# El Arco Lincoln Heights: Agent-Direct Score C (64.6%)

Site: https://www.elarcolincolnheights.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/elarcolincolnheights.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.)
El Arco Lincoln Heights is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open El Arco Lincoln Heights's website. It can read what El Arco Lincoln Heights offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through BentoBox.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://el-arco-lincoln-heights.getbento.com/online-ordering/el-arco-lincoln-heights/menu (through bentobox acting for the business)
- Menu: https://elarcolincolnheights.com/pages/el-arco-mexican-restaurant-menu
- Phone: +13232212259
- Address: 2622 Pasadena Ave, 90031, Los Angeles
- Its menu mentions: vegetarian dishes
- Prices: 18 prices on the site, the middle one $25.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near El Arco Lincoln Heights that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- La Michoacana on Broadway (670 m): https://directindex.org/r/lamichoacanaonbroadway.com
- Carnitas Michoacan (760 m): https://directindex.org/r/ogcarnitasmichoacan.com
- Cena Vegan - Mission (1.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/cenavegan.com

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **18 prices on the landing page, the middle one $25.00.** In Los Angeles, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $14.50.

## 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": "El Arco Lincoln Heights",
  "url": "https://www.elarcolincolnheights.com/",
  "telephone": "+13232212259",
  "address": "2622 Pasadena Ave, 90031, Los Angeles",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 34.07713394,
    "longitude": -118.21535309
  },
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://el-arco-lincoln-heights.getbento.com/online-ordering/el-arco-lincoln-heights/menu",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## 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.
- **Ordering through bentobox on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
1695 of 4566 in Los Angeles. Top 37% 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% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 38% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Taqueria La Naranja (C, 481 m, https://directindex.org/r/blogspot.com); King Taco (C, 547 m, https://directindex.org/r/kingtaco.com); El Huarachito (D, 641 m, https://directindex.org/r/elhuarachito.com); La Michoacana on Broadway (C, 669 m, https://directindex.org/r/lamichoacanaonbroadway.com); Carnitas Michoacan (A, 758 m, https://directindex.org/r/ogcarnitasmichoacan.com); Maya's Restaurant (D, 774 m, https://directindex.org/r/mayasfiestacatering.com); Happy Rodeo Inc (F, 1142 m, https://directindex.org/r/2000auto.net); Wendy's Tortas (C, 1218 m, https://directindex.org/r/wendystortas.com); Kailey's Restaurant Salvadorean & Mexican Food (F, 1252 m, https://directindex.org/r/kaileysrestaurant.com); Cena Vegan - Mission (B, 1468 m, https://directindex.org/r/cenavegan.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 Los Angeles and named 95 places. El Arco Lincoln Heights wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/los-angeles/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Shopify 48% (24% A or B, 13925 sites); Sites using BentoBox 86% (92% A or B, 507 sites); This site 64.6%.

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

## Businesses like El Arco Lincoln Heights in Los Angeles

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Los Angeles | 4566 | 50% | 32% | 64.6% |
| Sites built with Shopify in Los Angeles | 82 | 60% | 44% | 64.6% |
| Sites using BentoBox in Los Angeles | 27 | 85% | 78% | 64.6% |
| Sites built with Shopify and using BentoBox in Los Angeles | 1 | 65% | 0% | 64.6% |

The best of the sites using BentoBox in Los Angeles: Gott’s Roadside (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/gotts.com); Islands (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/islandsrestaurants.com); Berlin's (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/eatberlins.com); Café Bizou (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/cafebizou.com); Coral Tree Cafe (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/coraltreecafe.com).

With the fix above (No structured data for the business), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 483rd of 4,566 in Los Angeles, up from 1695th.

## The direct record
What agents get for El Arco Lincoln Heights, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/elarcolincolnheights.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://el-arco-lincoln-heights.getbento.com/online-ordering/el-arco-lincoln-heights/menu (vendor on own site: BentoBox; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://elarcolincolnheights.com/pages/el-arco-mexican-restaurant-menu (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +13232212259
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/elarcolincolnheights.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/elarcolincolnheights.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): yes
- 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, BentoBox: Not stated. BentoBox's terms (last updated 5 January 2023) bar automated means such as spiders, robots and crawlers to download or scrape data, except search engines and public archives; they do not address an agent making a reservation for a person, and no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://getbento.com/terms

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 7 | 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/elarcolincolnheights.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: no

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