# Northern China BBQ: Agent-Direct Score B (72.3%)

Site: https://www.northernchinabbq.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/northernchinabbq.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.)
Northern China BBQ is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Northern China BBQ'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 Chowbus POS.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://pos.chowbus.com/online-ordering/store/15458 (through chowbus_pos acting for the business)
- Phone: 415-374-0850
- Address: 9th Street 294 94103 San Francisco
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon closed; Tue–Sun 11:00–14:00, 16:30–23:30

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Northern China BBQ that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Magic Wok (390 m): https://directindex.org/r/magicwok.com
- Letssweet Kitchen (420 m): https://directindex.org/r/letssweetkitchen.com
- Golden Phoenix (790 m): https://directindex.org/r/goldenphoenixmi.com
- Dumpling Home (970 m): https://directindex.org/r/toasttab.com
- Gyu-Kaku (1.2 km): https://directindex.org/r/gyu-kaku.com

## What to fix first
- **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
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+3 points) Missing: opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "Northern China BBQ",
  "url": "https://www.northernchinabbq.com",
  "telephone": "415-374-0850",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "9th Street 294",
    "postalCode": "94103",
    "addressLocality": "San Francisco",
    "addressCountry": "US"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 37.7738129,
    "longitude": -122.4119265
  },
  "openingHours": "Tu-Su 11:00-14:00,16:30-23:30",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "14:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:30",
      "closes": "23:30"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "barbecue",
    "chinese"
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "OrderAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://pos.chowbus.com/online-ordering/store/15458",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, phone
- **Ordering through chowbus_pos on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
703 of 2392 in San Francisco. Top 29% 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% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 89% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 55% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 25% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: HK Lounge Bistro (B, 376 m, https://directindex.org/r/hkloungebistro.com); Magic Wok (B, 394 m, https://directindex.org/r/magicwok.com); Letssweet Kitchen (D, 420 m, https://directindex.org/r/letssweetkitchen.com); Cathead's BBQ (D, 503 m, https://directindex.org/r/pitmastercentral.com); Shanghai China Restaurant (F, 547 m, https://directindex.org/r/shanghaichinasf.com); Golden Phoenix (A, 788 m, https://directindex.org/r/goldenphoenixmi.com); Dumpling Home (F, 971 m, https://directindex.org/r/toasttab.com); The Happy Crane (C, 1081 m, https://directindex.org/r/thehappycranesf.com); San Francisco American Restaurant (F, 1142 m, https://directindex.org/r/maxsworld.com); Gyu-Kaku (B, 1167 m, https://directindex.org/r/gyu-kaku.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 San Francisco and named 113 places. Northern China BBQ wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/san-francisco/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 52% (28% A or B, 48660 sites); Sites using Chowbus POS 67% (59% A or B, 149 sites); This site 72.3%.

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

## Businesses like Northern China BBQ in San Francisco

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in San Francisco | 2392 | 49% | 32% | 72.3% |
| Sites built with Wix in San Francisco | 173 | 63% | 46% | 72.3% |
| Sites using Chowbus POS in San Francisco | 5 | 55% | 20% | 72.3% |
| Sites built with Wix and using Chowbus POS in San Francisco | 3 | 54% | 33% | 72.3% |

The best of the sites using Chowbus POS in San Francisco: Mission Chinese Food (C 69.2%, https://directindex.org/r/missionchinesefood.com); Au Sushi (C 55.4%, https://directindex.org/r/ausushi.com); NoodlePanda (D 46.2%, https://directindex.org/r/noodlepanda.com); 川香园 Sichuan 1860 (F 33.8%, https://directindex.org/r/sichuan1860ca.com).

With the two fixes above (No menu or price list found; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 87.7%. That would be 218th of 2,392 in San Francisco, up from 703rd.

## The direct record
What agents get for Northern China BBQ, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/northernchinabbq.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://pos.chowbus.com/online-ordering/store/15458 (vendor on own site: Chowbus POS; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Tu-Su 11:00-14:00,16:30-23:30 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: 415-374-0850
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/northernchinabbq.com/order

## 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): yes
- 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, Chowbus POS: 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.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 12 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/northernchinabbq.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: yes
- 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: yes

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