History of the "Public Room"

Connexus is known for it’s extensive Public Room Network, but what is a public room anyways? Let’s explore what this term has meant over the years.

The term public room can be traced back to roman times when it was a term used for restrooms of the roman

Origins from the British pubs

When the first pubs were built, the main room was the public room with a large serving bar copied from the gin houses, the idea being to serve the maximum number of people in the shortest possible time. It became known as the public bar. The other, more private, rooms had no serving bar—they had the beer brought to them from the public bar. There are a number of pubs in the Midlands or the North which still retain this set up but these days the beer is fetched by the customer from the taproom or public bar.