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The dictionary doesn't seem to have that sense of the word "ordinary". By context in web results it seems to mean "tavern".

I'd never heard of that meaning either, but it's there.

14. obsolete ( Brit ) a. a meal provided regularly at a fixed price b. the inn providing such meals

True. I did say you had to stretch things a bit. I was suggesting YC News as Paul's tavern. A public gathering place.