Lighthouse Lab · Mobile · February 2026

Storm Lake Restaurant
Benchmark

Every restaurant website in Storm Lake, Iowa tested with Google Lighthouse on mobile. One framework scores in the top 1% nationally. The rest don't break 55.

Data collected February 23, 2026 · Google Lighthouse 12.x · Simulated Mobile
● DARKHORSE Framework
Zimmy's Bar & Grille zimmys.vercel.app
100
Performance
95
Accessibility
100
Best Practices
100
Seo
LCP: < 2s
TTI: < 2s
CLS: 0
TBT: 0ms

The Field

Every restaurant in Storm Lake with a testable website, ranked by Performance score.

Restaurant Perf Access BP SEO
Family Table / Lakeshore Cafe family-table.com Chain platform · 16 NW Iowa locations 52−48 84−11 100 92−8
King's Pointe / Regatta Grille kingspointeresort.com/dining.htm Resort subpage · Not a standalone restaurant site 42−58 95 57−43 100
Smokin' Hereford BBQ smokinherefordbbq.com Independent · Est. Storm Lake 34−66 86−9 77−23 92−8
BozWellz Pub & Eaterie bozwellz.com Independent · Est. ~1995 27−73 79−16 54−46 92−8

Performance Score

Google Lighthouse Performance score on mobile. 90+ is green. Most restaurants never see green.

DARKHORSE
100
Family Table
52
King's Pointe
42
Smokin' Hereford
34
BozWellz
27

Time to See Content (LCP)

Largest Contentful Paint — how long until a customer sees meaningful content on their phone. Google's threshold: under 2.5 seconds.

DARKHORSE
<2
SECONDS
BozWellz
11.1
SECONDS
King's Pointe
11.3
SECONDS
Family Table
13.0
SECONDS
Smokin' Hereford
21.1
SECONDS

What the Data Shows

Five restaurant websites. One market. Same Google test. One framework built from scratch by a single developer with AI tools. The rest built by vendors, agencies, and platforms.

Best competitor Performance score: 52 — DARKHORSE: 100
Best competitor LCP: 11.1s — DARKHORSE: <2s5.5× faster
Best competitor TTI: 12.8s — DARKHORSE: <2s6× faster
Competitors scoring 90+ on Performance: 0 of 4
DARKHORSE clean 100s: 3 of 4 categories (Performance, Best Practices, SEO)

Google reports 53% of mobile users abandon a site that takes more than 3 seconds to load. Every competitor in this market exceeds 11 seconds.

DARKHORSE

Performance is not a feature. It's the foundation. Built by a car guy from Iowa who taught himself to code.

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