the middle one $13.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Bar a Vin that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Tinker's Cat Cafe (470 m): https://directindex.org/r/tinkerscatcafe.com
- Loki Coffee (540 m): https://directindex.org/r/lokicoffeeco.com
- The Bayou (660 m): https://directindex.org/r/utahbayou.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (challenge:checking your browser). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Booking only through opentable.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **4 prices on the landing page, the middle one $13.00.** 

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "Bar a Vin",
  "url": "https://baravinslc.com/",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "917 South State Street",
    "postalCode": "84111",
    "addressLocality": "Salt Lake City",
    "addressRegion": "UT"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.74921,
    "longitude": -111.8878625
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Tu off; We-Th,Su 17:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 17:00-23:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **OpenTable works with agents through its partners.** OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Salt Lake City cafes and bars.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 83% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 92% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 58% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 17% | no |

Nearest places in the index: MILK+ (B, 162 m, https://directindex.org/r/milkslc.com); Epic Brewing (C, 218 m, https://directindex.org/r/epicbrewing.com); All Purpose Bakehouse (C, 405 m, https://directindex.org/r/apbakehouse.com); Space Tea (F, 434 m, https://directindex.org/r/spaceteaslc.com); Tinker's Cat Cafe (B, 471 m, https://directindex.org/r/tinkerscatcafe.com); Loki Coffee (A, 540 m, https://directindex.org/r/lokicoffeeco.com); Thieves Guild Cidery (C, 563 m, https://directindex.org/r/thievesguildcidery.com); Scion Cider (D, 656 m, https://directindex.org/r/scionciderbar.com); The Bayou (B, 660 m, https://directindex.org/r/utahbayou.com); Water Witch (D, 671 m, https://directindex.org/r/waterwitchbar.com).

## What assistants answer
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 bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?" (ChatGPT)


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236086 sites); Sites using OpenTable 69% (51% A or B, 6523 sites); This site 16.9%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/baravinslc.com/agent-view

## Named by ChatGPT for "A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?" in Salt Lake City cafes and bars, October 2026
- "A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?" (2026-10-25): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/salt-lake-city-cafes-bars/recommended/quiet-date
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/baravinslc.com.svg

## Businesses like Bar a Vin in Salt Lake City cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress in Salt Lake City cafes and bars | 27 | 63% | 48% | 16.9% |
| Sites using OpenTable in Salt Lake City cafes and bars | 3 | 57% | 67% | 16.9% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in Salt Lake City cafes and bars | 2 | 49% | 50% | 16.9% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Salt Lake City cafes and bars: Flanker (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/flankerslc.com); Salt Lake Roasting Company (A 94.9%, https://directindex.org/r/roasting.com); Beans & Brews Coffee House (A 92.5%, https://directindex.org/r/beansandbrews.com); Roots Coffee & Co. (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/rootscoffeeutah.com); Kung Fu Tea (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/kungfutea.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Bar a Vin, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/baravinslc.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-Tu off; We-Th,Su 17:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 17:00-23:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: none on record

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no
- Vendor terms for agents, OpenTable: Through partners. OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got challenge:checking your browser); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/baravinslc.com/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/baravinslc.com/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=baravinslc.com&force=1