# La Mexicana: Agent-Direct Score F (21.5%)

Site: https://www.lamexicanarestaurant.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/lamexicanarestaurant.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.)
La Mexicana is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants cannot open the website of La Mexicana, so they rely on what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://order.online/business/LaMexicanaRestaurant-22126?utm_source=sdk&visitorId=566e1a14280cd456c5795 (through doordash_storefront acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.lamexicanarestaurant.com/_files/ugd/b5de52_15ad52843e7a4c4c819b08a163745f06.pdf
- Phone: +1 713 521 0963

## What to fix first
- **The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge); 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
- **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
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as HTML, keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## 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": "La Mexicana",
  "url": "https://www.lamexicanarestaurant.com/",
  "telephone": "+1 713 521 0963",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Fairview Street 1018",
    "postalCode": "77006",
    "addressLocality": "Houston"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 29.7483799,
    "longitude": -95.3916522
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Th 07:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 07:00-23:00; Su 07:00-21:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "07:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "mexican"
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://www.lamexicanarestaurant.com/_files/ugd/b5de52_15ad52843e7a4c4c819b08a163745f06.pdf",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://order.online/business/LaMexicanaRestaurant-22126?utm_source=sdk&amp;visitorId=566e1a14280cd456c5795",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **Ordering through doordash_storefront on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
490 of 607 in Houston. Top 81% 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% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 97% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 85% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 61% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: La Guadalupana (A, 1002 m, https://directindex.org/r/laguadalupanacafeandbakery.com); Verde Garden (D, 1008 m, https://directindex.org/r/verdegardenhtx.com); El Pueblito Patio (F, 1712 m, https://directindex.org/r/elpueblitopatio.com); Tio Trompo (D, 2569 m, https://directindex.org/r/tiotrompo.com); Tacodeli (C, 2577 m, https://directindex.org/r/tacodeli.com); Bodegas Taco Shop (B, 2774 m, https://directindex.org/r/bodegastacoshop.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 Wix 51% (26% A or B, 5296 sites); Sites using DoorDash Storefront 70% (56% A or B, 658 sites); This site 21.5%.

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

## Businesses like La Mexicana in Houston

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Houston | 607 | 53% | 39% | 21.5% |
| Sites built with Wix in Houston | 41 | 41% | 5% | 21.5% |
| Sites using DoorDash Storefront in Houston | 17 | 66% | 41% | 21.5% |
| Sites built with Wix and using DoorDash Storefront in Houston | 5 | 44% | 0% | 21.5% |

The best of the sites built with Wix and using DoorDash Storefront in Houston: Tomiko Japanese Restaurant (C 67.7%, https://directindex.org/r/tomikorestaurant.com); Tic Tac Thai (C 61.1%, https://directindex.org/r/tic-tac-thai.com); Mochinut (D 41.5%, https://directindex.org/r/mochinut.com); Dough Zone (F 27.7%, https://directindex.org/r/doughzonedumplinghouse.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included; No structured data for the business; Menu or price list is a PDF) the score would be about 87.7%: 75th of 607 in Houston, up from 490th.

## The direct record
What agents get for La Mexicana, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/lamexicanarestaurant.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://order.online/business/LaMexicanaRestaurant-22126?utm_source=sdk&amp;visitorId=566e1a14280cd456c5795 (vendor on own site: DoorDash Storefront; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.lamexicanarestaurant.com/_files/ugd/b5de52_15ad52843e7a4c4c819b08a163745f06.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Th 07:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 07:00-23:00; Su 07:00-21:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1 713 521 0963
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/lamexicanarestaurant.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/lamexicanarestaurant.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, DoorDash Storefront: Not stated. The terms do not address an agent acting for a person (several bar scraping or data extraction only), could not be read on the date given, or the vendor has not been researched yet.

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

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 4 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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: no

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