# John D. McGurk's Irish Pub and Garden: Agent-Direct Score D (43.8%)

Site: https://www.stltoday.com/contests/stl-headliner/?utm_campaign=41567312-Best+of+STL&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=427688805&utm_content=427688805&utm_source=hs_email#/gallery?group=552669
Report: https://directindex.org/r/stltoday.com
Scanned: 2026-11-14 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
John D. McGurk's Irish Pub and Garden is hard for agents to use.
Some AI assistants are turned away by John D. McGurk's Irish Pub and Garden's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a phone number, but no link to book or order online.

## Direct links
- Phone: +1-314-776-8309
- Address: 1200 Russell Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63104
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon closed; Tue–Sat 16:00–01:30; Sun 16:00–00:00
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)

## Nearby, also direct
Places near John D. McGurk's Irish Pub and Garden that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Hi Hat (270 m): https://directindex.org/r/thehihatstl.com
- St. Louis BarCycle (290 m): https://directindex.org/r/stlbarcycle.com
- Goshen Coffee Roasters (440 m): https://directindex.org/r/goshencoffee.com
- 1860's (520 m): https://directindex.org/r/1860saloon.com
- Norton's Cafe (550 m): https://directindex.org/r/nortonscafe.com

## What to fix first
- **No booking or ordering link on the website.** (+13 points) There's only a phone number or WhatsApp, and agents can't use those yet. If you take bookings or orders through a platform, link to it from the site so agents can find it. Add a booking or ordering page. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User.** (+7.5 points) These are the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI features. Remove the Disallow lines for them, or add explicit Allow rules. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/robots-txt-for-ai-agents
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **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. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business
- **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows +13143408000, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists +1-314-776-8309. An assistant that sees two numbers can't tell which one to trust. Fix whichever is wrong, on the site or in the map data at openstreetmap.org.

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "John D. McGurk's Irish Pub and Garden",
  "url": "https://www.stltoday.com/contests/stl-headliner/?utm_campaign=41567312-Best+of+STL&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=427688805&utm_content=427688805&utm_source=hs_email#/gallery?group=552669",
  "telephone": "+1-314-776-8309",
  "email": "questions@mcgurks.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "1200 Russell Boulevard",
    "postalCode": "63104",
    "addressLocality": "Saint Louis",
    "addressRegion": "MO"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 38.6075828,
    "longitude": -90.2101449
  },
  "openingHours": "Tu-Sa 16:00-01:30; Su 16:00-24:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "01:30"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "16:00",
      "closes": "24:00"
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

robots.txt. Add these lines to /robots.txt and delete any Disallow rule that names these crawlers.

```
# Let AI assistants read the site: they send people to you; a marketplace keeps them.
# Remove any Disallow lines for these names elsewhere in this file.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# John D. McGurk's Irish Pub and Garden

> bar or pub in 1200 Russell Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63104, St. Louis cafes and bars. Phone +1-314-776-8309.

## Opening hours

Tu-Sa 16:00-01:30; Su 16:00-24:00

## About

- Website: https://www.stltoday.com/contests/stl-headliner/?utm_campaign=41567312-Best+of+STL&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=427688805&utm_content=427688805&utm_source=hs_email#/gallery?group=552669
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it

## Where it stands
183 of 266 in St. Louis cafes and bars. Top 69% 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 | 96% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 44% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 33% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Cafe Miami (D, 76 m, https://directindex.org/r/cafemiamistl.com); Eat Crow (C, 158 m, https://directindex.org/r/eatcrowstl.com); Duke's (B, 246 m, https://directindex.org/r/dukesinsoulard.com); Hi Hat (B, 271 m, https://directindex.org/r/thehihatstl.com); St. Louis BarCycle (C, 290 m, https://directindex.org/r/stlbarcycle.com); Gran Cru Cigars (F, 295 m, https://directindex.org/r/grancrucigars.com); Goshen Coffee Roasters (C, 444 m, https://directindex.org/r/goshencoffee.com); Stews Food & Liquor (D, 447 m, https://directindex.org/r/stewsstl.com); 1860's (C, 516 m, https://directindex.org/r/1860saloon.com); Norton's Cafe (C, 553 m, https://directindex.org/r/nortonscafe.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.

Recommended when people ask: "A bar with live music this Saturday night, reserve a table for six." (ChatGPT)


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

## Named by ChatGPT for "A bar with live music this Saturday night, reserve a table for six" in St. Louis cafes and bars, November 2026
- "A bar with live music this Saturday night, reserve a table for six." (2026-11-14): ChatGPT with a link to this site. https://directindex.org/city/st-louis-cafes-bars/recommended/live-music-bar
Named by 1 of 2 assistants asked. Badge: https://directindex.org/badge/named/stltoday.com.svg

## Businesses like John D. McGurk's Irish Pub and Garden in St. Louis cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in St. Louis cafes and bars | 266 | 54% | 31% | 43.8% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in St. Louis cafes and bars: Buddy's (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/buddyslocal.com); Intertwine Wine Bar (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/intertwinebar.com); Maggie O'Brien's (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/maggieobriens.com); Press Waffle Co. (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/presswaffleco.com); Cheshire Grin Cat Cafe (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/thecheshiregrincatcafe.com).

With the three fixes above (No booking or ordering link on the website; robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User; No menu or price list found), the score would be about 86.2%. That would be 27th of 266 in St. Louis cafes and bars, up from 183rd.

## The direct record
What agents get for John D. McGurk's Irish Pub and Garden, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/stltoday.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Tu-Sa 16:00-01:30; Su 16:00-24:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-314-776-8309

## 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: contact page /contact/: phone.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 17.5 | 25 |
| Readable | 9 | 25 |
| Actionable | 2 | 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/stltoday.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: yes
- 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

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