# Minetta Tavern DC: Agent-Direct Score D (52.3%) Site: http://minettataverndc.com/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/minettataverndc.com Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) Minetta Tavern DC is hard for agents to use. An AI assistant can open Minetta Tavern DC's website. It can read what Minetta Tavern DC offers. To book or order, it is sent to Resy, a marketplace. ## Direct links - Menu: https://minettataverndc.com/menus - Phone: +12022350444 - Address: 1287 4th St NE, 20002, Washington ## Nearby, also direct Places near Minetta Tavern DC that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Bistro Cacao (1.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/bistrocacao.com - Primrose (2.2 km): https://directindex.org/r/primrosedc.com - Le Diplomate (2.8 km): https://directindex.org/r/lediplomatedc.com - Bresca (3 km): https://directindex.org/r/brescadc.com - La Grande Boucherie (3.1 km): https://directindex.org/r/boucherieus.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 - **Booking only through resy.** (+12 points) Every transaction an agent makes goes through the marketplace, which takes its commission. Add a direct way on your own site. Even a simple form will do. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website - **Almost no text without JavaScript.** (+2 points) Crawlers that don't run scripts see an empty page. Put the menu, hours and address in plain HTML. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/website-blank-without-javascript - **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 ## 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 ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Minetta Tavern DC > local business (french) in 1287 4th St NE, 20002, Washington, Washington, DC. Phone +12022350444. ## Book or order directly - Menu: https://minettataverndc.com/menus ## About - Website: http://minettataverndc.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.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed. - **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response. - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices. - **Resy works with agents through its partners.** Resy's terms (9 June 2025) bar automated software that crawls, harvests or scrapes the service and require written consent for other automated use; Resy opened bookings inside ChatGPT on 10 August 2026. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://resy.com/terms. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them. ## Where it stands 1042 of 1686 in Washington, DC. Top 62% 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 | 99% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 53% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 19% | no | Nearest places with a similar menu: Bistro Cacao (B, 1609 m, https://directindex.org/r/bistrocacao.com); Primrose (A, 2207 m, https://directindex.org/r/primrosedc.com); DBGB Kitchen & Bar (F, 2469 m, https://directindex.org/r/dbgold.com); Béarnaise (D, 2477 m, https://directindex.org/r/bearnaiserestaurant.com); Poste (F, 2495 m, https://directindex.org/r/postebrasserie.com); Amélie DC Bistro & Wine Bar (A, 2839 m, https://directindex.org/r/ameliewinebar.com); Le Diplomate (B, 2849 m, https://directindex.org/r/lediplomatedc.com); Bar Japonais (C, 2892 m, https://directindex.org/r/katsumidc.com); Bresca (A, 2987 m, https://directindex.org/r/brescadc.com); La Grande Boucherie (A, 3089 m, https://directindex.org/r/boucherieus.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 Washington, DC and named 140 places. Minetta Tavern DC wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/washington/recommended Compared with its peers: Sites using Resy 67% (44% A or B, 2836 sites); This site 52.3%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/minettataverndc.com/agent-view ## Businesses like Minetta Tavern DC in Washington, DC | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Washington, DC | 1686 | 56% | 40% | 52.3% | | Sites using Resy in Washington, DC | 142 | 70% | 49% | 52.3% | The best of the sites using Resy in Washington, DC: Tamashaa (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/tamashaa.us); Sala Thai Minnesota Ave (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/salathaidc.com); Karravaan (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/karravaan.com); Le Chat Noir (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/lechatnoirrestaurant.com); All Purpose (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/allpurposedc.com). With the three fixes above (No structured data for the business; Booking only through resy; Almost no text without JavaScript), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 45th of 1,686 in Washington, DC, up from 1042nd. ## The direct record What agents get for Minetta Tavern DC, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/minettataverndc.com - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: https://minettataverndc.com/menus (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: +12022350444 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/minettataverndc.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, Resy: Through partners. Resy's terms (9 June 2025) bar automated software that crawls, harvests or scrapes the service and require written consent for other automated use; Resy opened bookings inside ChatGPT on 10 August 2026. Read 2026-10-15: https://resy.com/terms Found one hop past the home page: booking page /reservations: booking via resy, booking via opentable. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 23 | 25 | | Readable | 8 | 25 | | Actionable | 3 | 15 (the action test: pending) | | Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) | ## Agent readiness (Cloudflare) Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/minettataverndc.com - Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md) - sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md) - 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: 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: 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/minettataverndc.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/minettataverndc.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=minettataverndc.com&force=1