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Rock Inn
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5 reviews for Rock Inn
I stopped by for lunch with my dad after shooting birds in the local mountains. I've seen this place before and always thought it was just an old run-down hotel. Boy, was I wrong! The food is great an plentiful. They don't fool around with their tri-tip and the chicken sandwich looked very good.
Not to mention, the older was very friendly. I almost felt like going back in and having a beer with him! His son was taking care of the bar and serving.
If you want to experience a biker bar, you've got a couple to choose from in the Antelope Valley. But this one isn't scary!
It's in cute little Lake Hughes, they've got huge burgers for you to enjoy along with a game of pool. During the day at least you can bring kids here, no problem. There's arcade games.
The place has a historic, cozy feel and real traveling bikers do come in for drinks and story-telling time. Cool place.
I haven't stayed at this place before, but the other day as i was riding my motorcycle around, i stopped by this place after about 150 miles of riding. The moment I stepped in, i felt like a scene in a movie where people that are from out of town walked into a biker bar at the wrong time, the wrong moment because the music all of a sudden stops and everyone seems to be looking at you. I expected to hear, "you're not from around here are you?" or "somebody LOST?"
But instead it was just the band finishing up thier set and their entrance is right next to the stage, so it was all coincidence. it's just that the locals around there seem like you walked into a Midwest bar off the side of a round.
I pulled up a chair at a table with a few of my friends and we ordered some drinks to quench our thirst. Not beers, no whiskey just a few sodas and glasses of water. I'm sure most places would have been upset to be wasting space for such a low tab. Especially when we wanted refills... But the guy here was so friendly, was glad to oblige and said, "no problem".
A few moments we left and eager to continue our ride when the bartender followed us out and admired our bikes. He also made sure we knew where we were going. COOL!
I guess L.A. has a few places that hospitality and service still are around.
The Rock In is best on saturday nights the band starts at 9:00 pm it is always fun try the fried pickles, nothing on draft but the bottle beer is ice cold and the people are all fun, dress kind of hard core biker or i like slutty, its just fun, everyone buying everyone else drinks. dance play pool or hang out at the tables out back it has so much charm, i love it !great place to have a great time on a saturday night, always make me HAPPY.
I love Huell Howser from the public television programs "California's Gold" and "Visiting with Huell Howser." As much as my friends and I like to have fun with his on-camera style and vernacular, he deserves respect because he has never deviated whatsoever from his mission in life, which is to visually document all the wonders of California (both glorious and bizarre).
But Huell has not documented everything as of yet. Case in point.
In the Angeles Mountains just outside of Los Angeles, there are many such gems hidden away on the countless back roads that wind through the mountains, just awaiting discovery.
Before construction of I-5/Grapevine, the most direct route in between Los Angeles and Bakersfield was the legendary Ridge Route, which was the only way to traverse to and fro. Because of the hairpin twists and turns, not to mention the average top speed of the vehicles of the time, a trip through the mountains could take several hours time, or more. So, during this golden age of motoring, an army of filling stations, inns, and rest stops of all types sprung up.
But with the advent of the modern Interstate highway system, the Ridge Route and its subsequent by-ways became obsolete when traveling from city to city. Why would anyone want to take a slow, curvy road to reach their destination, when I-5 was available? So one by one, the hotels, filling stations and resorts began to fade away. Now, there is very little left but crumbling ruins and echoes of the route's glory days. Only the very brave and adventurous will traverse the crumbling trail.
Fortunately, the many by-ways through the mountain still exist and are used daily. Along one of these routes is the Rock Inn.
For nearly eighty years, The Rock Inn location has served travelers in transit, in one form or another, be it for fuel, food, or even to bed-down for the night. It's said to have also been a favored destination for golden-age Hollywood movie stars, looking for a quiet retreat.
Since those days, much has changed, and yet very little has.
From first glance, especially on the weekends, a first-time visitor would easily assume that the Rock Inn is a typical biker bar. But don't let the sea of motorcycles fool you. Yes Virginia, motorcyclists of all types do go here, but it's far more than your average biker-hangout.
Walking through the front door is like a step back in time. One almost expects to see dozens of cowboy hats encircled around smoky poker tables, as old-time piano music plays somewhere in the back. Instead, the smoke free-tables are usually occupied by area locals, bikers, hikers, cyclists, and other outdoor enthusiasts who have stopped to refresh themselves with a cold beverage or something from the grill.
There's a proverb in the motorcycle community that says "Bikes parked out front means good chicken-fried steak inside." This is almost always true. When you're on the road, the last thing you can afford is to be side-lined with some form of stomach problems, or wasting your money on mediocre food. The owners and staff of the Rock Inn know this, and go out of their way to serve up some of the best vittles money can buy. I can personally attest that their cheeseburger in one of the very best I've had in all of Southern California. The Fish and Chips are also highly recommended.
The Rock Inn also has a full bar with a wide variety of drinks. It's not recommended that you imbibe too heavily, as the roads are deceptively curvy in all directions. But if you do, you need not worry. Upstairs are luxurious rooms for you to sleep it off, continue the party, or if you're simply looking for a weekend getaway that's close by.
Overall, The Rock Inn is well worth the journey, and highly recommended.