--- title: Birmingham cafes and bars: what changed · The Direct Index url: https://directindex.org/city/birmingham-cafes-bars/changes --- [The Direct Index](https://directindex.org/) [Scanner](https://directindex.org/scan)[Cities](https://directindex.org/cities)[Rankings](https://directindex.org/rankings)[Search](https://directindex.org/search)[Guides](https://directindex.org/guides)[About](https://directindex.org/about) What changed · [Birmingham cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/birmingham-cafes-bars), GB # Birmingham cafes and bars: what changed in the last 30 days In the last 30 days, 11 sites in the Birmingham cafes and bars index changed something the scanner or the assistants can see: 13 findings fixed, 8 grades up and 0 down, 0 started turning an AI crawler away and 2 let them in again, 0 assistant answers changed. 11 sites with a change in the last 30 days 13 findings fixed 8 / 0 grades up / down 0 started turning a crawler away 0 assistant answers that changed Each line links the site's report. 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Summary ## What kind of change By kind | findings fixed | 13 | | new findings | 2 | | grades up | 8 | | let crawlers in again | 2 | | direct channel changed | 7 | | vendor changed | 1 | Fixes verified most often | No booking or ordering path at all | 7 | | No llms.txt | 3 | | The server turned AI crawlers away at the door | 2 | | No structured data for the business | 1 | Week of 12 October 2026 ## 11 changes | Day | Business | What changed | | --- | --- | --- | | 14 October 2026 | [Dark Horse Espresso](https://directindex.org/r/dhespresso.com) dhespresso.com | direct channel: none to own site grade D to C (65%) fixed: no booking or ordering path at all | | 14 October 2026 | [The Plough and Harrow](https://directindex.org/r/ploughharrowpub.co.uk) ploughharrowpub.co.uk | direct channel: none to own site grade C to A (86%) fixed: no booking or ordering path at all | | 14 October 2026 | [The Old Irish Harp](https://directindex.org/r/oldirishharppub.co.uk) oldirishharppub.co.uk | direct channel: none to own site grade C to A (86%) fixed: no booking or ordering path at all | | 14 October 2026 | [Henman & Cooper](https://directindex.org/r/henmanandcooper.co.uk) henmanandcooper.co.uk | direct channel: none to own site grade D to C (63%) fixed: no booking or ordering path at all | | 14 October 2026 | [Castle & Falcon](https://directindex.org/r/castleandfalcon.com) castleandfalcon.com | direct channel: none to own site grade D to C (69%) fixed: no booking or ordering path at all | | 14 October 2026 | [Hey Brew Espresso](https://directindex.org/r/heybrew.co.uk) heybrew.co.uk | lets AI crawlers in again grade C to B (72%) fixed: no llms.txt fixed: the server turned AI crawlers away at the door | | 14 October 2026 | [Seattle's Best Coffee](https://directindex.org/r/birmingham.ac.uk) birmingham.ac.uk | grade D to C (66%) new finding: structured data was incomplete fixed: no structured data for the business | | 14 October 2026 | [Pup and Duckling](https://directindex.org/r/pupandduckling.co.uk) pupandduckling.co.uk | fixed: no llms.txt | | 14 October 2026 | [BRIG Café at The Warehouse](https://directindex.org/r/wearebrig.co.uk) wearebrig.co.uk | direct channel: none to third party new finding: booking through an unrecognised third party fixed: no booking or ordering path at all | | 14 October 2026 | [grounded. St Paul's](https://directindex.org/r/groundedcafe.co.uk) groundedcafe.co.uk | vendor: none to SimplyBook.me direct channel: none to vendor on own site grade D to C (66%) fixed: no booking or ordering path at all | | 14 October 2026 | [New Era Coffee](https://directindex.org/r/neweracoffee.co.uk) neweracoffee.co.uk | lets AI crawlers in again fixed: no llms.txt fixed: the server turned AI crawlers away at the door | Method ## How a change is recorded Every full scan of a site is compared with the site's previous full scan, the hour it lands: findings that are gone count as fixed, new ones as new, a grade that moved as up or down, AI crawlers turned away or let in at the edge, and a change of direct booking or ordering channel or of the vendor behind it. A scan that could not reach the site is not compared: it says nothing about the site. Every answer an assistant gives to one of the three questions about a business is compared with its previous answer to the same question. 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