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title: What an AI agent reads on The Salt Line · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/r/thesaltline.com/agent-view?format=md
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# What an AI agent reads on The Salt Line

An assistant's crawler fetches the page once, without running JavaScript, and reads the text, the structured data and the links. This is that view of [thesaltline.com](https://www.thesaltline.com/), from the copy the scanner kept.

2,000

characters of text without JavaScript

FoodEstablishment

structured data for the business

0

of 3 AI crawlers turned away at the edge

 Text

## The words an agent gets

Title: The Salt Line | Oyster Bar Restaurant in DC, VA & MD · language en-US. First 1,800 of 2,000 characters:

```
The Salt Line | Oyster Bar Restaurant in DC, VA & MD Skip to main content Locations sub-menu Locations Washington DC Ballston VA BETHESDA MD Menus sub-menu Menus Washington DC Ballston VA Bethesda MD Order Online Private Events sub-menu Private Events Washington DC Ballston VA Bethesda MD Reservations Toggle Navigation Locations sub-menu Locations Washington DC Ballston VA BETHESDA MD Menus sub-menu Menus Washington DC Ballston VA Bethesda MD Order Online Private Events sub-menu Private Events Washington DC Ballston VA Bethesda MD Press Contact Gift Cards Merch Reservations Email Signup Instagram powered by BentoBox Home Main content starts here, tab to start navigating Slide 1 of 6 Slide 2 of 6 Slide 3 of 6 Slide 4 of 6 Slide 5 of 6 Slide 6 of 6 hero gallery paused, press to play images slides Playing hero gallery, press to pause images slides Locations Washington DC Ballston Bethesda Discover the Salt Line Reservations Email Signup Instagram Press Contact Gift Cards Merch Email Signup powered by BentoBox leave this field blank Email Signup Please, enter a valid first name First Name - Required Please, enter a valid last name Last Name - Required Please, enter a valid email Email - Required Submit Please check errors in the form above Thank you for signing up for email updates! Close This site is protected by reCAPTCHA. Reservations Location - Required Location Washington DC Ballston VA BETHESDA MD Please, select a location Number of People - Optional Number of People 1 Person 2 People 3 People 4 People 5 People 6 People 7 People 8+ People Date - Required Time - Optional Time 11:00 PM 10:30 PM 10:00 PM 9:30 PM 9:00 PM 8:30 PM 8:00 PM 7:30 PM 7:00 PM 6:30 PM 6:00 PM 5:30 PM 5:00 PM 4:30 PM 4:00 PM 3:30 PM 3:00 PM 2:30 PM 2:00 PM 1:30 PM 1:00 PM 12:30 PM 12:00 PM 11:30 A
```

 Facts

## What it can state about the business

| A business type in JSON-LD | FoodEstablishment |
| Name | Washington DC |
| Telephone | 202-506-2368 |
| Address | yes |
| Opening hours | no |
| Menu or price list | a menu or price-list page in HTML www.thesaltline.com/washington-dc-menus/ |
| Cuisine in structured data | Oyster Bar Restaurant |
| JSON-LD blocks | 3 (FoodEstablishment, Organization, PostalAddress, Reservation, ReserveAction, WebPage) |

 Actions

## The links it would act on

| Link | Role | Where it goes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [order.toasttab.com/online/locations/a50e545d-5e7b-4e54-9b8c-d5b27c2777](https://order.toasttab.com/online/locations/a50e545d-5e7b-4e54-9b8c-d5b27c2777af/4285b5cb-a1f2-470e-957b-cde3e2ccc980) | ordering | toast, acting for the business |
| [getbento.com/?utm_source=header&utm_campaign=thesaltline.com](https://getbento.com/?utm_source=header&utm_campaign=thesaltline.com) | ordering | bentobox, acting for the business |
| [app-assets.getbento.com/alerts-component/f5f7a25/main.js.map](https://app-assets.getbento.com/alerts-component/f5f7a25/main.js.map) | ordering | bentobox, acting for the business |

Everything here comes from one fetch of the homepage as a crawler; the [report](https://directindex.org/r/thesaltline.com) turns it into a score and fixes, with a kit to paste.

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```json
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```