# Hamachi Sushi Bar: Agent-Direct Score C (61.5%)

Site: http://hamachichicago.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/hamachichicago.com
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.)
Hamachi Sushi Bar is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open Hamachi Sushi Bar's website. What Hamachi Sushi Bar offers is in a PDF or an image, and assistants read those badly. It finds a way to book or order directly, through ChowNow.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://ordering.chownow.com/order/10870/locations (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/e11f9176-9f70-4a86-b59e-8c93a618aeec/downloads/cae4d6f4-711b-4c1b-b778-8748bd9fda62/Main%20Menu%202026%20update.docx%20-%20Google%20Docs.pdf?ver=1777040296903
- Phone: +1-773-293-6904
- Address: West Howard Street 2801 60645 Chicago
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Thu 11:30–21:30; Fri 11:00–15:00; Sat closed; Sun 12:00–22:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Hamachi Sushi Bar that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Bill's Drive-in (780 m): https://directindex.org/r/bills-drivein.com
- El Terco Leon (840 m): https://directindex.org/r/eltercoleon.com
- Pizza Hut Delivery (1.2 km): https://directindex.org/r/pizzahut.com

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 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
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as an HTML page and keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## 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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Hamachi Sushi Bar",
  "url": "http://hamachichicago.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-773-293-6904",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "West Howard Street 2801",
    "postalCode": "60645",
    "addressLocality": "Chicago"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 42.0191667,
    "longitude": -87.6997541
  },
  "openingHours": "Su 12:00-22:00; Mo-Th 11:30-21:30; Fr 11:00-15:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:30",
      "closes": "21:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "15:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "sushi"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/e11f9176-9f70-4a86-b59e-8c93a618aeec/downloads/cae4d6f4-711b-4c1b-b778-8748bd9fda62/Main%20Menu%202026%20update.docx%20-%20Google%20Docs.pdf?ver=1777040296903",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://ordering.chownow.com/order/10870/locations",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## 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.
- **Ordering through chownow on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
1641 of 3626 in Chicago. Top 45% 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 | 93% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 58% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 29% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: El Pueblito Mexican Grill #2 (B, 132 m, https://directindex.org/r/elpueblitomexicangrill2.com); Bill's Drive-in (C, 782 m, https://directindex.org/r/bills-drivein.com); Siam Pasta (F, 823 m, https://directindex.org/r/siampasta.com); El Terco Leon (A, 836 m, https://directindex.org/r/eltercoleon.com); Eastern Style Pizza (A, 850 m, https://directindex.org/r/easternstylepizzatogo.com); Chase-western Inc (C, 982 m, https://directindex.org/r/mullensbarandgrill.com); Al Safa Mandi House (F, 1067 m, https://directindex.org/r/alsafachicago.com); Bangkok Wok (F, 1070 m, https://directindex.org/r/bangkokwokthai.com); Pizza Hut Delivery (B, 1229 m, https://directindex.org/r/pizzahut.com); China Ling (D, 1244 m, https://directindex.org/r/beyondmenu.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 Chicago and named 57 places. Hamachi Sushi Bar wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/chicago/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder 36% (9% A or B, 3331 sites); Sites using ChowNow 70% (50% A or B, 424 sites); This site 61.5%.

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

## Businesses like Hamachi Sushi Bar in Chicago

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Chicago | 3626 | 52% | 35% | 61.5% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in Chicago | 93 | 49% | 22% | 61.5% |
| Sites using ChowNow in Chicago | 77 | 71% | 47% | 61.5% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder and using ChowNow in Chicago | 6 | 65% | 33% | 61.5% |

The best of the sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder and using ChowNow in Chicago: Sarkis Cafe (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/cafesarkis.com); Nepal House (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/nepalhouseonline.com); Nepal House (C 56.9%, https://directindex.org/r/nepalhousechicago.com); The Bento Box (D 53.8%, https://directindex.org/r/chefrickspiros.com); Kameya Ramen & Sushi (F 35.4%, https://directindex.org/r/kameyaramen.com).

With the two fixes above (No structured data for the business; Menu or price list is a PDF), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 361st of 3,626 in Chicago, up from 1641st.

## The direct record
What agents get for Hamachi Sushi Bar, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/hamachichicago.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://ordering.chownow.com/order/10870/locations (vendor on own site: ChowNow; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/e11f9176-9f70-4a86-b59e-8c93a618aeec/downloads/cae4d6f4-711b-4c1b-b778-8748bd9fda62/Main%20Menu%202026%20update.docx%20-%20Google%20Docs.pdf?ver=1777040296903 (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Su 12:00-22:00; Mo-Th 11:30-21:30; Fr 11:00-15:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-773-293-6904
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/hamachichicago.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/hamachichicago.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): 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, ChowNow: Not stated. ChowNow's customer terms (8 September 2025) bar automated means such as spiders, robots and crawlers to download or scrape data, except search engines; they do not address an agent placing an order for a person, and no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://get.chownow.com/terms-of-service

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 5 | 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/hamachichicago.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: 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

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/hamachichicago.com/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/hamachichicago.com/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 · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=hamachichicago.com&force=1