# The Halal Zone: Agent-Direct Score B (76.9%)

Site: https://thehalalzone.org
Report: https://directindex.org/r/thehalalzone.org
Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
The Halal Zone is mostly ready for agents.

## Direct links
- Order directly: https://order.toasttab.com/online/the-halal-zone-400-n-broad-st-eexhr (through toast acting for the business)
- Phone: +1-908-355-6229

## What to fix first
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer' from marketplaces instead. Add a menu or price list page and link it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response.
- **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours.
- **Toast works with agents through its partners.** Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/. An assistant that is not a partner may not finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
1135 of 4270 in New York. Top 27% 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% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 99% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 94% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 50% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 13% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Punta Cana Restaurant (B, 52 m, https://directindex.org/r/puntacana.top); Bull Horns Burger + Grill (C, 350 m, https://directindex.org/r/bullhorns.com); Brisas Bakery & Restaurant (D, 402 m, https://directindex.org/r/brisasempanadas.com); NOAH Osteria (F, 484 m, https://directindex.org/r/liveyoungerlongerwithdrpeters.com); Sakura Japan (A, 1236 m, https://directindex.org/r/sakurajapanelizabethnj.com); Jalapeño de Fuego (F, 1516 m, https://directindex.org/r/jalapenodefuego.com); & Pizza (A, 2041 m, https://directindex.org/r/andpizza.com); Noches de Colombia (A, 2879 m, https://directindex.org/r/nochesdecolombiaelizabeth.com); Del Porto (B, 3452 m, https://directindex.org/r/delportonj.com); Ruby Tuesday (B, 3467 m, https://directindex.org/r/rubytuesday.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 GoDaddy Website Builder 54% (23% A or B, 285 sites); Sites using Toast 74% (63% A or B, 1884 sites); This site 76.9%.

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

## Businesses like The Halal Zone in New York

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same kind in New York | 4270 | 52% | 40% | 76.9% |
| Built with GoDaddy Website Builder in New York | 51 | 63% | 41% | 76.9% |
| Using Toast in New York | 324 | 77% | 69% | 76.9% |
| Built with GoDaddy Website Builder and using Toast in New York | 7 | 82% | 100% | 76.9% |

The best of Built with GoDaddy Website Builder and using Toast in New York: DelMonico Steal & Beyond (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/delmonicosteakandbeyond.com); Tortelli (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/tortellinyc.com); Retro Polish Restaurant and Wine Bar (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/retropolishrestaurant.com); 44 & X (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/44andx.com); Yummy Thai (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/yummythainy.com).

With the fix above (No menu or price list found) the score would be about 87.7%: 471st of 4,270 in New York, up from 1135th.

## The direct record
What agents get for The Halal Zone, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thehalalzone.org
- Book: none on record
- Order: https://order.toasttab.com/online/the-halal-zone-400-n-broad-st-eexhr (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Su 14:00-23:00; Mo-Sa 11:00-02:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +1-908-355-6229
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/thehalalzone.org/order

## 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): not measured
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured
- 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): not measured
- Vendor terms for agents, Toast: Through partners. Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/

Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 15 | 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/thehalalzone.org
- 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

Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/thehalalzone.org/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=thehalalzone.org&force=1