# Julep: Agent-Direct Score F (27.7%)

Site: https://www.julephouston.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/julephouston.com
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Julep is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants cannot open the website of Julep, so they rely on what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://www.julephouston.com/menu/

## What to fix first
- **The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (challenge:checking your browser); only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent is turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the rendered page. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Booking only through opentable.** (+12 points) Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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": "Julep",
  "url": "https://www.julephouston.com/",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Washington Avenue 1919",
    "postalCode": "77007",
    "addressLocality": "Houston"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 29.767533,
    "longitude": -95.3778952
  },
  "openingHours": "Su-Th 16:00-24:00; Fr-Sa 16:00-02:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday",
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "24:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "02:00"
    }
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.julephouston.com/menu/"
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **Structured data present (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **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. Read 2026-10-15: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2026/07/14/opentable-new-terms. An assistant that is not a partner may not finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
139 of 181 in Houston cafes and bars. Top 77% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 26% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 16% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Betelgeuse Betelgeuse (A, 178 m, https://directindex.org/r/betelgeusehou.com); Catalina Coffee (F, 271 m, https://directindex.org/r/catalinacoffeeshop.com); Darkhorse Tavern (C, 291 m, https://directindex.org/r/dhtavern.com); Toros Htx Coffee (F, 703 m, https://directindex.org/r/toroshtx.com); Press Waffle Co. (F, 1359 m, https://directindex.org/r/presswaffleco.com); Active Passion (B, 1529 m, https://directindex.org/r/myactivepassion.com); Lost & Found (B, 1592 m, https://directindex.org/r/lostandfoundmidtown.com); El Big Bad (F, 1632 m, https://directindex.org/r/elbigbad.com); Public Services Wine & Whisky (F, 1670 m, https://directindex.org/r/publicservicesbar.com); Shay McElroy's Irish Pub (D, 1688 m, https://directindex.org/r/mcelroyspub.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 59% (31% A or B, 38935 sites); Sites using OpenTable 66% (40% A or B, 1647 sites); This site 27.7%.

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

## Businesses like Julep in Houston cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Houston cafes and bars | 181 | 47% | 23% | 27.7% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Houston cafes and bars | 48 | 64% | 38% | 27.7% |
| Sites using OpenTable in Houston cafes and bars | 3 | 45% | 0% | 27.7% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using OpenTable in Houston cafes and bars | 2 | 47% | 0% | 27.7% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Houston cafes and bars: McGonigel's Mucky Duck (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/mcgonigels.com); Beans & Brews (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/beansandbrews.com); The Toasted Yolk Cafe (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/thetoastedyolk.com); Flying Saucer Draught Emporium (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/beerknurd.com); Kung Fu Tea (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/kungfutea.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included; Booking only through opentable; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 95.4%: 5th of 181 in Houston cafes and bars, up from 139th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Julep, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/julephouston.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.julephouston.com/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Su-Th 16:00-24:00; Fr-Sa 16:00-02:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: none on record
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/julephouston.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, 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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got challenge:checking your browser); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 15 | 25 |
| Actionable | 3 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/julephouston.com/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/julephouston.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=julephouston.com&force=1