# Foster's Grille: Agent-Direct Score D (54.3%)

Site: https://www.fostersgrille.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/fostersgrille.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.)
Foster's Grille is hard for agents to use.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://ordering.chownow.com/order/7128/locations (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.fostersgrille.com/food
- Phone: +1 703-519-0055

## 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). 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_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) 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
- **ChowNow's terms do not allow agents; a direct form on your own site would.** (+5 points) ChowNow's customer terms (8 September 2025) say you will not use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers or data mining tools, except search engines; no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://get.chownow.com/terms-of-service. An agent that books or orders there acts against the vendor's terms; a form or booking page on your own domain has no such limit. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Foster's Grille",
  "url": "https://www.fostersgrille.com/",
  "telephone": "+1 703-519-0055",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Eisenhower Avenue 2004",
    "postalCode": "22314",
    "addressLocality": "Alexandria"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 38.8002006,
    "longitude": -77.0636298
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th, Su 11:00-21:00; Fr, Sa 11:00-22:00",
  "servesCuisine": [
    "burger"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.fostersgrille.com/food",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://ordering.chownow.com/order/7128/locations",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

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

```
# Foster's Grille

> restaurant (burger) in Eisenhower Avenue 2004 22314 Alexandria, Washington, DC. Phone +1 703-519-0055.

## Book or order directly

- Order: https://ordering.chownow.com/order/7128/locations (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.fostersgrille.com/food

## Opening hours

Mo-Th, Su 11:00-21:00; Fr, Sa 11:00-22:00

## About

- Website: https://www.fostersgrille.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.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering through chownow on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Washington, DC.

Nearest places in the index: Zikrayet (C, 24 m, https://directindex.org/r/zikrayet.com); Paisano's Pizza (A, 101 m, https://directindex.org/r/paisanospizza.com); Sake Japanese Steakhouse (B, 119 m, https://directindex.org/r/sake-japanese-steakhouse.com); Sweet Fire Donna's (D, 269 m, https://directindex.org/r/sweetfiredonnas.com); Quattro Formaggi (D, 562 m, https://directindex.org/r/4maggi.com); Laporta's (C, 627 m, https://directindex.org/r/laportas.net); Rus Uz (B, 669 m, https://directindex.org/r/rusuz.com); Joe Theismann's (B, 705 m, https://directindex.org/r/theismanns.com); Ted's Montana Grill (B, 721 m, https://directindex.org/r/tedsmontanagrill.com); Perfect Pita (B, 830 m, https://directindex.org/r/theperfectpita.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 58% (28% A or B, 36794 sites); Sites using ChowNow 72% (53% A or B, 270 sites); This site 54.3%.

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

## Businesses like Foster's Grille in Washington, DC

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built with WordPress in Washington, DC | 275 | 73% | 65% | 54.3% |
| Using ChowNow in Washington, DC | 14 | 67% | 36% | 54.3% |
| Built with WordPress and using ChowNow in Washington, DC | 2 | 58% | 0% | 54.3% |

The best of Using ChowNow in Washington, DC: Parthenon Restaurant & Chevy Chase Lounge (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/parthenondc.com); Poki DC (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/pokidc.com); Thip Khao (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/thipkhao.com); Mexicali Blues (B 72.8%, https://directindex.org/r/mexicali-blues.com); Rice Restaurant & Market (B 71.2%, https://directindex.org/r/ricedc.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for Foster's Grille, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/fostersgrille.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://ordering.chownow.com/order/7128/locations (vendor on own site: ChowNow; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.fostersgrille.com/food (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Th, Su 11:00-21:00; Fr, Sa 11:00-22:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 703-519-0055
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/fostersgrille.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/fostersgrille.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
- Vendor terms for agents, ChowNow: No. ChowNow's customer terms (8 September 2025) say you will not use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers or data mining tools, except search engines; no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://get.chownow.com/terms-of-service

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 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/fostersgrille.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: 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

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