roadhouse

Plural: roadhouses

Noun

• an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling
• An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city. In the centuries before motor vehicles, such inns were places for travellers to stop at night during multi-day journeys, besides being public houses for their local countryfolk.
• A receiving house.
• A truck stop located in a remote area, with basic accommodation facilities.

Related Words

barrelhouse, honky-tonk, juke, juke joint