# The Depot Tavern: Agent-Direct Score F (16.9%)

Site: https://thedepottavern.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thedepottavern.com
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Depot Tavern is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants cannot open the website of The Depot Tavern, so they rely on what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Menu: https://thedepottavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/depotmenu-may2026.pdf
- Phone: +1-612-338-1828

## What to fix first
- **The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (challenge:checking your browser); only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent is turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the rendered page. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Booking through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps you as the merchant of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as HTML, keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## 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
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "The Depot Tavern",
  "url": "https://thedepottavern.com/",
  "telephone": "+1-612-338-1828",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "North 7th Street 17",
    "postalCode": "55403",
    "addressLocality": "Minneapolis"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 44.9783509,
    "longitude": -93.2756605
  },
  "openingHours": "Su-Th 11:00-01:00; Fr 10:00-02:00; Sa 11:00-02:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday",
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "01:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "02:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "11:00",
      "closes": "02:00"
    }
  ],
  "hasMenu": "https://thedepottavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/depotmenu-may2026.pdf"
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.

## Where it stands
136 of 160 in Minneapolis cafes and bars. Top 85% 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 | 100% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 38% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | no |

Nearest places in the index: 7th Street Entry (C, 16 m, https://directindex.org/r/first-avenue.com); Mezzo Mezzo (C, 67 m, https://directindex.org/r/mezzomezzompls.com); Tom’s Watch Bar (A, 166 m, https://directindex.org/r/tomswatchbar.com); The Saloon (D, 207 m, https://directindex.org/r/saloonmn.com); Lyon's Pub (A, 233 m, https://directindex.org/r/lyonspub.com); The Loon Cafe (C, 263 m, https://directindex.org/r/looncafe.com); 8th Street Grill & Taphouse (C, 443 m, https://directindex.org/r/8thstreetgrillmn.com); Barra (D, 451 m, https://directindex.org/r/barrampls.com); Sota (F, 475 m, https://directindex.org/r/sotashopmn.com); Underground Music Cafe (B, 477 m, https://directindex.org/r/undergroundmusicvenue.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 59% (32% A or B, 54721 sites); This site 16.9%.

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

## Businesses like The Depot Tavern in Minneapolis cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Minneapolis cafes and bars | 160 | 51% | 26% | 16.9% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Minneapolis cafes and bars | 34 | 62% | 26% | 16.9% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Minneapolis cafes and bars: Crooked Pint Ale House (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/crookedpint.com); Mari's Watch Bar (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/mariswatchbar.com); Day Block Brewing Company (A 98.5%, https://directindex.org/r/dayblockbrewing.com); Tom’s Watch Bar (A 88.8%, https://directindex.org/r/tomswatchbar.com); StormKing (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/stormkingbrewpub.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included; No structured data for the business; Booking through an unrecognised third party) the score would be about 90.8%: 12th of 160 in Minneapolis cafes and bars, up from 136th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Depot Tavern, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thedepottavern.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://thedepottavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/depotmenu-may2026.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: Su-Th 11:00-01:00; Fr 10:00-02:00; Sa 11:00-02:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-612-338-1828
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thedepottavern.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

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got challenge:checking your browser); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 5 | 25 |
| Actionable | 6 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/thedepottavern.com/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/thedepottavern.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. 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=thedepottavern.com&force=1