The Direct Index
Report · St. Louis · scanned 2026-11-14

Salt + Smoke

saltandsmokebbq.com is ready for agents.

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Ways to reach Salt + Smoke directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-11-14. On the business's own site. Report a mistake

Hours, from saltandsmokebbq.com: Mon–Thu 11:00–21:00 · Fri–Sat 11:00–22:00 · Sun 11:00–21:00

5625 Hampton Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63109 · +1-314-530-6460

Its menu mentions: vegan options, vegetarian dishes, allergens, a children's menu

Prices: 3 prices on the site, the middle one $2.00

Nearby, also direct

Places near Salt + Smoke that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.

Owners

The website's grade

An AI assistant can open Salt + Smoke's website. It can read what Salt + Smoke offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

100%

65 of 65 points available

1/5

agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence

1

thing 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.

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What the site tells visitors Measured, not scored

These don't change the grade.

3 prices on the landing page, the middle one $2.00.

In St. Louis, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $11.95.

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Named by assistants

Named by Claude and Gemini for "I'm coeliac. A restaurant with real gluten-free options for dinner, book it" in St. Louis, November 2026

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in St. Louis and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in one answer, by 2 of the 3 assistants asked.

QuestionNamed byAsked
I'm coeliac. A restaurant with real gluten-free options for dinner, book it.Claude with a link to this site
Gemini with a link to this site
2026-11-13

Every place named in St. Louis, question by question.

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Named by 2 of 3 assistants, Direct Index

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Assistants

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:
“I'm coeliac. A restaurant with real gluten-free options for dinner, book it.” (Gemini, Claude, with a link to this site)

Where it stands

How Salt + Smoke compares

Where it stands

8 of 574 in St. Louis

Top 1% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Pan D'Olive A, STL Steak and Cake A. Just below: Seoul Taco A, Social Bar & Grill Soulard A.

What the top 10% of the index doesTop 10%This site
Take bookings or orders on their own domain100%yes
Publish the menu or price list as HTML92%yes
Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt)95%yes
Structured data with address, phone and hours66%yes
Have an llms.txt34%no

Compared with its peers

Average scoreA or BThis site
Sites built with WordPress 263,486 sites55%25%100%

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Businesses of the same kind in St. Louis57456%37%100%
Sites built with WordPress in St. Louis11163%44%100%
Findings

What to fix first

  1. 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

One email with the fixes and the link. Nothing is stored.

No one is listed yet to fix this in St. Louis. 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.
  • Structured data found (Restaurant) address, phone, opening hours
  • 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.
  • Ordering on your own site Agents can order without going through a marketplace.

Builder: wordpress · contact page /contact/: booking link (own domain), phone; menu page /menu/: menu schema, 64 prices; booking page /catering/: nothing new · What to paste

Owners

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Claiming is free and takes one email to confirm. Then you can correct what assistants are told, and you get a message only when the score changes.

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For developers and agents

What agents get, and what the site publishes

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