# The Dakota East Side Ice House: Agent-Direct Score B (71.3%)

Site: https://thedakotasa.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thedakotasa.com
Scanned: 2026-11-12 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Dakota East Side Ice House is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open The Dakota East Side Ice House's website. It can read what The Dakota East Side Ice House offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through ChowNow.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://www.chownow.com/order/33043/locations/49418 (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.thedakotasa.com/
- Phone: +1-210-375-6009
- Address: 433 South Hackberry Street, San Antonio, TX 78203
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon closed; Tue–Thu 15:00–00:00; Fri–Sun 12:00–00:00
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)
- Step-free access (OpenStreetMap)
- Prices: 19 prices on the site, the middle one $13.00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Dakota East Side Ice House that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Fogo de Chão (1.3 km): https://directindex.org/r/fogodechao.com
- Margaritaville (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/margaritavillesanantonio.com
- La Frite Belgian Bistro (1.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/lafritesa.com
- Which Wich? (1.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/whichwich.com
- Guadalajara Grill (1.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/guadalajaragrill.us

## What to fix first
- Nothing to fix.

## What the site tells visitors (Measured, not scored)
- **19 prices on the landing page, the middle one $13.00.** In San Antonio, the middle price of comparable sites that show prices is $10.99.

## 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 (BarOrPub).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list with prices on the page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Ordering through chownow on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
477 of 1321 in San Antonio. Top 36% 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 | 82% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 96% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 75% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 40% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Toro Kitchen and Bar (C, 810 m, https://directindex.org/r/torokitchenandbar.com); Fogo de Chão (A, 1326 m, https://directindex.org/r/fogodechao.com); Margaritaville (B, 1389 m, https://directindex.org/r/margaritavillesanantonio.com); La Frite Belgian Bistro (B, 1465 m, https://directindex.org/r/lafritesa.com); Which Wich? (A, 1538 m, https://directindex.org/r/whichwich.com); Guadalajara Grill (B, 1552 m, https://directindex.org/r/guadalajaragrill.us); Mengerita Tacos (B, 1585 m, https://directindex.org/r/mengerhotel.com); Wen Wah Chinese Restaurant (B, 1597 m, https://directindex.org/r/wenwahchinese.com); Casa Rio (B, 1649 m, https://directindex.org/r/casario.com); The Station Cafe (A, 1655 m, https://directindex.org/r/thestationsa.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 22 everyday questions about San Antonio and named 97 places. The Dakota East Side Ice House wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/san-antonio/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites using ChowNow 73% (55% A or B, 1152 sites); This site 71.3%.

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

## Businesses like The Dakota East Side Ice House in San Antonio

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in San Antonio | 1321 | 55% | 37% | 71.3% |
| Sites using ChowNow in San Antonio | 9 | 62% | 33% | 71.3% |

The best of the sites using ChowNow in San Antonio: Ito Ramen (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/itoramen.us); Agave Grill (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/agavehartford.com); Thai Lao 78 (C 69.2%, https://directindex.org/r/thailaostreetfoodtx.com); alamo city pizza parlor (C 69.2%, https://directindex.org/r/alamopizza.net); Alamo Cafe (C 66.2%, https://directindex.org/r/alamocafe.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for The Dakota East Side Ice House, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thedakotasa.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://www.chownow.com/order/33043/locations/49418 (vendor on own site: ChowNow; could not verify: failed (2026-11-12))
- Menu: https://www.thedakotasa.com/ (html_inline; from the scan)
- Hours: Tu-Th 15:00-24:00; Fr-Su 12:00-24:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-210-375-6009
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thedakotasa.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/thedakotasa.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): 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
- Vendor terms for agents, ChowNow: Not stated. ChowNow's customer terms (8 September 2025) bar automated means such as spiders, robots and crawlers to download or scrape data, except search engines; they do not address an agent placing an order for a person, and no agent programme was found. Read 2026-10-15: https://get.chownow.com/terms-of-service

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 22 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/thedakotasa.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/thedakotasa.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/thedakotasa.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=thedakotasa.com&force=1