# Cassava: Agent-Direct Score F (16.9%)

Site: https://www.cassavachicago.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/cassavachicago.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.)
Cassava is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Cassava's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://cassavachicago.com/collections
- Phone: +18722427088
- Address: 3929 N Central Park Ave, 60618-4104, Chicago

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Cassava that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Easy Street Pizza & Patio (1.3 km): https://directindex.org/r/easystreetpizzachicago.com
- Papa Ray's Pizza and Wings (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/paparayspizza.com
- Ciao Bella Pizza (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/ciaobellapizzapasta.com
- Jimmy's  Pizza Cafe (2.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/weborder.net
- Nick's Pizza & Pub (2.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/nickspizzapub.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 (cloudflare_challenge). 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
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Ordering only through ezcater.** (+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/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows +Questions?(773)4416693oremailchicagocassava@gmail.com, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists +18722427088. 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": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "Cassava",
  "url": "https://www.cassavachicago.com/",
  "telephone": "+18722427088",
  "address": "3929 N Central Park Ave, 60618-4104, Chicago",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 41.95288,
    "longitude": -87.71752
  }
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.

## Where it stands
3080 of 3754 in Chicago. Top 82% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 94% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 57% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 30% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Easy Street Pizza & Patio (B, 1315 m, https://directindex.org/r/easystreetpizzachicago.com); Mi Rancho (F, 1443 m, https://directindex.org/r/angelopizza.com); Golden Crust Pizzeria (C, 1572 m, https://directindex.org/r/gctap.com); Deleite’s Pizza & Mexican Food (B, 1663 m, https://directindex.org/r/deleitespizzamexicanfood.com); Papa Ray's Pizza and Wings (A, 1699 m, https://directindex.org/r/paparayspizza.com); Ciao Bella Pizza (A, 1723 m, https://directindex.org/r/ciaobellapizzapasta.com); La Mama's Pizza (F, 2026 m, https://directindex.org/r/nolispizza.com); Little Clown Pizza (B, 2319 m, https://directindex.org/r/littleclownpizzapasta.com); Jimmy's  Pizza Cafe (C, 2459 m, https://directindex.org/r/weborder.net); Nick's Pizza & Pub (B, 2460 m, https://directindex.org/r/nickspizzapub.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 12 everyday questions about Chicago and named 55 places. Cassava wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/chicago/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Shopify 47% (23% A or B, 13001 sites); Sites using ezCater 58% (26% A or B, 132 sites); This site 16.9%.

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

## Businesses like Cassava in Chicago

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Chicago | 3754 | 52% | 35% | 16.9% |
| Sites built with Shopify in Chicago | 28 | 56% | 43% | 16.9% |
| Sites using ezCater in Chicago | 8 | 49% | 13% | 16.9% |
| Sites built with Shopify and using ezCater in Chicago | 1 | 17% | 0% | 16.9% |

The best of the sites using ezCater in Chicago: Honeydoe Catering (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/honeydoe.com); El México de Chicago (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/elmexicodechicago.com); Yum Dum Truck (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/yumdumtruck.com); Dick's Last Resort (D 53.8%, https://directindex.org/r/dickslastresort.com); Marmalade (D 44.2%, https://directindex.org/r/marmaladechicago.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No structured data for the business; Ordering only through ezcater), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 108th of 3,754 in Chicago, up from 3080th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Cassava, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/cassavachicago.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://cassavachicago.com/collections (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +18722427088
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/cassavachicago.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): 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, ezCater: Not stated. The terms do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got cloudflare_challenge); 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: no

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