roadhouses
Rural roadside bars
Roadhouses are establishments—typically bars, restaurants, or inns—located on roads outside of towns, serving travelers and locals.
The term evokes a certain roughness: live music, drinking, dancing, maybe a fight in the parking lot.
We stopped at a roadhouse for cold beer and barbecue.
The singular is roadhouse.
Major road for travel
- Route 66Historic cross-country highway
- neon signsElectrified gas tube advertisements
- truckersCommercial freight drivers
- motorcyclesMotorized two-wheeled vehicles
parking lot · dusty · remote · outskirts · gravel · pickup trucks · rural · interstate
Drinking establishment
- tavernPublic drinking establishment
- honky-tonkRough country music venue
- juke jointInformal Southern music bar
- dive barRundown, cheap drinking spot
saloon · pub · nightclub · watering hole · beer joint · country bar · drinking establishment · dance hall
Mournful American music genre
- country musicRural Southern folk-pop genre
- rock and rollRhythm-heavy fifties pop
- jukeboxCoin-operated music player
- live bandMusicians performing in person
dance floor · rockabilly · ZZ Top · boogie · two-step · line dancing · electric guitar · cover band
Meat patties in buns
- barbecueSlow-cook over coals
- ribsThoracic bone set
- steaksThick slices of meat
- fried chickenBattered poultry cooked in oil
cold beer · wings · nachos · pool table · peanut shells · onion rings · chili · whiskey
highway
Major road for travel
- Route 66Historic cross-country highway
- neon signsElectrified gas tube advertisements
- truckersCommercial freight drivers
motorcycles · parking lot · dusty · remote · outskirts · gravel · pickup trucks · rural · interstate · middle of nowhere
bar
Drinking establishment
- tavernPublic drinking establishment
- honky-tonkRough country music venue
- juke jointInformal Southern music bar
dive bar · saloon · pub · nightclub · watering hole · beer joint · country bar · drinking establishment · dance hall · live music venue
blues
Mournful American music genre
- country musicRural Southern folk-pop genre
- rock and rollRhythm-heavy fifties pop
- jukeboxCoin-operated music player
live band · dance floor · rockabilly · ZZ Top · boogie · two-step · line dancing · electric guitar · cover band · Saturday night
burgers
Meat patties in buns
fried chicken · cold beer · wings · nachos · pool table · peanut shells · onion rings · chili · whiskey · bourbon
rough
Uneven in surface
smoky · sticky floor · regulars · locals · characters · loud · raucous · gritty · authentic · unpretentious
- nightlifebars, clubbing, clubs, nightclubs, bar crawl
- ProhibitionProhibition, speakeasies, bootlegger, bootleggers, speakeasy
- tavernstavern keeper, taverns, tavern sign, tavern wench, inns
- Westward ExpansionOregon Trail, Lewis and Clark, covered wagons, pioneers, frontier
- hospitality historyinns, taverns, hotels, hostels, innkeeper
- Northern TerritoryDarwin, Alice Springs, Uluru, Katherine, Red Centre