roadhouse
Example Sentences
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Tables and chairs have been set up in the playing area to immerse a portion of the audience in the raucous, boozy ambiance of a Kentucky roadhouse.
From Los Angeles Times
For several songs, the roadhouse filled up with a crowd of smokers and drinkers, and when they applauded you couldn’t hear them, which made you wonder if that microphone was even on.
From Los Angeles Times
It came close to overrunning what would later become the Richardson Highway, one of the state’s four mainland highways, and nearly swallowed a historic roadhouse that still offers a distant view.
From Washington Post
There, a creaking, 74-year-old roadhouse called Mosca's comforts me with fat Gulf oysters broiled beneath thick, golden bread crumb roofs, and piles of spaghetti with tender meatballs doused in that same garlicky red sauce.
From Salon
Or, indeed, any kind of inn, hostelry, saloon, roadhouse, taproom, tavern, or beer hall where money can be exchanged for the sweet relief of drink.
From The Verge
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.