brick-and-mortar
adjective
brick-and-mor·tar
ˈbrik-ən(d)-ˈmȯr-tər 
variants
or bricks-and-mortar
: relating to or being a traditional business serving customers in a building as contrasted to an online business
a brick-and-mortar store
Examples of brick-and-mortar in a Sentence
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Rosemarie’s Burgers Chef Nick Balsamo’s Rosemarie’s Burgers started out in 2018 as a farmers market pop-up, transitioned to a food truck in 2022 and moved into its first brick-and-mortar location last June in Mission Beach.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
At the center of the case are seven sites near San Diego and Jacumba Hot Springs, a remote area of Southern California, where migrants have waited for hours or days before Border Patrol agents transfer them to brick-and-mortar detention facilities to formally process them.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
After years of perfecting the recipe, the result was a pop-up and finally, a brick-and-mortar in 2018 in Berkeley.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Lastly, renowned designer Phoebe Philo’s eponymous brand announced it will be sold at Bergdorf Goodman, making this the brand’s first brick-and-mortar debut.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 4 Apr. 2024
Museums disappear, even when brick-and-mortar stands.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Candidate demonstrates exceptional skills and can be affiliated with any food business and does not need a brick-and-mortar presence.
—Brock Keeling, Orange County Register, 3 Apr. 2024
Online pharmacies often offer lower prices for generic Viagra compared to brick-and-mortar pharmacies.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
From that point, Cooper had a near insatiable drive — and appetite — to not only make pastries and cakes, but also to establish her own brick-and-mortar bakery.
—Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2024
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
At the center of the case are seven sites near San Diego and Jacumba Hot Springs, a remote area of Southern California, where migrants have waited for hours or days before Border Patrol agents transfer them to brick-and-mortar detention facilities to formally process them.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
After years of perfecting the recipe, the result was a pop-up and finally, a brick-and-mortar in 2018 in Berkeley.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Lastly, renowned designer Phoebe Philo’s eponymous brand announced it will be sold at Bergdorf Goodman, making this the brand’s first brick-and-mortar debut.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 4 Apr. 2024
Museums disappear, even when brick-and-mortar stands.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Candidate demonstrates exceptional skills and can be affiliated with any food business and does not need a brick-and-mortar presence.
—Brock Keeling, Orange County Register, 3 Apr. 2024
Online pharmacies often offer lower prices for generic Viagra compared to brick-and-mortar pharmacies.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
From that point, Cooper had a near insatiable drive — and appetite — to not only make pastries and cakes, but also to establish her own brick-and-mortar bakery.
—Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2024
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