# Río Grande: Agent-Direct Score A (89.7%)

Site: http://www.riograndemexican.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/riograndemexican.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Río Grande is ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by Río Grande's website. It can read what Río Grande offers. To book or order, it is sent to Resy, a marketplace.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://riograndemexican.com/menus/takeout-menu-denver/ (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://riograndemexican.com/menus/
- Phone: +1-303-444-3690
- Its menu mentions: vegetarian dishes, allergens, a lunch or set menu

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Río Grande that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Las Fuentes Restaurant (1.3 km): https://directindex.org/r/lasfuentes.com
- Tierra Caliente Tacos & Beer (2.2 km): https://directindex.org/r/tierracalientetacosandbeer.com
- El Indio Azteca (2.2 km): https://directindex.org/r/aztecamex.com
- Sol y Luna (3.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/solylunarest.com

## What to fix first
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+6.7 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_429), ClaudeBot (http_429) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Booking only through resy.** (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

## 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
423 of 4565 in Los Angeles. Top 9% 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 | 95% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 98% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 59% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 38% | yes |

Nearest places with a similar menu: La Parrilla Fresh (F, 891 m, https://directindex.org/r/laparrillarestaurants.com); Wow Tamales (D, 1146 m, https://directindex.org/r/wowtamales.com); Las Fuentes Restaurant (A, 1258 m, https://directindex.org/r/lasfuentes.com); Carrillo's Mexican Deli (F, 1807 m, https://directindex.org/r/carrillosmexicandeli.com); Tierra Caliente Tacos & Beer (C, 2240 m, https://directindex.org/r/tierracalientetacosandbeer.com); El Indio Azteca (B, 2241 m, https://directindex.org/r/aztecamex.com); Mariscos La Serenata VIP (F, 2294 m, https://directindex.org/r/mariscoslaserenatavip.com); Culturas Unidas Restaurant (F, 2811 m, https://directindex.org/r/culturasunidasrestaurant.com); Sol y Luna (C, 3524 m, https://directindex.org/r/solylunarest.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 12 everyday questions about Los Angeles and named 95 places. Río Grande wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/los-angeles/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 224455 sites); Sites using Resy 67% (44% A or B, 2728 sites); This site 89.7%.

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

## Businesses like Río Grande in Los Angeles

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Los Angeles | 4565 | 50% | 32% | 89.7% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Los Angeles | 914 | 61% | 37% | 89.7% |
| Sites using Resy in Los Angeles | 130 | 68% | 47% | 89.7% |
| Sites built with WordPress and using Resy in Los Angeles | 24 | 64% | 25% | 89.7% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress and using Resy in Los Angeles: EMC Seafood and Raw Bar (A 89.2%, https://directindex.org/r/emcseafood.com); Pizzeria Republica (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/pizzeriarepublica.com); Baekjeong Los Angeles (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/baekjeongkbbq.com); 401K Food & Wine (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/401kfoodandwine.com); Maple Block Meat Co. (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/mapleblockmeat.com).

With the fix above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 4,565 in Los Angeles.

This site appears in 2 cities (2 places on riograndemexican.com). https://directindex.org/brand/riograndemexican.com

## The direct record
What agents get for Río Grande, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/riograndemexican.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://riograndemexican.com/menus/takeout-menu-denver/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://riograndemexican.com/menus/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +1-303-444-3690
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/riograndemexican.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/riograndemexican.com/menu
- Agents and people followed 5 direct links to this business this month (5 by AI agents).

## 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

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /menus/: phone; booking page /make-a-reservation/: booking via resy.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 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/riograndemexican.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/riograndemexican.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/riograndemexican.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=riograndemexican.com&force=1