An inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A roadhouse or stopping house is a small mixed-use premises typically built on or near a major road in a sparsely populated area or an isolated desert region that services the passing travellers, providing food, drinks, accommodation, fuel, and parking spaces to the guests and their vehicles. Wikipedia

A mixed-use premises to service passing travellers Wikipedia Disambiguation

Commercial establishment typically built on or near a major road Wikidata