# Icehouse: Agent-Direct Score C (65.7%)

Site: https://www.icehousempls.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/icehousempls.com
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Icehouse is partly visible to agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Icehouse's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly, through tix.gobo.show.

## Direct links
- Phone: +1-612-276-6523
- Address: 2528 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404
- Hours, from icehousempls.com: Mon–Sun 09:00–17:00
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)
- Prices: 13 prices on the site, the middle one $15.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Icehouse that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Heidi's (1 km): https://directindex.org/r/heidismpls.com
- P.S. Steak (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/psmpls.com
- Uptown Diner (1.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/theuptowndiner.com
- Dave's Downtown (2 km): https://directindex.org/r/davesdowntown.com

## What to fix first
- **Booking through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Requests as ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **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)
- **13 prices on the landing page, the middle one $15.00.** In Minneapolis, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $12.00.

## Fix kit: What to paste

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

```
# Icehouse

> restaurant (american) in 2528 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404, Minneapolis. Phone +1-612-276-6523.

## Opening hours

Mo-Su 09:00-17:00

## About

- Website: https://www.icehousempls.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 main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (EntertainmentBusiness).** address, phone, opening hours

## Where it stands
384 of 872 in Minneapolis. Top 44% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 94% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 60% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 16% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Dreamstate Cafe (C, 811 m, https://directindex.org/r/dreamstatecafe.com); Heidi's (B, 1047 m, https://directindex.org/r/heidismpls.com); Bryant-Lake Bowl and Theater (B, 1290 m, https://directindex.org/r/bryantlakebowl.com); Bradstreet Neighborhood Crafthouse (B, 1299 m, https://directindex.org/r/intercontinentalmsp.com); P.S. Steak (A, 1404 m, https://directindex.org/r/psmpls.com); Uptown Diner (C, 1494 m, https://directindex.org/r/theuptowndiner.com); Garden Grille and Bar (F, 1675 m, https://directindex.org/r/hilton.com); Uptown Cafeteria (D, 1760 m, https://directindex.org/r/uptowncafeteria.com); 4 Bells (D, 1812 m, https://directindex.org/r/7bells.org); Dave's Downtown (B, 2000 m, https://directindex.org/r/davesdowntown.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 22 everyday questions about Minneapolis and named 111 places. Icehouse wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/minneapolis/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 251601 sites); This site 65.7%.

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

## Businesses like Icehouse in Minneapolis

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Minneapolis | 872 | 56% | 38% | 65.7% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Minneapolis | 189 | 64% | 45% | 65.7% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Minneapolis: Restaurant at the Nicollet Island Inn (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/nicolletislandinn.com); Afro Deli & Grill (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/afrodeli.com); Barcelona (A 92.5%, https://directindex.org/r/barcelonawinebar.com); Fogo de Chão (A 91.3%, https://directindex.org/r/fogodechao.com); 801 on Nicollet (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/801chophouse.com).

With the three fixes above (Booking through an unrecognised third party; No menu or price list found; The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 20th of 872 in Minneapolis, up from 384th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Icehouse, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/icehousempls.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-17:00 (open now) (from icehousempls.com)
- Phone: +1-612-276-6523

## 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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 21.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 15 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 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/icehousempls.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: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- 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

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/icehousempls.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/icehousempls.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=icehousempls.com&force=1