# Emporium Arcade Bar: Agent-Direct Score C (63.5%)

Site: https://www.emporiumarcadebar.com/locations/chicago/wicker-park/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/emporiumarcadebar.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Emporium Arcade Bar is partly visible to agents.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.emporiumarcadebar.com/group-bookings/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.emporiumarcadebar.com/services/non-alcoholic-menu/
- Phone: +1 773 697 7922

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). 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
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Live fetches as GPTBot (http_429), ClaudeBot (http_429) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing

## 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": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "Emporium Arcade Bar",
  "url": "https://www.emporiumarcadebar.com/locations/chicago/wicker-park/",
  "telephone": "+1 773 697 7922",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "North Milwaukee Avenue 1366",
    "postalCode": "60622",
    "addressLocality": "Chicago"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 41.9064541,
    "longitude": -87.6718482
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th 17:00-02:00; Fr 15:00-02:00; Sa 12:00-03:00; Su 12:00-02:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "17:00",
      "closes": "02:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "15:00",
      "closes": "02:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "03:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "02:00"
    }
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.emporiumarcadebar.com/group-bookings/",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.emporiumarcadebar.com/services/non-alcoholic-menu/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.emporiumarcadebar.com/group-bookings/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
304 of 915 in Chicago cafes and bars. Top 33% 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 | 97% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 29% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 18% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: The Den Bar & Lounge (B, 115 m, https://directindex.org/r/thedentheatre.com); The Standard (F, 126 m, https://directindex.org/r/standardbarandgrill.com); Uni Uni Bubble Tea (B, 163 m, https://directindex.org/r/uniuni.us); Swig (D, 330 m, https://directindex.org/r/swigchicago.com); Zakopane (F, 335 m, https://directindex.org/r/polkaholics.com); Bangers & Lace (C, 355 m, https://directindex.org/r/bangersandlace.com); Mac's Wood Grilled (B, 375 m, https://directindex.org/r/macswoodgrilled.com); Wake-N-Bakery (A, 379 m, https://directindex.org/r/wakenbakery.net); Bordel (A, 380 m, https://directindex.org/r/bordelchicago.com); Candor (D, 384 m, https://directindex.org/r/candorchicago.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 57% (26% A or B, 35830 sites); This site 63.5%.

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

Read by AI agents 2 times this month.

## Businesses like Emporium Arcade Bar in Chicago cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Chicago cafes and bars | 915 | 42% | 25% | 63.5% |
| Built with WordPress in Chicago cafes and bars | 189 | 62% | 33% | 63.5% |

The best of Built with WordPress in Chicago cafes and bars: Old Irving Brewing (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/oldirvingbrewing.com); Valedor (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/valedorchi.com); Hearth and Crust (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/buona-terra.com); Bar Pendry (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/pendry.com); Cruz Blanca Brewery & Taquería (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/cruzblancachi.com).

With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door) the score would be about 95.4%: 5th of 915 in Chicago cafes and bars, up from 304th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Emporium Arcade Bar, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/emporiumarcadebar.com
- Book: https://www.emporiumarcadebar.com/group-bookings/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.emporiumarcadebar.com/services/non-alcoholic-menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Th 17:00-02:00; Fr 15:00-02:00; Sa 12:00-03:00; Su 12:00-02:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 773 697 7922
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/emporiumarcadebar.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/emporiumarcadebar.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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/emporiumarcadebar.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: 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: 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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/emporiumarcadebar.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=emporiumarcadebar.com&force=1