# The Greasy Spoon Express: Agent-Direct Score B (76.9%)

Site: https://www.thegreasyspoonhtx.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thegreasyspoonhtx.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Greasy Spoon Express is mostly ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by The Greasy Spoon Express's website. It can read what The Greasy Spoon Express offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through ChowNow.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://direct.chownow.com/order/24345/locations/35845 (through chownow acting for the business)
- Menu: https://thegreasyspoonhtx.com/menu/
- Phone: (281) 781-7116
- Address: 2616 Blodgett St, 77004-5316, Houston
- Its menu mentions: vegetarian dishes

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Greasy Spoon Express that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- F#ck Gluten (0 m): https://directindex.org/r/fckgltn.com
- Meek's Vegan Pizza (0 m): https://directindex.org/r/meeksveganpizza.com
- Erk And Jerk (0 m): https://directindex.org/r/erkandjerk.com
- Vails Brothers Shrimp Fish & Chicken (0 m): https://directindex.org/r/vailsbrothers314.com
- bullblodgett (0 m): https://directindex.org/r/solrayofoods.com

## What to fix first
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+10 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_429), ClaudeBot (http_429), PerplexityBot (http_429) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Menu or price list is an HTML 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
640 of 2664 in Houston. Top 24% 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 | 97% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 93% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 72% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 53% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Alkaline Healing Kitchen (F, 0 m, https://directindex.org/r/alkalinehealingkitchen.com); F#ck Gluten (C, 0 m, https://directindex.org/r/fckgltn.com); Meek's Vegan Pizza (C, 0 m, https://directindex.org/r/meeksveganpizza.com); Erk And Jerk (B, 0 m, https://directindex.org/r/erkandjerk.com); Vails Brothers Shrimp Fish & Chicken (B, 0 m, https://directindex.org/r/vailsbrothers314.com); Burgers Near Me (F, 0 m, https://directindex.org/r/burgersnm.com); Heartychicken (F, 1 m, https://directindex.org/r/heartychicken.com); Dollies Vegan Bistro (F, 2 m, https://directindex.org/r/dolliesveganbistro.com); Hot Potato 1.2.3. Express | Wing Xscape (F, 3 m, https://directindex.org/r/hotpotato123express.com); bullblodgett (A, 4 m, https://directindex.org/r/solrayofoods.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 61 places. The Greasy Spoon Express wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/houston/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites using ChowNow 73% (55% A or B, 1147 sites); This site 76.9%.

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

## Businesses like The Greasy Spoon Express in Houston

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Houston | 2664 | 54% | 35% | 76.9% |
| Sites using ChowNow in Houston | 34 | 75% | 59% | 76.9% |

The best of the sites using ChowNow in Houston: Fadi's Meyerland Mediterranean Grill (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/fadismeyerland.com); Songkran (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/songkranthaikitchen.com); Cafe Lili (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/cafelili.com); Izakaya Hi (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/izakayahi.com); Ruggles Black (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/rugglesblack.com).

With the fix above (The server turns AI crawlers away at the door), the score would be about 92.3%. That would be 180th of 2,664 in Houston, up from 640th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Greasy Spoon Express, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thegreasyspoonhtx.com
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://direct.chownow.com/order/24345/locations/35845 (vendor on own site: ChowNow; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: https://thegreasyspoonhtx.com/menu/ (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: (281) 781-7116
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thegreasyspoonhtx.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/thegreasyspoonhtx.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

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /menu/: 13 menu items in JSON-LD.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 15 | 25 |
| Readable | 25 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 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/thegreasyspoonhtx.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/thegreasyspoonhtx.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/thegreasyspoonhtx.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=thegreasyspoonhtx.com&force=1