--- title: What an AI agent reads on Erie Cafe · The Direct Index url: https://directindex.org/r/eriecafe.com/agent-view?format=md --- [The Direct Index](https://directindex.org/) [Scanner](https://directindex.org/scan)[Cities](https://directindex.org/cities)[Numbers](https://directindex.org/stats)[Rankings](https://directindex.org/rankings)[Search](https://directindex.org/search)[Guides](https://directindex.org/guides)[About](https://directindex.org/about) [Report](https://directindex.org/r/eriecafe.com) · scanned 2026-10-23 # What an AI agent reads on Erie Cafe An assistant's crawler fetches the page once, without running JavaScript, and reads the text, the structured data and the links. Below is what it gets from [eriecafe.com](http://www.eriecafe.com/), taken from the copy the scanner kept. 1,403 characters of text without JavaScript FoodEstablishment structured data for the business 0 of 3 AI crawlers turned away at the edge Text ## The words an agent gets Title: Erie Cafe | A Classic Chicago Steakhouse in the River North Neighborhood · language en-US. First 1,403 of 1,403 characters: ``` Erie Cafe | A Classic Chicago Steakhouse in the River North Neighborhood Skip to main content Hours & Location Menus sub-menu Menus Overview Private Events About Toggle Navigation Hours & Location Menus sub-menu Menus Overview Private Events About Accessibility Contact Email Signup Facebook Instagram Yelp powered by BentoBox Home Main content starts here, tab to start navigating Slide 1 of 7 Slide 2 of 7 Slide 3 of 7 Slide 4 of 7 Slide 5 of 7 Slide 6 of 7 Slide 7 of 7 hero gallery paused, press to play images slides Playing hero gallery, press to pause images slides Classic Chicago Steak House Erie Cafe has served the finest prime steaks, chops, and seafood to the River North neighborhood since 1994. We look forward to hosting you!Our Story Our Menus Discover the classic Chicago steakhouse menu. View Menus Private Events With intimate private dining spaces and full buy-out capability for weddings, Erie Cafe can host any event in classic Chicago style! Inquire Now Reserve Here Email Signup Facebook Instagram Yelp Accessibility Contact Email Signup powered by BentoBox leave this field blank Email Signup Please, enter a valid first name First Name - Required Please, enter a valid last name Last Name - Required Please, enter a valid email Email - Required Submit Please check errors in the form above Thank you for signing up for email updates! Close This site is protected by reCAPTCHA. ``` Facts ## What it can say about the business | A business type in JSON-LD | FoodEstablishment | | Name | Erie Cafe | | Telephone | 312-266-2300 | | Address | yes | | Opening hours | no | | Menu or price list | a menu or price-list page in HTML www.eriecafe.com/menus/ | | Cuisine in structured data | Steakhouse | | JSON-LD blocks | 3 (FoodEstablishment, Organization, PostalAddress, Reservation, ReserveAction, WebPage) | Actions ## The links it would act on | Link | Role | Where it goes | | --- | --- | --- | | [www.opentable.com/r/erie-cafe-reservations-chicago?restref=1276132&](https://www.opentable.com/r/erie-cafe-reservations-chicago?restref=1276132&lang=en-US&ot_source=Restaurant%20website) | booking | opentable, a marketplace | | [media-cdn.getbento.com/accounts/b12ee8a91b7704bbc743225f71893509/media](https://media-cdn.getbento.com/accounts/b12ee8a91b7704bbc743225f71893509/media/lREMKnEpS3CFvXx4fISK_926ErieMenuDinner.pdf) | ordering | bentobox, acting for the business | Everything here comes from fetching the homepage once as a crawler. 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