Oak & Steel
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Ways to reach Oak & Steel directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-13. On the business's own site. Report a mistake
120 West 17th Street, Kansas City, MO 64108 · +18166108955
Prices: 6 prices on the site, the middle one $3.50
Places near Oak & Steel that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Mildred's240 m
- Bar Medici280 m
- Café Corazón280 m · coffee shop
- The Mercury Room290 m
- Mineral Lounge300 m
The website's grade
An AI assistant can open Oak & Steel's website. It can read what Oak & Steel offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.
48 of 65 points available
agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence
things to fix
Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.
What the site tells visitors Measured, not scored
These don't change the grade.
Named by ChatGPT for "The best craft beer place tonight. Do I need to reserve?" in Kansas City cafes and bars, November 2026
Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Kansas City cafes and bars and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in one answer, by 1 of the 2 assistants asked.
| Question | Named by | Asked |
|---|---|---|
| The best craft beer place tonight. Do I need to reserve? | ChatGPT with a link to this site | 2026-11-13 |
Every place named in Kansas City cafes and bars, question by question.
Show it
The badge shows how many of the assistants asked named this business, and the month. It updates after every round.
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What assistants answer
Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.
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.
Recommended when people ask:
“The best craft beer place tonight. Do I need to reserve?” (ChatGPT, with a link to this site)
How Oak & Steel compares
64 of 257 in Kansas City cafes and bars
Top 25% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: KC Hooley House B, Missie B's B. Just below: Red Wheat Baking Co B, Rhythm & Booze B.
| 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% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 44% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 30% | no |
Nearest places in the index
| Place | Distance | Grade | Direct booking or ordering |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mildred's | 236 m | C | yes |
| Bar Medici | 276 m | F | yes |
| Café Corazón coffee_shop | 281 m | A | yes |
| The Matcha Bar tea | 283 m | C | no |
| The Mercury Room | 288 m | D | yes |
| Horsefeather Social | 299 m | B | no |
| Swordfish Tom's | 301 m | F | no |
| Mineral Lounge | 303 m | B | yes |
| Red Wheat Baking Co | 310 m | B | yes |
| Up-Down | 322 m | C | yes |
Businesses like Oak & Steel in Kansas City cafes and bars
| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Kansas City cafes and bars | 257 | 53% | 32% | 73.8% |
After the top fixes
With the fix above (No structured data for the business), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 2nd of 257 in Kansas City cafes and bars, up from 64th.
What to fix first
- No structured data for the business +14 points
Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. How to fix it
- 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. How to fix it
Send the fixes to your web person
No one is listed yet to fix this in Kansas City cafes and bars. List your agency or yourself. It's free, and every listing is reviewed by hand.
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.
- Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.
- Booking on your own site Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
Builder: unknown · contact page /kansas-city-crossroads-oak-and-steel-about: nothing new; menu page /kansas-city-crossroads-oak-and-steel-drinks-menu: 330 prices; booking page /-parties?source=pop_up&spot_id=127393&destination=private_parties&promotion=holiday_party: booking via spoton · What to paste
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