# Simon's BBQ: Agent-Direct Score C (65.1%)

Site: https://www.xorbia.com/events/sweetwater/que--brew-for-a-cause
Report: https://directindex.org/r/bigtickets.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Simon's BBQ is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Simon's BBQ's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.bigtickets.com/home/ (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +1-718-431-0788
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Sun 16:00–03:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Simon's BBQ that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Tasty Dumpling (20 m): https://directindex.org/r/tastebudskitchen.com
- Xun Yu Si Kao (340 m): https://directindex.org/r/xunyusikaonyc.com
- Fat Chen (510 m): https://directindex.org/r/fatchentogo.com
- iRestaurant (550 m): https://directindex.org/r/irestaurantny.com

## What to fix first
- **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
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as ClaudeBot (http_403), PerplexityBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business
- **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows +18883182752, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists +1-718-431-0788. An assistant that sees two numbers can't tell which one to trust. Fix whichever is wrong, on the site or in the map data at openstreetmap.org.

## 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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Simon's BBQ",
  "url": "https://www.xorbia.com/events/sweetwater/que--brew-for-a-cause",
  "telephone": "+1-718-431-0788",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 40.639656,
    "longitude": -74.0056317
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Su 16:00-03:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "03:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "barbecue",
    "chinese",
    "kebab"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.bigtickets.com/home/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.bigtickets.com/home/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Simon's BBQ

> restaurant (barbecue, chinese, kebab) in New York. Phone +1-718-431-0788.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.bigtickets.com/home/ (on the business's own site)

## Opening hours

Mo-Su 16:00-03:00

## About

- Website: https://www.xorbia.com/events/sweetwater/que--brew-for-a-cause
- 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 main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
4414 of 11000 in New York. Top 40% of the sites scanned in this index.

| 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 | 95% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Tasty Dumpling (B, 23 m, https://directindex.org/r/tastebudskitchen.com); Hot Space Brooklyn (F, 142 m, https://directindex.org/r/hotspaceusa.com); Lucky Vegetarian (D, 144 m, https://directindex.org/r/luckyvege.com); City Cafe (F, 273 m, https://directindex.org/r/citycafeny.com); Xun Yu Si Kao (F, 341 m, https://directindex.org/r/xunyusikaonyc.com); Golden Chop Sticks Inc (F, 343 m, https://directindex.org/r/goldenchopsticks.biz); Jian Bao (D, 451 m, https://directindex.org/r/zhoujianlun.com); Mr. Q's (F, 471 m, https://directindex.org/r/mrqs.com); Fat Chen (A, 510 m, https://directindex.org/r/fatchentogo.com); iRestaurant (D, 547 m, https://directindex.org/r/irestaurantny.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.

The assistants were asked 13 everyday questions about New York and named 69 places. Simon's BBQ wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/new-york/recommended


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

## Businesses like Simon's BBQ in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in New York | 11000 | 52% | 34% | 65.1% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in New York: 3 Guys Sushi (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/3guyssushi.com); 3rd Ave Deli Gourmet and Juice Bar (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/3rdavegourmet.com); 57s All American Grill (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/57sburger.com); A1 Asian Fusion (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/a1asianfusion.com); Abey African and Mediterranean Restaurant (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/abeyrestaurant.com).

With the three fixes above (No menu or price list found; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 336th of 11,000 in New York, up from 4414th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Simon's BBQ, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/bigtickets.com
- Book: https://www.bigtickets.com/home/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-Su 16:00-03:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-718-431-0788
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/bigtickets.com/book

## 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

Found one hop past the home page: contact page /event-ticketing-platform/contact-sales/: phone.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 9 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/bigtickets.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- 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: yes
- WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md)
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/bigtickets.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/bigtickets.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=bigtickets.com&force=1