# Steak 'n Shake: Agent-Direct Score C (67.7%) Site: https://www.steaknshake.com/locations/il-rosemont-touhy-avenue/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/steaknshake.com Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.) Steak 'n Shake is partly visible to agents. ## Direct links - Menu: https://www.steaknshake.com/menu_specials/half-price-happy-hour/ - Phone: +1 847 299 3944 ## What to fix first - **Ordering only through ubereats.** (+12 points) 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/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps - **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) 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 ## Fix kit: What to paste Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong. ```html ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Steak 'n Shake > fast food restaurant (burger) in West Touhy Avenue 10421 60018 Rosemont, Chicago. Phone +1 847 299 3944. ## Book or order directly - Menu: https://www.steaknshake.com/menu_specials/half-price-happy-hour/ ## Opening hours Mo-Su 10:00-00:00 ## About - Website: https://www.steaknshake.com/locations/il-rosemont-touhy-avenue/ - This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models. ``` ## Already right - **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents. - **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response. - **Structured data present (Organization).** but without address, phone or hours - **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read items and prices directly. - **Uber Eats lets agents act only through its partners.** Uber's US terms of use (12 October 2026) bar scripts that burden the services and any use to build software or train AI; its Claude and ChatGPT integrations only browse menus, with checkout in the Uber Eats app. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.uber.com/legal/en/document/?name=general-terms-of-use&country=united-states&lang=en. An assistant that is not a partner cannot finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them. ## Where it stands 631 of 1561 in Chicago. Top 40% of the sites scanned in this index. | What the top tenth of the index does | Top 10% | This site | |---|---|---| | Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 97% | yes | | Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 95% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 52% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 19% | no | Nearest places in the index: Naf Naf Grill (B, 75 m, https://directindex.org/r/nafnafgrill.com); Sultan Kabob (C, 103 m, https://directindex.org/r/sultankabab.com); Mr. Broast (B, 117 m, https://directindex.org/r/mrbroast.com); LongHorn Steakhouse (B, 142 m, https://directindex.org/r/longhornsteakhouse.com); Ghareeb Nawaz O'Hare (B, 563 m, https://directindex.org/r/ghareebnawazonline.com); First Watch (F, 883 m, https://directindex.org/r/firstwatch.com); Land & Lake (C, 1082 m, https://directindex.org/r/landandlakerosemont.com); Which Wich? (B, 1082 m, https://directindex.org/r/whichwich.com); Taco John's (B, 1153 m, https://directindex.org/r/tacojohns.com); Tiffany's Restaurant & Cafe (B, 1492 m, https://directindex.org/r/tiffanystogo.com). ## What assistants answer Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included. Against its peers: Sites built with WordPress 58% (28% A or B, 36794 sites); Sites using Uber Eats 63% (34% A or B, 659 sites); This site 67.7%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/steaknshake.com/agent-view ## Businesses like Steak 'n Shake in Chicago | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Same kind in Chicago | 1561 | 50% | 38% | 67.7% | | Built with WordPress in Chicago | 324 | 70% | 51% | 67.7% | | Using Uber Eats in Chicago | 5 | 68% | 40% | 67.7% | | Built with WordPress and using Uber Eats in Chicago | 1 | 68% | 0% | 67.7% | The best of Using Uber Eats in Chicago: Sabor A Café Niles - Steakhouse & Live Music Venue (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/saboracafeniles.com); Daebak Korean BBQ (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/daebakwp.com); Greek Corner Gyros (D 53.8%, https://directindex.org/r/greekcornergyros.com); Charlie's Restaurant (D 52.3%, https://directindex.org/r/wixsite.com). With the two fixes above (Ordering only through ubereats; Structured data is incomplete) the score would be about 95.4%: 38th of 1,561 in Chicago, up from 631st. This site appears in 2 cities (2 places on steaknshake.com). https://directindex.org/brand/steaknshake.com ## The direct record What agents get for Steak 'n Shake, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/steaknshake.com - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: https://www.steaknshake.com/menu_specials/half-price-happy-hour/ (html_page; from the scan) - Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-00:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap) - Phone: +1 847 299 3944 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/steaknshake.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): not measured - ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured - 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): not measured - Vendor terms for agents, Uber Eats: Partners only. Uber's US terms of use (12 October 2026) bar scripts that burden the services and any use to build software or train AI; its Claude and ChatGPT integrations only browse menus, with checkout in the Uber Eats app. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.uber.com/legal/en/document/?name=general-terms-of-use&country=united-states&lang=en Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 16 | 25 | | Actionable | 3 | 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/steaknshake.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: 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 Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/steaknshake.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off. Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=steaknshake.com&force=1