# Bar Sotto: Agent-Direct Score C (69.2%) Site: https://www.barsotto-chicago.com Report: https://directindex.org/r/barsotto-chicago.com Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.) Bar Sotto is partly visible to agents. ## Direct links - Menu: https://www.barsotto-chicago.com/menu ## What to fix first - **Booking only through resy.** (+12 points) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website - **Structured data is incomplete.** (+5 points) Missing: telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business ## Fix kit: What to paste Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong. ```html ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Bar Sotto > bar or pub in West Monroe Street 71 60603 Chicago, Chicago cafes and bars. ## Book or order directly - Menu: https://www.barsotto-chicago.com/menu ## About - Website: https://www.barsotto-chicago.com - This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models. ``` ## Already right - **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents. - **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response. - **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** address - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly. ## Where it stands 229 of 915 in Chicago cafes and bars. Top 25% of the sites scanned in this index. | What the top tenth 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 | 97% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 98% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 29% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 18% | no | Nearest places in the index: Corner Bakery (B, 68 m, https://directindex.org/r/cornerbakerycafe.com); Capital One Café at State Street (F, 179 m, https://directindex.org/r/capitalone.com); Mojo Coffee (F, 231 m, https://directindex.org/r/mojo.coffee); Lobby Bar at Palmer House (C, 281 m, https://directindex.org/r/palmerhousehiltonhotel.com); Broadway Café (C, 297 m, https://directindex.org/r/broadwaycafechicago.com); Goddess and the Baker (A, 365 m, https://directindex.org/r/goddessandthebaker.com); Brando’s Speakeasy (D, 365 m, https://directindex.org/r/brandoschicago.com); The Row Tavern (F, 422 m, https://directindex.org/r/therowtavern.com); Sugary Chicago (C, 455 m, https://directindex.org/r/sugarychicago.com); Game Room (F, 459 m, https://directindex.org/r/acentrum.eu). ## What assistants answer Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included. Against its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 64% (46% A or B, 6916 sites); Sites using Resy 69% (48% A or B, 548 sites); This site 69.2%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/barsotto-chicago.com/agent-view Read by AI agents 2 times this month. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 17 | 25 | | Actionable | 3 | 15 (the action test: pending) | | Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) | ## Agent readiness (Cloudflare) Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/barsotto-chicago.com - Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md) - sitemap.xml: yes - AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes - Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md) - Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md) - llms.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md) - API catalog (RFC 9727): no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/api-catalog/SKILL.md) - MCP server card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/mcp-server-card/SKILL.md) - A2A agent card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/a2a-agent-card/SKILL.md) - Agent Skills index: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md) - OAuth or OIDC discovery: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-discovery/SKILL.md) - OAuth protected resource metadata: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-protected-resource/SKILL.md) - auth.md: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/auth-md/SKILL.md) - Web Bot Auth key directory: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/web-bot-auth/SKILL.md) - ARD capability manifest: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ard/SKILL.md) - DNS-AID records: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/dns-aid/SKILL.md) - WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md) - JSON-LD for the business: yes Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/barsotto-chicago.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off. Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=barsotto-chicago.com&force=1