# The District: Agent-Direct Score F (29.2%)

Site: https://thedistrictrestaurants.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thedistrictrestaurants.com
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The District is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants can't open The District's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Phone: +1-713-229-8611

## What to fix first

- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **Ordering through an unrecognised third party.** (+9 points) Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/online-ordering-without-delivery-apps
- **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.** (+2 points) Missing: telephone. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## 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": "Restaurant",
  "name": "The District",
  "url": "https://thedistrictrestaurants.com",
  "telephone": "+1-713-229-8611",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Main Street 610",
    "postalCode": "77002",
    "addressLocality": "Houston"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 29.7599178,
    "longitude": -95.362833
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Su 10:30-22:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [],
      "opens": "10:30",
      "closes": "22:00"
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, opening hours

## Since the scan of 2026-10-16 (F then)
- Fixed: The site couldn't be read at all
- New: The site turned away every visitor that wasn't a browser; Structured data was incomplete; No menu or price list; Ordering through an unrecognised third party

## Where it stands
592 of 607 in Houston. Top 98% 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% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 87% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 92% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 64% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 28% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Conservatory (F, 134 m, https://directindex.org/r/conservatoryhtx.com); Frank's Pizza (D, 164 m, https://directindex.org/r/frankspizza.com); Fabian's Latin Flavors (C, 314 m, https://directindex.org/r/fabianslatinflavors.com); The Big Casino Bar (B, 315 m, https://directindex.org/r/batangahouston.com); Roma's Pizza (F, 347 m, https://directindex.org/r/romaspizzahouston.com); Irma's Southwest Grill (A, 404 m, https://directindex.org/r/irmassouthwest.com); Pappas Bros. Steakhouse (A, 488 m, https://directindex.org/r/pappasbros.com); Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse (A, 548 m, https://directindex.org/r/vicandanthonys.com); House of Blues (B, 683 m, https://directindex.org/r/houseofblues.com); The Grove (A, 847 m, https://directindex.org/r/thegrovehouston.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 12 everyday questions about Houston and named 62 places. The District wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/houston/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Popmenu 73% (58% A or B, 36 sites); This site 29.2%.

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

## Businesses like The District in Houston

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Houston | 607 | 53% | 39% | 29.2% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Houston: Aladdin Mediterranean cuisine (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/aladdinshouston.com); Brennan's (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/brennanshouston.com); Chunk's Burger (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/menufy.com); First Watch (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/firstwatch.com); Iguana Joe’s (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/iguanajoes.menu).

With the three fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; Ordering through an unrecognised third party; No menu or price list found), the score would be about 92.3%. That would be 30th of 607 in Houston, up from 592nd.

## The direct record
What agents get for The District, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thedistrictrestaurants.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo-Su 10:30-22:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-713-229-8611

## 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 cloudflare_challenge); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 13 | 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: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/thedistrictrestaurants.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/thedistrictrestaurants.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=thedistrictrestaurants.com&force=1