# The Local: Agent-Direct Score F (0%) Site: https://thelocalatx.com Report: https://directindex.org/r/thelocalatx.com Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.) The scanner couldn't reach The Local's website on 2026-10-23 (challenge:attention required). Rescans are free. AI assistants can't open The Local's website, so they go by what other sites say about it. ## Direct links - Phone: (512) 222-8564 - Address: 9901 Brodie Ln, 78748, Austin ## Nearby, also direct Places near The Local that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between. - Bush's Chicken (140 m): https://directindex.org/r/bushschicken.com - China Dynasty (2.3 km): https://directindex.org/r/chinadynastyatx.com - Taco Bueno (2.3 km): https://directindex.org/r/tacobueno.com - Keepers Coastal Kitchen (2.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/keepersaustin.com - Oasthouse Kitchen and Bar (2.6 km): https://directindex.org/r/oasthouseaustin.com ## What to fix first - **The site couldn't be read at all.** There's a bot challenge in front of the site (challenge:attention required), so a plain fetch never gets to the page. A real browser tried too and got challenge:title. ## Already right - Nothing. ## Where it stands 1645 of 1673 in Austin. 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 | 92% | no | | Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 95% | no | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 62% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 33% | no | Nearest places in the index: Bush's Chicken (B, 139 m, https://directindex.org/r/bushschicken.com); Nanami Sushi Bar & Grill (C, 860 m, https://directindex.org/r/nanamiaustin.com); Evangeline Cafe (B, 1910 m, https://directindex.org/r/evangelinecafe.com); China Dynasty (B, 2258 m, https://directindex.org/r/chinadynastyatx.com); Taco Bueno (B, 2306 m, https://directindex.org/r/tacobueno.com); Backspin Texas Sports Bar & Grill (D, 2369 m, https://directindex.org/r/backspinsportsbar.com); Winston's Kitchen (B, 2437 m, https://directindex.org/r/winstonskitchenatx.com); Keepers Coastal Kitchen (B, 2576 m, https://directindex.org/r/keepersaustin.com); Oasthouse Kitchen and Bar (C, 2580 m, https://directindex.org/r/oasthouseaustin.com); Tacodeli (A, 2687 m, https://directindex.org/r/tacodeli.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 Austin and named 62 places. The Local wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/austin/recommended ## Businesses like The Local in Austin | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Businesses of the same kind in Austin | 1673 | 54% | 38% | 0% | The best of the businesses of the same kind in Austin: Austin's Very Own Saltt (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/austinsveryownsaltt.com); Azul Tequila (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/azultequilatx.com); Barstool Bites (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/seasideonthepier.com); Bellissima Italian Mediterranean Restaurant (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/bellissimatx.com); Capitol Burger (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/capitolburger.online). ## The direct record What agents get for The Local, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/thelocalatx.com - Book: none on record - Order: none on record - Menu: none on record - Hours: none on record - Phone: (512) 222-8564 ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 0 | 25 | | Readable | 0 | 25 | | Actionable | 0 | 30 | | 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/thelocalatx.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/thelocalatx.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 ยท Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=thelocalatx.com&force=1