# Flavors From Afar: Agent-Direct Score C (64.6%) Site: http://www.flavorsfromafar.co Report: https://directindex.org/r/flavorsfromafar.co 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.) Flavors From Afar is partly visible to agents. An AI assistant can open Flavors From Afar's website. It can read what Flavors From Afar offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through OpenTable. ## Direct links - Book directly: https://www.opentable.com/widget/reservation/loader?rid=1328629&type=standard&theme=standard&color=1&dark=false&iframe=true&domain=com&lang=en-US&newtab=false&ot_source=Restaurant%20website&cfe=true (through opentable acting for the business) - Menu: https://www.flavorsfromafar.co/menu - Phone: +17146239420 - Address: 1046 S Fairfax Ave, 90019-4401, Los Angeles - Its menu mentions: vegan options, vegetarian dishes - Prices: 3 prices on the site, the middle one $10.00 ## Nearby, also direct Places near Flavors From Afar that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Rosalind's Ethiopian Restaurant (20 m): https://directindex.org/r/rosalindsla.com - Buna Ethiopian Restaurant (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/bunaethiopianmarket.com - Messob (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/messob.com - Meals by Genet (60 m): https://directindex.org/r/mealsbygenetla.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 - **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+5 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps - **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business ## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored) - **3 prices on the landing page, the middle one $10.00.** 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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Flavors From Afar > local business (african) in 1046 S Fairfax Ave, 90019-4401, Los Angeles, Los Angeles. Phone +17146239420. ## Book or order directly - Book: https://www.opentable.com/widget/reservation/loader?rid=1328629&type=standard&theme=standard&color=1&dark=false&iframe=true&domain=com&lang=en-US&newtab=false&ot_source=Restaurant%20website&cfe=true (through opentable acting for the business) - Menu: https://www.flavorsfromafar.co/menu ## About - Website: http://www.flavorsfromafar.co - 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 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. - **Booking through opentable on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours. - **OpenTable works with agents through its partners.** OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them. ## Where it stands 1701 of 4565 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% | no | Nearest places in the index: Rosalind's Ethiopian Restaurant (B, 21 m, https://directindex.org/r/rosalindsla.com); Buna Ethiopian Restaurant (A, 46 m, https://directindex.org/r/bunaethiopianmarket.com); Messob (A, 49 m, https://directindex.org/r/messob.com); 1066 Eatery + Gourmet Burger Bar (C, 59 m, https://directindex.org/r/basilpizzabar.com); Meals by Genet (B, 61 m, https://directindex.org/r/mealsbygenetla.com); Inomoni Vegan Dim Sum (F, 66 m, https://directindex.org/r/square.site); Taiji Llc (F, 240 m, https://directindex.org/r/tai-ji.net); Taco Bar (D, 613 m, https://directindex.org/r/tacobarla.com); Dog & Pony (B, 690 m, https://directindex.org/r/dogandponytavern.com); Charlie's Fish and Chip (F, 713 m, https://directindex.org/r/weebly.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. Flavors From Afar wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/los-angeles/recommended Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 32150 sites); Sites using OpenTable 69% (51% A or B, 6152 sites); This site 64.6%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/flavorsfromafar.co/agent-view ## Businesses like Flavors From Afar in Los Angeles | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Los Angeles | 4565 | 50% | 32% | 64.6% | | Sites built with Squarespace in Los Angeles | 466 | 70% | 53% | 64.6% | | Sites using OpenTable in Los Angeles | 151 | 72% | 58% | 64.6% | | Sites built with Squarespace and using OpenTable in Los Angeles | 28 | 72% | 54% | 64.6% | The best of the sites built with Squarespace and using OpenTable in Los Angeles: Salina (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/salina.la); All Roads (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/allroadspinseria.com); Budonoki (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/budonoki.la); Red Herring (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/redherringla.com); Zaya DTLA (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/zaya.la). With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; Ordering through an unrecognised third party), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 126th of 4,565 in Los Angeles, up from 1701st. ## The direct record What agents get for Flavors From Afar, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/flavorsfromafar.co - Book: https://www.opentable.com/widget/reservation/loader?rid=1328629&type=standard&theme=standard&color=1&dark=false&iframe=true&domain=com&lang=en-US&newtab=false&ot_source=Restaurant%20website&cfe=true (vendor on own site: OpenTable; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested) - Order: none on record - Menu: https://www.flavorsfromafar.co/menu (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: +17146239420 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/flavorsfromafar.co/book, https://directindex.org/go/flavorsfromafar.co/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, OpenTable: Through partners. OpenTable's terms page could not be fetched on 2026-10-15; OpenTable names over 200 authorized partners, Google, Meta and OpenAI among them, as the channels through which agents book. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-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/flavorsfromafar.co - 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/flavorsfromafar.co/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/flavorsfromafar.co/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 ยท Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=flavorsfromafar.co&force=1