The Historic Rock Inn
Far away from the busy traffic of Los Angeles you will be surprised what you see North of LA. Along a popular biker route you find the Rock Inn, a landmark on the Lake Elizabeth Road up at Lake Hughes. You will never miss it, it is the only diner up there. So a stop over is obligatory.
The Rock Inn was built by Joel Hurd, Sr., in 1927 to 1929, at first a wood structure and then of steel, concrete, and stone after a fire had destroyed the first attempt. It served as an inn, store, post office, and gas station, it still has gas pumps as evidence of its long history of serving passers-by. Nowadays it is the stop for all these bikers who enjoy the ride along the Lake and down to Santa Clarita. The Inn has rooms and offers entertainment almost every night with blues bands, guitarists, karaoke and local artists.
The serve the best American food I ever tasted, all fresh ingredients and the sandwiches are just delicious.

Location: 17539 Lake Elizabeth Rd, Lake Hughes, CA 93532

(661) 724-1855 — http://www.historicrockinn.com

Big OaksLodge
What’s behind the Big OaksLodge? It’s a normal biker’s stop on weekends, offering typical American dishes like hot dogs and hamburgers plus pizza and Italian dishes from the dining addition which is the second location to Cavi, an Italian restaurant in Newhall.
At this biker and hiker stop in the middle of nowhere, you can see deer and other wildlife while you dine pizza, beef carpaccio, chicken marsala, salmon penne, ravioli or plain hamburgers out-doors. Dinner is served Thursday through Sunday from 5:00pm – 10:00pm. Bouquet Canyon leads into Santa Clarita and starts off Elizabeth Lake Road at Lake Hughes. It is beautiful and scenic ride through forests and hills. Events with live music from local artists are happening I guess mostly in summer. The biker paradise has already achieved its own claim to fame with appearances in several movies, television series, and commercials including Terminator 3 – Rise of the Machines, Highway to Heaven, AT&T and Vonage.
The Lodge was built as a stagecoach stop in the 1920s, in ‘30s and ‘40s it became a hangout for stars such as Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Under the 27-year ownership of Diana White and John Smyth, following its brush with the Hollywood scene, Big Oaks became a boxer’s retreat and training ground, equipped with an outdoor boxing ring and cabins where would-be-contenders could reside during their training. Such boxing luminaries as Mike Quarry and Michael Dokes called the Lodge home during their development. Only recently was the ring taken out to make room on the patio for dining.
Location: 33101 Bouquet Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita, CA 91390 — (661) 296-5656 — no website but a FB page

Rock Store
The most famous biker hangout spot in Southern California, why? Sightings of celebrity riders, great food, hundreds of cruisers and sport bikes to admire, and on a famous location: Mulholland Highway. There are tons of ads pinned to the trunk tree in the backyard, it is the place for used bike gear.
The location originally held a hot springs resort.During the Great Depression and Prohibition, the owner was allegedly a bootlegger who attracted celebrities such as Cecil B. DeMille and Rudolph Valentino, who “came up here and laid in the hot water baths, and they drank the whiskey”.In the 1940s and 1950s, it was home to a gas station as you still can see. In 1961 the Rock Store opened as a grocery store, later becoming a common motorcycle pit stop.
The place attracted motorcyclists and celebrities, including Tom Arnold, Robert Blake, James Cameron, Harrison Ford, John Goodman, Hulk Hogan, Billy Idol, Jesse James, KD Lang, Matt LeBlanc, Jay Leno, Steve McQueen, Nick Nolte, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Travolta, Barry Van Dyke, and Eddie Van Halen.

Location: 30354 Mulholland Highway, Cornell, (818) 889-1311.  –
www.The Rock Store