# River Roast: Agent-Direct Score B (82%)

Site: https://www.riverroastchicago.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/riverroastchicago.com
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check pending)
River Roast is mostly ready for agents.

## What to fix first
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** Live fetches as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused while a normal browser got the page. This is usually a hosting or firewall bot list 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 opentable.** Every agent transaction goes through the marketplace and its commission. Add a direct path on your own site, even a simple form. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **No llms.txt.** Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **Structured data present (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly.
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.

## Where it stands
Rank 329 of 1720 in Chicago (top 19%).

| What the top tenth does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 97% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 51% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 18% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Untitled Supper Club (B, 134 m, https://directindex.org/r/untitledsupperclub.com); The Smith (B, 182 m, https://directindex.org/r/thesmithrestaurant.com); 320 River Bar (D, 183 m, https://directindex.org/r/320riverbar.com); Joy District Chicago (F, 263 m, https://directindex.org/r/joychicago.com); House of Blues (B, 288 m, https://directindex.org/r/houseofblues.com); Yolk - Marina City (A, 331 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatyolk.com); Tortoise Supper Club (B, 341 m, https://directindex.org/r/tortoisesupperclub.com); No Vacancy (A, 380 m, https://directindex.org/r/dontnvus.com); Travelle Kitchen + Bar (C, 394 m, https://directindex.org/r/travellechicago.com); 312 Chicago (C, 404 m, https://directindex.org/r/sonesta.com).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked and claimed businesses in each city index.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| reachable | 18.3 | 25 |
| readable | 25 | 25 |
| actionable | 10 | 15 (action_test pending) |
| cited | 0 | 0 (probes pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare criteria)
Level 0 of 5: Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/riverroastchicago.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: yes

Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan: https://directindex.org/scan?url=riverroastchicago.com&force=1