Harvelle's Roadhouse was a bar owned by William "Bill" Anthony Harvelle and his wife, Ellen Harvelle. It was the home of Jo Harvelle and Ash. It was described as a saloon and a safe haven for hunters but was destroyed by Azazel's demons in 2007 when Ash uncovered the truth regarding Azazel and his Special Children.
Overview[]
In November of 1983, Hunter took John Winchester to the Roadhouse in order to meet Ellen where once inside, Hunter introduced the former to John who still wanted answers on what killed his wife, Mary Winchester, in the bar, Ellen introduced herself and William and once Hunter, John and another hunter named Ichi planned to leave to track down a supposed Heeler, John refused to allow his sons, Sam and Dean Winchester, to be with them causing Ellen to assure they would be safe with her niece until the three got back. When the hunters returned, Ellen came out of the Roadhouse to find John shooting Ichi not knowing it was a shapeshifter.[1]
The exterior as seen in Supernatural: Origins #3 when John arrives with Sam, Dean and Hunter.
While growing up, Jo wrote in her journal and eventual blog about how life was like for her in the Roadhouse and how she came to see the male hunters who came in as her uncles such as John, Bobby Singer, Caleb and others with her later in life crushing on Gordon Walker. In March of 2001, she met Ash and five years later, he helped her place all of her entries online on a place only accessible to hunters.[2]
The interior
In July of 2006 after John's death, Dean found a voicemail from Ellen trying to get into contact causing him and Sam to leave for the Roadhouse. Inside, the two found a sleeping Ash and after Sam went to check a different room, Jo came from behind and held a Model 94 30-30 Winchester to Dean where the latter managed to disarm her though Jo hit him in retaliation before Sam came back into the bar area with Ellen pointing a gun at him before she deduced who the two before her were. Once the four calmed their situation, Ellen then introduced the Winchesters to Ash who was the man they had found asleep and the five worked together to get a case which Sam and Dean worked on.[3]
During a vampire case, Sam called Ellen for information regarding Gordon, to which she said to not trust him. This alarmed Sam as Dean had already begun to trust the vampire hunter.[4] During their encounter with Andy Gallagher, Sam and Dean returned to the Roadhouse for more information, as they believed him to be important due to their mother dying the same way as Andy's and six months after their births. While Sam and Ash worked for information, Dean sat with Jo and listened to "I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore" by REO Speedwagon and after talking for a bit longer, the Winchesters leave after Sam admits he and Ash got a lead.[5]
After returning from their incident with Andy, Sam and Dean returned to the Roadhouse and spoke outside of it before being drawn inside upon hearing Jo and Ellen arguing with Jo insisting she was a capable hunter though Ellen argued back stating that her daughter should go back to school if she did not want to work for her though Jo refused on the grounds she was a freak with a knife collection, after things simmered down, Jo handed the case she had read about to Dean where she admitted she was the one who filed it all together. When Ellen discovered her daughter was not in the Roadhouse, she phoned Dean and demanded to know where she was and if she was with him and Sam though he denied it and promised to send her home if he did find her. When Jo was abducted by the ghost of H.H Holmes, Ellen left the Roadhouse in order to retrieve Jo and after getting her back home, she became angered which led to her finally admitting why she did not want Jo hunting. Upon learning the truth, Jo went outside and relayed the information to the Winchesters in which her father was on a hunt and that it went wrong which caused John to shoot him to stop the suffering.[6]
Alone from Dean, Sam went to the Roadhouse where Ellen expected to see him where she admitted Dean had been calling her to see if his younger brother was there. Wanting to change the subject, Sam brought up Jo only for Ellen to admit her daughter continued hunting but that after she told Jo that she would not permit it under her room, Jo left for a case and only sent postcards due to being gone for weeks before admitting she forgave John years ago for what he had done to William. Sam then asked Ash for help once more and asked him to link four names, one being his and the other three being Scott Carey, Max Miller and Andy though when Sam asks for an address, Ash admits that Scott had died the month prior but then tells Ellen she cannot phone Dean when she insists she has to do so in order to tell him where Sam is before the latter leaves to find more information on Scott.[7]
When Ash eventually discovered vital information regarding Azazel, Dean and Bobby raced to the Roadhouse to see what he had found only to find it blown up and everyone who was inside scorched and burned to ashes with Ash being among them. Ellen later admitted after finding Dean and Bobby at Singer Salvage Yard she had been out due to running out of pretzels.[8]
When Sam and Dean were killed and sent to Heaven, they found Ash in one of his happiest memories which was the Roadhouse and that he found the bar to be somewhere he felt safe and that he could spent all of eternity there.[9]
It was among many locations used in Marie's play on the Supernatural books by Chuck Shurley, the being known as God unbeknownst to her.[10] It was part of Becky Rosen's diorama. When Dean died to the vampires and was sent to Heaven, he came across the Roadhouse where Bobby was sat outside drinking where he explained that Jack Kline had made Heaven a better place to rest after God had been defeated.[11]
Appearances[]
- Season 2
- Season 5
- Dark Side of the Moon (Ash's heaven)
- Season 10
- Fan Fiction (referenced)
- Season 15
- Atomic Monsters (Becky's diorama)
- Carry On (in Heaven)