# Proper Cuisine: Agent-Direct Score C (61.5%)

Site: http://Primproper.restaurant/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/propercuisine.com
Scanned: 2026-11-13 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Proper Cuisine is partly visible to agents.
AI assistants can't open Proper Cuisine's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.propercuisine.com/order (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.propercuisine.com/#menus
- Phone: +14434322771
- Address: 206 E Redwood St, Baltimore 21202
- Hours, from propercuisine.com: Mon–Thu 17:00–00:00; Fri–Sat 12:00–00:00; Sun 11:00–23:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Proper Cuisine that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Nalley Fresh (100 m): https://directindex.org/r/nalleyfresh.com
- Sugarbee's Gourmet Panini Grill (470 m): https://directindex.org/r/sugarbeescafe.com
- Hard Rock Cafe (530 m): https://directindex.org/r/hardrock.com
- Houlihan's (590 m): https://directindex.org/r/houlihans.com
- Miss Shirley's Cafe (600 m): https://directindex.org/r/missshirleys.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, 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 gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Booking only through opentable.** (no points, but worth doing) 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

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **The footer says © 2024.** Visitors and assistants may read that year as the last time anyone looked after the site. In Baltimore, 81% of comparable sites that show a year say 2025 or later.

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Ordering on your own site.** Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
437 of 873 in Baltimore. Top 50% 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 | 90% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 92% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 65% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 34% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Nalley Fresh (B, 97 m, https://directindex.org/r/nalleyfresh.com); Crazy John's (F, 183 m, https://directindex.org/r/crazyjohnsbaltimore.com); Old Country Buffet (F, 291 m, https://directindex.org/r/namebrokers.com); Sugarbee's Gourmet Panini Grill (C, 469 m, https://directindex.org/r/sugarbeescafe.com); Blackwall Hitch (C, 510 m, https://directindex.org/r/blackwallhitch.com); Hard Rock Cafe (A, 534 m, https://directindex.org/r/hardrock.com); Silver Moon II (C, 573 m, https://directindex.org/r/silvermoonbaltimore.com); Houlihan's (C, 590 m, https://directindex.org/r/houlihans.com); Miss Shirley's Cafe (D, 601 m, https://directindex.org/r/missshirleys.com); Ruth's Chris Steak House (B, 709 m, https://directindex.org/r/ruthschrisbsm.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 Baltimore and named 91 places. Proper Cuisine wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/baltimore/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites using OpenTable 69% (51% A or B, 6963 sites); This site 61.5%.

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

## Businesses like Proper Cuisine in Baltimore

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Baltimore | 873 | 55% | 38% | 61.5% |
| Sites using OpenTable in Baltimore | 32 | 75% | 63% | 61.5% |

The best of the sites using OpenTable in Baltimore: Kobe Japanese Steak House (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/kobesteakhouse.com); Sotto Sopra (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/sottosoprainc.com); Ethel's Creole Kitchen (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/ethelscreolekitchen.com); Pratt Street Ale House (A 90%, https://directindex.org/r/prattstreetalehouse.com); The Manor (A 89.2%, https://directindex.org/r/themanorbaltimore.com).

With the fix above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 873 in Baltimore.

## The direct record
What agents get for Proper Cuisine, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/propercuisine.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.propercuisine.com/order (own site; found by the scan of 2026-11-13, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://www.propercuisine.com/#menus (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Th 17:00-24:00; Fr,Sa 12:00-24:00; Su 11:00-23:00 (closed now) (from propercuisine.com)
- Phone: +14434322771
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/propercuisine.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/propercuisine.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

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 | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/propercuisine.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/propercuisine.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=propercuisine.com&force=1