# Chicago Hamburger Co.: Agent-Direct Score C (66.2%)

Site: https://chicagohamburger.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/chicagohamburger.com
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Chicago Hamburger Co. is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open the website of Chicago Hamburger Co.. It can read what Chicago Hamburger Co. offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through ChowNow.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://ordering.chownow.com/order/25422/locations?add_cn_ordering_class=true (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://chicagohamburger.com/menu/
- Phone: +1-602-955-4137

## What to fix first
- **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). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. 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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Chicago Hamburger Co.",
  "url": "https://chicagohamburger.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-602-955-4137",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "East Indian School Road 3749",
    "postalCode": "85018",
    "addressLocality": "Phoenix",
    "addressCountry": "US"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 33.4947839,
    "longitude": -112.0000898
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo 10:30-15:30; Tu-Sa 10:30-20:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:30",
      "closes": "15:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:30",
      "closes": "20:00"
    }
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://chicagohamburger.com/menu/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://ordering.chownow.com/order/25422/locations?add_cn_ordering_class=true",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Chicago Hamburger Co.

> restaurant in East Indian School Road 3749 85018 Phoenix, Phoenix. Phone +1-602-955-4137.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://ordering.chownow.com/order/25422/locations?add_cn_ordering_class=true (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://chicagohamburger.com/menu/

## Opening hours

Mo 10:30-15:30; Tu-Sa 10:30-20:00

## About

- Website: https://chicagohamburger.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.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering through chownow on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
232 of 487 in Phoenix. Top 48% 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 | 100% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 52% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 36% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Autumn Court Chinese Restaraunt (A, 69 m, https://directindex.org/r/autumncourt.com); Beckett's Table (A, 139 m, https://directindex.org/r/beckettstable.com); Zipp's Sports Grill (F, 223 m, https://directindex.org/r/zipps-sportscafe.com); Brunch & Sip (C, 407 m, https://directindex.org/r/brunchnsip.com); Postino Arcadia Winecafe (B, 895 m, https://directindex.org/r/postino.com); La Grande Orange Grocery (C, 915 m, https://directindex.org/r/lagrandeorangegrocery.com); Tacos Veganos (F, 932 m, https://directindex.org/r/aztacosveganos.com); Ingo's Tasty Food (B, 976 m, https://directindex.org/r/ingostastyfood.com); Sushi Brokers (A, 1323 m, https://directindex.org/r/sushibrokers.com); Don Jose Mexican Food (A, 1563 m, https://directindex.org/r/donjosemexicanfood.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 WordPress 59% (31% A or B, 38935 sites); Sites using ChowNow 71% (51% A or B, 313 sites); This site 66.2%.

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

## Businesses like Chicago Hamburger Co. in Phoenix

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Phoenix | 487 | 57% | 42% | 66.2% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Phoenix | 136 | 72% | 63% | 66.2% |
| Sites using ChowNow in Phoenix | 5 | 67% | 20% | 66.2% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using ChowNow in Phoenix | 2 | 66% | 0% | 66.2% |

The best of the sites using ChowNow in Phoenix: Tea Light Cafe (B 76.9%, https://directindex.org/r/tealightcafe.co); Akaihana (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/sushiakaihana.com); King & Cardinal (C 64.6%, https://directindex.org/r/kingandcardinaltempe.com); Carolina's Mexican Food (C 61.5%, https://directindex.org/r/carolinasmex.com).

With the fix above (No structured data for the business) the score would be about 87.7%: 70th of 487 in Phoenix, up from 232nd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Chicago Hamburger Co., as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/chicagohamburger.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://ordering.chownow.com/order/25422/locations?add_cn_ordering_class=true (vendor on own site: ChowNow; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://chicagohamburger.com/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo 10:30-15:30; Tu-Sa 10:30-20:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-602-955-4137
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/chicagohamburger.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/chicagohamburger.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, ChowNow: Not stated. ChowNow's customer terms (8 September 2025) bar automated means such as spiders, robots and crawlers to download or scrape data, except search engines; they do not address an agent placing an order for a person, and no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://get.chownow.com/terms-of-service

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/chicagohamburger.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: no

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