I think the problem is not so much "Tavern" in the actual Paltalk listings, but when someone posts a thread saying the Tavern is open, meaning the one on Paltalk.

Here is a link to the first Mudcat Tavern thread. If you put Tavern in the filter box, at the top of the threads, then set the time back to 3 years, all of them come up.

The majority of us do also live in the 3D world, meeting other Mudcatters, performing etc; the virtual Tavern is just another well-loved aspect of the Mudcat community.