# Blackbird Public House: Agent-Direct Score D (50.8%)

Site: http://blackbirdpublichouse.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/blackbirdpublichouse.com
Scanned: 2026-10-23 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Blackbird Public House is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open Blackbird Public House's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.blackbirdpublichouse.com/reservations (on the business's own site)
- Order directly: https://direct.chownow.com/order/9284/locations/12629 (through chownow acting for the business)
- Phone: +13037333923
- Address: 305 S Downing St, 80209, Denver

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Blackbird Public House that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Satchel's on 6th (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/satchelson6th.com
- Local Jones (1.8 km): https://directindex.org/r/localjones.com
- Second Home Kitchen + Bar (1.8 km): https://directindex.org/r/torodenver.com
- True Food Kitchen (1.9 km): https://directindex.org/r/truefoodkitchen.com
- Smokin Yard's BBQ (2.3 km): https://directindex.org/r/smokinyards.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (cloudflare_challenge). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (Restaurant).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.
- **Ordering through chownow on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.

## Where it stands
791 of 1288 in Denver. Top 61% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 90% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 60% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 33% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Beatrice & Woodsley (F, 1272 m, https://directindex.org/r/beatriceandwoodsley.com); 730 South (F, 1544 m, https://directindex.org/r/730south.net); Satchel's on 6th (A, 1729 m, https://directindex.org/r/satchelson6th.com); Hillstone (D, 1732 m, https://directindex.org/r/hillstonerestaurant.com); Local Jones (A, 1765 m, https://directindex.org/r/localjones.com); Second Home Kitchen + Bar (A, 1776 m, https://directindex.org/r/torodenver.com); True Food Kitchen (B, 1895 m, https://directindex.org/r/truefoodkitchen.com); Le Peep Restaurant (D, 2101 m, https://directindex.org/r/lepeep.com); Smokin Yard's BBQ (B, 2276 m, https://directindex.org/r/smokinyards.com); Pearl Street Grill (F, 2429 m, https://directindex.org/r/pearlstreetgrilldenver.com).

## What assistants answer
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.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Denver and named 55 places. Blackbird Public House wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/denver/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Popmenu 74% (66% A or B, 552 sites); Sites using ChowNow 73% (54% A or B, 970 sites); This site 50.8%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/blackbirdpublichouse.com/agent-view

## Businesses like Blackbird Public House in Denver

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Denver | 1288 | 56% | 38% | 50.8% |
| Sites built with Popmenu in Denver | 16 | 86% | 69% | 50.8% |
| Sites using ChowNow in Denver | 21 | 68% | 43% | 50.8% |
| Sites built with Popmenu and using ChowNow in Denver | 1 | 51% | 0% | 50.8% |

The best of the sites using ChowNow in Denver: The Bagel Deli & Restaurant (A 100%, https://directindex.org/r/bageldeli.com); Zane’s Italian Bistro (A 95%, https://directindex.org/r/zanesbistro.com); Grilling Jerk Island (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/grillingjerkisland.com); Cozy Cottage (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/cozyupdenver.com); Uncle Joe's Hong Kong Bistro (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/unclejoeshkbistro.com).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No menu or price list found), the score would be about 100%, which would be first of 1,288 in Denver.

## The direct record
What agents get for Blackbird Public House, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/blackbirdpublichouse.com
- Book: https://www.blackbirdpublichouse.com/reservations (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Order: https://direct.chownow.com/order/9284/locations/12629 (vendor on own site: ChowNow; found by the scan of 2026-10-23, not yet tested)
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +13037333923
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/blackbirdpublichouse.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/blackbirdpublichouse.com/order

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got cloudflare_challenge); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 18 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/blackbirdpublichouse.com/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/blackbirdpublichouse.com/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=blackbirdpublichouse.com&force=1