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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/VM_5135_G209_Gaoqiao_to_Wujiaping_%28Xingshan_County%29.jpg/330px-VM_5135_G209_Gaoqiao_to_Wujiaping_%28Xingshan_County%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/VM_5135_G209_Gaoqiao_to_Wujiaping_%28Xingshan_County%29.jpg/440px-VM_5135_G209_Gaoqiao_to_Wujiaping_%28Xingshan_County%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>A roadhouse on <a href="/wiki/China_National_Highway_209" title="China National Highway 209">China National Highway 209</a> in Gaoqiao Township, <a href="/wiki/Xingshan_County" title="Xingshan County">Xingshan County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hubei" title="Hubei">Hubei</a>. It appears to be used as a rest stop for long-distance buses</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>roadhouse</b> (Australia and the United States) or <b>stopping house</b> (Canada) is a small <a href="/wiki/Mixed-use_development" title="Mixed-use development">mixed-use premises</a> typically built on or near a major road in a <a href="/wiki/Rural_area" title="Rural area">sparsely populated area</a> or an isolated <a href="/wiki/Desert" title="Desert">desert</a> region that serves passing travellers, providing food, drinks, accommodation, fuel, and parking spaces to the guests and their vehicles. The premises generally consist of just a single dwelling, permanently occupied by a <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_family" title="Nuclear family">nuclear family</a>, usually between two and five family members. </p><p>In Australia, a roadhouse is often considered to be the <a href="/wiki/Settlement_hierarchy" title="Settlement hierarchy">smallest type</a> of <a href="/wiki/Human_settlement" title="Human settlement">human settlement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Britain, the term was often a synonym for an advanced <a href="/wiki/Motel" title="Motel">motel</a>, but roadside pub-restaurant or hotel, depending on use, is more common today. A hotel resembling and having a <a href="/wiki/Pub" title="Pub">public house</a> (pub) is widely, nationally, called an <a href="/wiki/Inn" title="Inn">inn</a>. </p><p>The word's meaning varies slightly by country. The historical equivalent was often known as a <a href="/wiki/Coaching_inn" title="Coaching inn">coaching inn</a>, providing food, drinks, and rest to people and horses. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="North_America">North America</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roadhouse_(premises)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: North America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheep-camp-dog-team-1898.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Sheep camp roadhouses in 1898" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Sheep-camp-dog-team-1898.jpg/180px-Sheep-camp-dog-team-1898.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Sheep-camp-dog-team-1898.jpg/270px-Sheep-camp-dog-team-1898.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Sheep-camp-dog-team-1898.jpg/360px-Sheep-camp-dog-team-1898.jpg 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="562" /></a><figcaption>Roadhouses along a trail to <a href="/wiki/Klondike_Gold_Rush" title="Klondike Gold Rush">Klondike, Yukon</a>, 1898</figcaption></figure> <p>The "roadhouse" or "road house" acts as a <a href="/wiki/Restaurant" title="Restaurant">restaurant</a>, serving meals, especially in the evenings. It has a bar serving beer or hard liquor and features music, dancing, and sometimes gambling. Most roadhouses are located along highways or roads in rural areas or on the outskirts of towns. Early roadhouses provided lodging for travelers, but with the advent of faster means of transport than walking, horseback riding, or horse-drawn carriages, few now offer rooms to let. Roadhouses have a slightly disreputable image, similar to <a href="/wiki/Honky_tonk" class="mw-redirect" title="Honky tonk">honky tonks</a>. This type of roadhouse has been portrayed in movies such as <i><a href="/wiki/Road_House_(1948_film)" title="Road House (1948 film)">Road House</a></i> (1948), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wild_One" title="The Wild One">The Wild One</a></i> (1953), <i><a href="/wiki/Easy_Rider" title="Easy Rider">Easy Rider</a></i> (1969), and <i><a href="/wiki/Road_House_(1989_film)" title="Road House (1989 film)">Road House</a></i> (1989). </p><p>Historically, roadhouses sprang up when significant numbers of people began to move to the frontier. In Western Canada they were known as <a href="/wiki/Stopping_house" title="Stopping house">stopping houses</a>. From the 1890s in Alaska and the Yukon, beginning with the <a href="/wiki/Gold_rush" title="Gold rush">gold rush</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> roadhouses were checkpoints where dog drivers (<a href="/wiki/Mushing" title="Mushing">mushers</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Dog_sled" title="Dog sled">dog sledders</a>), horse-driven <a href="/wiki/Sleigh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sleigh">sleighs</a>, and people on snowshoes, skis, or walking would stop overnight for shelter and a hot meal. Remains of a <a href="/wiki/Klondike_Gold_Rush" title="Klondike Gold Rush">Klondike Gold Rush</a> roadhouse can be seen today south of <a href="/wiki/Carmacks,_Yukon" title="Carmacks, Yukon">Carmacks, Yukon</a>, along the <a href="/wiki/Klondike_Highway" title="Klondike Highway">Klondike Highway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One built in 1902 is the <a href="/wiki/Black_Rapids_Roadhouse" title="Black Rapids Roadhouse">Black Rapids Roadhouse</a>; another still operating is <a href="/wiki/Rika%27s_Landing_Roadhouse" title="Rika's Landing Roadhouse">Rika's Landing Roadhouse</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Australia">Australia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roadhouse_(premises)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Queen_Bee_Roadhouse_Ouyen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Queen_Bee_Roadhouse_Ouyen.jpg/250px-Queen_Bee_Roadhouse_Ouyen.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Queen_Bee_Roadhouse_Ouyen.jpg/375px-Queen_Bee_Roadhouse_Ouyen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Queen_Bee_Roadhouse_Ouyen.jpg/500px-Queen_Bee_Roadhouse_Ouyen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The Queen Bee Roadhouse at <a href="/wiki/Ouyen" title="Ouyen">Ouyen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>, Australia.