The Direct Index
Report · Baltimore · scanned 2026-11-13

Charleston

charlestonrestaurant.com is partly visible to agents.

Listed by OpenStreetMap.

MenuCallWebsite

Ways to reach Charleston directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-13. Report a mistake

Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon–Thu 17:30–21:00 · Fri–Sat 17:00–21:30 · Sun 17:00–20:30

1000 Lancaster Street, 21202 · +1-410-332-7373

Its menu mentions: a lunch or set menu

Nearby, also direct

Places near Charleston that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.

Owners

The website's grade

An AI assistant can open Charleston's website. It can read what Charleston offers. To book or order, it is sent to Resy, a marketplace.

55.4%

36 of 65 points available

1/5

agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence

3

things to fix

Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.

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Named by assistants

Named by ChatGPT and Gemini for 4 questions, including "I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic" in Baltimore, November 2026

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Baltimore and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in 4 answers, by 2 of the 2 assistants asked.

QuestionNamed byAsked
I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic.ChatGPT with a link to this site
Gemini with a link to this site
2026-11-13
Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online.Gemini with a link to this site2026-11-13
A special tasting menu for our anniversary next month. Book us in.ChatGPT with a link to this site
Gemini with a link to this site
2026-11-13
Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table.ChatGPT with a link to this site
Gemini with a link to this site
2026-11-13

Every place named in Baltimore, question by question.

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The badge shows how many of the assistants asked named this business, and the month. It updates after every round.

Named by 2 of 2 assistants, Direct Index

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Assistants

What assistants answer

Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.

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:
“I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic.” (ChatGPT, Gemini, with a link to this site)
“Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“A special tasting menu for our anniversary next month. Book us in.” (ChatGPT, Gemini, with a link to this site)
“Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table.” (ChatGPT, Gemini, with a link to this site)

Where it stands

How Charleston compares

Where it stands

481 of 873 in Baltimore

Top 55% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Tayab's Kabab & Grill C, Burger King C. Just below: Culinary Architecture C, Gil's Pizza C.

What the top 10% of the index doesTop 10%This site
Take bookings or orders on their own domain100%no
Publish the menu or price list as HTML90%yes
Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt)92%yes
Structured data with address, phone and hours65%no
Have an llms.txt34%no

Compared with its peers

Average scoreA or BThis site
Sites built with WordPress 259,325 sites55%24%55.4%
Sites using Resy 2,970 sites67%45%55.4%

Nearest places in the index

PlaceDistanceGradeDirect booking or ordering
Ouzo Bay mediterranean48 mCno
Cinghiale italian53 mByes
Taco Fiesta mexican102 mAyes
Bambao chinese105 mCyes
Atlas Restaurant Group Llc108 mByes
Tagliata196 mCno
The Italian Disco pizza198 mCno
The Bygone american202 mFno
The Ruxton205 mDyes
Loch Bar seafood206 mCno
Businesses like yours

Businesses like Charleston in Baltimore

GroupSitesAvg scoreA or BThis site
Businesses of the same kind in Baltimore87355%38%55.4%
Sites built with WordPress in Baltimore17563%36%55.4%
Sites using Resy in Baltimore3065%43%55.4%
Sites built with WordPress and using Resy in Baltimore960%22%55.4%

After the top fixes

With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking only through resy), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 29th of 873 in Baltimore, up from 481st.

Findings

What to fix first

  1. 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. How to fix it

  2. Booking only through resy +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. How to fix it About this vendor

  3. 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. How to fix it

Send the fixes to your web person

One email with the fixes and the link. Nothing is stored.

No one is listed yet to fix this in Baltimore. List your agency or yourself. It's free, and every listing is reviewed by hand.

Already right

  • robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
  • AI crawlers get the page GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
  • Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.
  • Resy works with agents through its partners Resy's terms (9 June 2025) bar automated software that crawls, harvests or scrapes the service and require written consent for other automated use; Resy opened bookings inside ChatGPT on 10 August 2026. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://resy.com/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.

Builder: wordpress · contact page /about-us/: nothing new; menu page /menu/: nothing new · What to paste

Owners

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Claiming is free and takes one email to confirm. Then you can correct what assistants are told, and you get a message only when the score changes.

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For developers and agents

What agents get, and what the site publishes

The direct record agents get for this business, the rails an agent could transact through, and the agent standards the site publishes. Show the details