The Direct Index
Report · San Francisco · scanned 2026-10-24

Foreign Cinema

foreigncinema.com is mostly ready for agents.

Listed by OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps.

BookOrderMenuCallWebsite

Ways to reach Foreign Cinema directly, with no marketplace in between. Checked 2026-10-24. On the business's own site. Report a mistake

+14156487600

Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)

Nearby, also direct

Places near Foreign Cinema that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.

Owners

The website's grade

An AI assistant can open Foreign Cinema's website. It can read what Foreign Cinema offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

73.8%

48 of 65 points available

1/5

agent-readiness level, Basic Web Presence

2

things to fix

Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.

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Named by assistants

Named by ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini for 5 questions, including "I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic" in San Francisco, November 2026

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in San Francisco and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in 5 answers, by 3 of the 3 assistants asked.

QuestionNamed byAsked
I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic.ChatGPT with a link to this site
Claude with a link to this site
Gemini with a link to this site
2026-11-02
Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?Claude with a link to this site
Gemini with a link to this site
2026-11-02
Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online.Gemini with a link to this site2026-11-02
Lunch on a terrace in the sun tomorrow. Where can I reserve?Claude with a link to this site
Gemini with a link to this site
2026-11-02
Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table.Claude with a link to this site
Gemini with a link to this site
2026-11-02

Every place named in San Francisco, question by question.

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The badge shows how many of the assistants asked named this business, and the month. It updates after every round.

Named by 3 of 3 assistants, Direct Index

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Assistants

What assistants answer

Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.

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.

Recommended when people ask:
“I want to book a table for two tonight somewhere romantic.” (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, with a link to this site)
“Brunch on Sunday for four. Where can I reserve?” (Gemini, Claude, with a link to this site)
“Birthday dinner for eight on Friday. I want to book online.” (Gemini, with a link to this site)
“Lunch on a terrace in the sun tomorrow. Where can I reserve?” (Gemini, Claude, with a link to this site)
“Somewhere good that's actually open on Monday evening, book a table.” (Gemini, Claude, with a link to this site)

Where it stands

How Foreign Cinema compares

Where it stands

573 of 2,392 in San Francisco

Top 24% of the sites scanned in this index. Just above: Florio Bar & Café B, Focaccia Market & Bakery B. Just below: Franny's Kitchen B, Gold Corner Cafe B.

What the top 10% of the index doesTop 10%This site
Take bookings or orders on their own domain100%yes
Publish the menu or price list as HTML89%yes
Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt)96%yes
Structured data with address, phone and hours55%no
Have an llms.txt25%no

Compared with its peers

Average scoreA or BThis site
Sites built with WordPress 236,086 sites55%25%73.8%
Sites using Square 5,422 sites65%42%73.8%

Nearest places with a similar menu

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Motze american183 mFno
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Red Cafe american636 mDno
Good Good Culture Club hawaiian, asian, american679 mByes
Son’s Addition american759 mByes
Maverick american782 mFno
Osito american940 mDno
Hi-Way burger, fries, american1.0 kmCyes
Businesses like yours

Businesses like Foreign Cinema in San Francisco

GroupSitesAvg scoreA or BThis site
Businesses of the same kind in San Francisco2,39249%32%73.8%
Sites built with WordPress in San Francisco39961%36%73.8%
Sites using Square in San Francisco7267%46%73.8%
Sites built with WordPress and using Square in San Francisco1462%36%73.8%

After the top fixes

With the fix above (No structured data for the business), the score would be about 95.4%. That would be 42nd of 2,392 in San Francisco, up from 573rd.

Findings

What to fix first

  1. No structured data for the business +14 points

    Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. How to fix it

  2. No llms.txt no points, but worth doing

    Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. How to fix it

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One email with the fixes and the link. Nothing is stored.

No one is listed yet to fix this in San Francisco. List your agency or yourself. It's free, and every listing is reviewed by hand.

Already right

  • robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
  • AI crawlers get the page GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
  • Menu or price list is an HTML page Agents can read the items and prices.
  • Booking on your own site Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
  • Ordering through square on your own domain There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

Builder: wordpress · contact page /about-us/: ordering via square; menu page /menus/: nothing new; booking page /reservation/: booking via opentable · What to paste

Owners

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For developers and agents

What agents get, and what the site publishes

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