# Macon Bistro and Larder: Agent-Direct Score F (26.2%)

Site: https://macondc.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/macondc.com
Scanned: 2026-10-17 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
Macon Bistro and Larder is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants cannot open the website of Macon Bistro and Larder, so they rely on what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Phone: +1-202-248-7807

## What to fix first
- **The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout); 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
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer' from marketplaces instead. Add a menu or price list page and link it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+1 points) Missing: telephone. 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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Macon Bistro and Larder",
  "url": "https://macondc.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-202-248-7807",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Connecticut Avenue Northwest 5520",
    "postalCode": "20008",
    "addressLocality": "Washington"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 38.9636955,
    "longitude": -77.0751519
  },
  "servesCuisine": [
    "french",
    "southern"
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** address, opening hours
- **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
1093 of 1294 in Washington. Top 84% 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 | 100% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 93% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 65% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 19% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Rosemary Bistro Cafe (D, 1047 m, https://directindex.org/r/rosemarydc.com); Matisse (C, 1239 m, https://directindex.org/r/matisserestaurantdc.com); Le Chat Noir (A, 1250 m, https://directindex.org/r/lechatnoirrestaurant.com); La Ferme Restaurant (C, 1997 m, https://directindex.org/r/lafermerestaurant.com); Mon Ami Gabi (F, 2643 m, https://directindex.org/r/monamigabi.com); Bistro Provence (D, 3296 m, https://directindex.org/r/bistroprovence.org).

## 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 GoDaddy Website Builder 44% (17% A or B, 1146 sites); Sites using OpenTable 65% (40% A or B, 2156 sites); This site 26.2%.

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

## Businesses like Macon Bistro and Larder in Washington

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Washington | 1294 | 59% | 47% | 26.2% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder in Washington | 32 | 45% | 22% | 26.2% |
| Sites using OpenTable in Washington | 80 | 71% | 58% | 26.2% |
| Sites built with GoDaddy Website Builder and using OpenTable in Washington | 1 | 26% | 0% | 26.2% |

The best of the sites using OpenTable in Washington: Potomac Social Tavern (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/potomacsocialtavern.com); Urbano 116 (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/urbano116.com); China Chilcano (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/chinachilcano.com); Tiffany's Bar & Bistro (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/tiffanysbistrobar.com); Bresca (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/brescadc.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included; Booking only through opentable; No menu or price list found) the score would be about 93.8%: 92nd of 1,294 in Washington, up from 1093rd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Macon Bistro and Larder, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/macondc.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1-202-248-7807

## 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 TimeoutError: The operation was aborted due to timeout); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 14 | 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/macondc.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/macondc.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=macondc.com&force=1