# Five Horses Tavern - South End: Agent-Direct Score B (82.5%)

Site: https://www.fivehorsestavern.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/fivehorsestavern.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Five Horses Tavern - South End is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.fivehorsestavern.com/davis-square-order-online/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.fivehorsestavern.com/davis-square-menu/
- Phone: +1 617-936-3930

## What to fix first
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. 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": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "Five Horses Tavern - South End",
  "url": "https://www.fivehorsestavern.com/",
  "telephone": "+1 617-936-3930",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Columbus Avenue 535",
    "postalCode": "02118",
    "addressLocality": "Boston"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 42.3418295,
    "longitude": -71.0805559
  },
  "hasMenu": "https://www.fivehorsestavern.com/davis-square-menu/",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.fivehorsestavern.com/davis-square-order-online/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Five Horses Tavern - South End

> bar or pub in Columbus Avenue 535 02118 Boston, Boston cafes and bars. Phone +1 617-936-3930.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://www.fivehorsestavern.com/davis-square-order-online/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.fivehorsestavern.com/davis-square-menu/

## About

- Website: https://www.fivehorsestavern.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.
- **Structured data present (FoodEstablishment).** address, phone
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
41 of 249 in Boston cafes and bars. Top 16% 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 | 92% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 28% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 8% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Colette Bakery (F, 58 m, https://directindex.org/r/colettebakery.com); Caffé Bene (B, 354 m, https://directindex.org/r/caffebenema.com); Gong Cha (D, 482 m, https://directindex.org/r/gong-cha.com); Greystone Cafe (B, 612 m, https://directindex.org/r/greystonecafe.com); Bukowski Tavern (C, 719 m, https://directindex.org/r/bukowski-tavern.com); Dani's Queer Bar (C, 791 m, https://directindex.org/r/danisqueerbar.com); Lir (D, 792 m, https://directindex.org/r/lironboylston.com); McGreevy's (F, 792 m, https://directindex.org/r/mcgreevysboston.com); Manhattan Bagel and Coffee (B, 793 m, https://directindex.org/r/manhattanbagelncoffee.com); Sólás Irish Pub (B, 829 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebriargroup.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 BentoBox 84% (96% A or B, 951 sites); This site 82.5%.

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

## Businesses like Five Horses Tavern - South End in Boston cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in Boston cafes and bars | 249 | 55% | 37% | 82.5% |
| Built with BentoBox in Boston cafes and bars | 18 | 85% | 100% | 82.5% |

The best of Built with BentoBox in Boston cafes and bars: Warehouse Kitchen and Sports Bar (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/thewarehouseboston.com); Elm Street Taproom (A 92.5%, https://directindex.org/r/elmstreettaproom.com); Coogan‘s (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/coogansboston.com); Mariposa Bakery (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/mariposabakery.com); Shore Leave (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/shoreleaveboston.com).

With the fix above (Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 86.3%: 23rd of 249 in Boston cafes and bars, up from 41st.

## The direct record
What agents get for Five Horses Tavern - South End, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/fivehorsestavern.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.fivehorsestavern.com/davis-square-order-online/ (own site; could not verify: partial (2026-10-14))
- Menu: https://www.fivehorsestavern.com/davis-square-menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1 617-936-3930
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/fivehorsestavern.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/fivehorsestavern.com/menu
- Agents and people followed 2 direct links to this business this month (2 by AI agents).

## 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 | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 19 | 25 |
| Actionable | 22 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/fivehorsestavern.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: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ai-rules/SKILL.md)
- 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: yes

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/fivehorsestavern.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=fivehorsestavern.com&force=1