roadhouse
noun
- commercial establishment typically built on or near a major road
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊdˌhaʊs/ / /ˈɹoʊdˌhaʊs/
noun
Etymology: From road + house.
- 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.
“Near-synonym: coaching inn (often synonymous, historically)”
“The pub was a classic 1930s 'roadhouse'. To the railway's official mindset, it might as well have been an opium den in Victorian London.”
- A receiving house.
- A truck stop located in a remote area, with basic accommodation facilities.