</figcaption></figure> <p>In Australia, a roadhouse is a <a href="/wiki/Filling_station" title="Filling station">filling station</a> (service station) in many towns outside of major population areas. A roadhouse sells fuel and generally has an attached "restaurant" (like a café or diner) to sell and serve hot food to travellers. Historically, roadhouses served as bus stops for regional services along with mechanical repair and towing services for travellers, though these are less common in the 2020s. </p><p>In some areas such as the <a href="/wiki/Nullarbor_Plain" title="Nullarbor Plain">Nullarbor Plain</a>, a roadhouse also offers <a href="/wiki/Motel" title="Motel">motel</a>-style accommodation and camping facilities. In many areas, the roadhouse may be the only remaining shop and outlet in towns.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Truck_stop" title="Truck stop">Truck stops</a> are like roadhouses, but are located on primary intercity routes and transport hubs within major cities. They provide additional space for short term parking of <a href="/wiki/Semi-trailer_truck" title="Semi-trailer truck">heavy vehicles</a>, as well as catering to travellers in private cars. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Britain">Britain</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roadhouse_(premises)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Britain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Dutch_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_20457.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/The_Dutch_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_20457.jpg/220px-The_Dutch_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_20457.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/The_Dutch_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_20457.jpg/330px-The_Dutch_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_20457.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/The_Dutch_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_20457.jpg/440px-The_Dutch_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_20457.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The Dutch House, a typical British 1930s coaching inn on the busy <a href="/wiki/A20_road_(England)" title="A20 road (England)">A20 road</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eltham" title="Eltham">Eltham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In Britain, the early forms of wayside lodgings of this type are <a href="/wiki/Coaching_inn" title="Coaching inn">coaching inns</a>. As abroad, they were a place along the road for people travelling on foot or by horse to stay at night, but today they are often pub-restaurants without rooms to rent. Many, especially in rural parts, have kept guest accommodation to become <a href="/wiki/Bed_and_breakfast" title="Bed and breakfast">bed and breakfasts</a> or country hotels. With the advent of popular travel by <a href="/wiki/Car" title="Car">motor car</a> in the 1920s and '30s, a new type of roadside <a href="/wiki/Pub" title="Pub">pub</a> emerged, often on the new <a href="/wiki/Arterial_road" title="Arterial road">arterial roads</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bypass_(road)" title="Bypass (road)">bypasses</a>. They were large establishments offering meals, refreshment and accommodation to motorists and parties travelling by <a href="/wiki/Charabanc" title="Charabanc">charabanc</a>. The largest pub-restaurants boasted facilities such as tennis courts and swimming pools. Their popularity ended with the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> halting recreational road travel, and the advent, post-war, of the <a href="/wiki/Driving_under_the_influence" title="Driving under the influence">drink driving</a> law thwarted the full recovery of the larger instances. Some out-of-town hotels rely on the breaking of long journeys, such as at the <a href="/wiki/Dartford_Crossing" title="Dartford Crossing">Dartford Crossing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Firth_of_Forth" title="Firth of Forth">Firth of Forth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term 'motel' is rarely used. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spain">Spain</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roadhouse_(premises)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Spain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Post_office#Name" title="Post office">Post houses</a> (<i>casas de postas</i>) were established in major towns and along principal highways. Post masters provided fresh horses, and sometimes carriages and over-night accommodation for use by Royal officers called Postillones, who were uniformed guides authorised to conduct passengers, goods and messages along specific routes.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roadhouse_(premises)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Roadhouse_Blues" title="Roadhouse Blues">Roadhouse Blues</a>," a song by <a href="/wiki/The_Doors" title="The Doors">The Doors</a></li> <li>The Roadhouse from <i><a href="/wiki/Twin_Peaks" title="Twin Peaks">Twin Peaks</a></i>, a local music bar on the outskirts of the main town</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_House_(1948_film)" title="Road House (1948 film)"><i>Road House</i> (1948 film)</a>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Jean_Negulesco" title="Jean Negulesco">Jean Negulesco</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/Cornel_Wilde" title="Cornel Wilde">Cornel Wilde</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ida_Lupino" title="Ida Lupino">Ida Lupino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_House_(1989_film)" title="Road House (1989 film)"><i>Road House</i> (1989 film)</a>, starring <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Swayze" title="Patrick Swayze">Patrick Swayze</a> as a bouncer at a bar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_House_(2024_film)" title="Road House (2024 film)"><i>Road House</i> (2024 film)</a>, remake of the 1989 film, starring <a href="/wiki/Jake_Gyllenhaal" title="Jake Gyllenhaal">Jake Gyllenhaal</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roadhouse_(premises)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_roadhouses_in_Western_Australia" title="List of roadhouses in Western Australia">List of roadhouses in Western Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charging_station" title="Charging station">Charging station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fast_food_restaurant" class="mw-redirect" title="Fast food restaurant">Fast food restaurant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_drinking_establishment-related_articles" class="mw-redirect" title="Index of drinking establishment-related articles">Index of drinking establishment-related articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rest_area" title="Rest area">Rest area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stopping_house" title="Stopping house">Stopping house</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filling_station" title="Filling station">Filling station</a></li></ul> <div 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