# Big Shoulders Coffee: Agent-Direct Score B (78.5%)

Site: https://bigshoulderscoffee.com/pages/locations
Report: https://directindex.org/r/bigshoulderscoffee.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.)
Big Shoulders Coffee is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://bigshoulderscoffee.com/products/colombia-popayan-reserve (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +13128461439

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Menu or price list lives on another site.** (+5 points) The link points to hazlnut.com, so the credit and the traffic go there. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (no points, still worth doing) Check that the provider keeps you as the merchant of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps

## 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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "CafeOrCoffeeShop",
  "name": "Big Shoulders Coffee",
  "url": "https://bigshoulderscoffee.com/pages/locations",
  "telephone": "+13128461439",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "West Chicago Avenue 1105",
    "postalCode": "60642",
    "addressLocality": "Chicago"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 41.8961397,
    "longitude": -87.6554969
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Fr 06:00-19:00; Sa-Su 07:30-17:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "06:00",
      "closes": "19:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:30",
      "closes": "17:00"
    }
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://bigshoulderscoffee.com/products/colombia-popayan-reserve",
  "hasMenu": "https://orders.hazlnut.com/menu/b/Big%20Shoulders%20Coffee/n/2215/p/16/g/1197",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://bigshoulderscoffee.com/products/colombia-popayan-reserve",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## 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 (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
138 of 806 in Chicago cafes and bars. Top 17% 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% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 34% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 21% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: The Matchbox (D, 72 m, https://directindex.org/r/matchboxbar.com); The Dandy Crown (A, 325 m, https://directindex.org/r/thedandycrown.com); The Irish Nobleman (D, 629 m, https://directindex.org/r/irishnobleman.com); Move Along Coffee (B, 631 m, https://directindex.org/r/movealongcoffee.com); The Aberdeen Tap (B, 667 m, https://directindex.org/r/aberdeentap.com); Diego (A, 696 m, https://directindex.org/r/diegochicago.com); Beauty Bar (C, 716 m, https://directindex.org/r/beautybarchicago.com); Standing Passengers (F, 763 m, https://directindex.org/r/agentjudibola-online.com); Iguana Café (D, 823 m, https://directindex.org/r/iguanacafe.com); Rebel & Rye (C, 878 m, https://directindex.org/r/rebelandrye.com).

## 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 Shopify 58% (37% A or B, 1345 sites); This site 78.5%.

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

## Businesses like Big Shoulders Coffee in Chicago cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Chicago cafes and bars | 806 | 47% | 28% | 78.5% |
| Built with Shopify in Chicago cafes and bars | 23 | 61% | 52% | 78.5% |

The best of Built with Shopify in Chicago cafes and bars: City Winery at the Chicago Riverwalk (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/citywinery.com); Rivers & Roads (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/myshopify.com); Red Ribbon (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/redribbonbakeshop.com); Magnifico Coffee (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/magnificocoffee.com); Backlot Coffee (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/backlotcoffee.com).

With the two fixes above (Structured data is incomplete; Menu or price list lives on another site) the score would be about 95.4%: 5th of 806 in Chicago cafes and bars, up from 138th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Big Shoulders Coffee, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/bigshoulderscoffee.com
- Book: https://bigshoulderscoffee.com/products/colombia-popayan-reserve (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://orders.hazlnut.com/menu/b/Big%20Shoulders%20Coffee/n/2215/p/16/g/1197 (external; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Fr 06:00-19:00; Sa-Su 07:30-17:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +13128461439
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/bigshoulderscoffee.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/bigshoulderscoffee.com/menu

## 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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 11 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/bigshoulderscoffee.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: yes
- llms.txt: yes
- 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: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- 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: yes
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/bigshoulderscoffee.com/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/bigshoulderscoffee.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=bigshoulderscoffee.com&force=1