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title: What an AI agent reads on The Merchant Kitchen & Drinks · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/r/themerchantboston.com/agent-view?format=md
---

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# What an AI agent reads on The Merchant Kitchen & Drinks

An assistant's crawler fetches the page once, without running JavaScript, and reads the text, the structured data and the links. Below is what it gets from [themerchantboston.com](http://www.themerchantboston.com/), taken from the copy the scanner kept.

16,706

characters of text without JavaScript

none

structured data for the business

0

of 3 AI crawlers turned away at the edge

 Text

## The words an agent gets

Title: The Merchant Boston | Downtown Crossing Food & Drinks · language en-US. First 1,800 of 16,706 characters:

```
The Merchant Boston | Downtown Crossing Food & Drinks Reservations Menu About Awards/Reviews Farmers & Suppliers Our Story Directions & Parking Bio Events Private Events Upcoming Events Contact Hours Employment The Merchant Boston Main Navigation for The Merchant Boston Reservations Menu About Awards/Reviews Farmers & Suppliers Our Story Directions & Parking Bio Events Private Events Upcoming Events Contact Hours EmploymentBig modern American brasserie offering cocktails, beers galore, in antique-chic digs Buy Giftcards Order Online Sign Up for Updates Make a Reservation Call Us Open Table...Or request a private room » Now Serving: Lunch (11am - 4pm)Food Menu Navigation for Merchant Boston Lunch Dinner Drinks Lunch MenuRaw Bar Minimum 3 per order Oysters of the Day* 3.50 Cocktail sauce, mignonette, lemonAppetizers New England Clam Chowder Cup 8 Bowl 14 A&J King Sliced Sourdough** 5 Organic whipped butter, sea salt large 8 Crispy Chicken Wings 17 Sweet & sour soy glaze, spicy slaw Baja Style Fish Tacos 18 Beer battered haddock, lime crema, slaw, radish, salsa ranchera, flour tortillas Togarashi Fries** 12 Aioli, wasabi furikake, scallions Point Judith Calamari 18 Pickled peppers, arugula, spicy citrus marinara Smoked Berkshire Pork Ribs 18 Thai chili lacquer, spicy mango slaw, Thai basil Fried Shishito Peppers** 14 Organic spiced shoyu, crispy garlic, sesame, yuzu aioli Ricotta Gnocchi 19 Housemade gnocchi au gratin, wild mushrooms, brussel leaves, parmesan Creamed Spinach Dip** 17 Fennel, artichoke, parmigiano, warm pitaSalads Add Chicken 11, Tofu** 8, Shrimp 9, Steak 14, Arctic Char 12 Greek Garden Quinoa Bowl 18 quinoa, iceberg lettuce, chickpeas, tomato, cucumber, pickled red onions, olives, oregano vinaigrette Caesar Salad** 16 Caesar dressing, romaine, parmig
```

 Facts

## What it can say about the business

| A business type in JSON-LD | no |
| Name | no |
| Telephone | 6174826060 (a tel: link, not structured) |
| Address | no |
| Opening hours | no |
| Menu or price list | a menu or price-list page in HTML www.themerchantboston.com/#menu |
| Cuisine in structured data | no |
| JSON-LD blocks | 1 (BreadcrumbList, CollectionPage, EntryPoint, ListItem, PropertyValueSpecification, SearchAction) |

 Actions

## The links it would act on

| Link | Role | Where it goes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [www.themerchantboston.com/#reservation](https://www.themerchantboston.com/#reservation) | booking | the business's own site |
| [online.skytab.com/9c38c8cc69d40c0f3e02e71e08ce4f33](https://online.skytab.com/9c38c8cc69d40c0f3e02e71e08ce4f33) | ordering | skytab, acting for the business |
| [www.opentable.com/single.aspx?rid=118774&restref=118774](https://www.opentable.com/single.aspx?rid=118774&restref=118774) | booking | opentable, a marketplace |
| [go.lazparking.com/checkout/?l=145195&wk=f62d70ad9ee54279a05fe5dc73](https://go.lazparking.com/checkout/?l=145195&wk=f62d70ad9ee54279a05fe5dc732ffe84) | booking | an unrecognised third party |

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```