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by betamaxthetape 1062 days ago
An earlier (1968) venue with a similar concept was "The Birds Nest", a pub / nightclub in the UK.

> They renamed The King’s Head, an almost brutalist post-war booze bunker at 2 King Street, installing a state-of-the-art steel dance-floor, light-show projectors and a high-end sound system.

> They also installed an in-pub telephone network so that if you saw someone you liked the look of, you could dial their table and have a chat across the room.

Source: https://boakandbailey.com/2020/10/watneys-birds-nest-pubs/

[This information comes to me entirely second-hand, through articles and an episode of a podcast, so I can't vouch 100% for the accuracy.]