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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Jaz and Sam Sears of AZ Taco King — a Mexican restaurant chain in Arizona — said that TikTok helped turn their taco business from a street vending stand to four brick-and-mortar restaurants.
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Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
The annual celebration is back for its 17th year on Saturday, April 20, taking place at independent brick-and-mortar record stores around the world, including many here in metro Phoenix.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2024
Online savings accounts continue to beat their brick-and-mortar counterparts by a wide margin.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
The news triggered a cascade of headlines declaring the demise of the technology, one of Amazon’s boldest bets to reinvent the way consumers buy products at brick-and-mortar stores.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
The brick-and-mortar building was originally set to open last summer, but owners Jill and Matt Kasle and chef Tori Parnell have kept busy in the meantime, operating out of the commercial kitchen to keep supplying sweet-toothed metro Detroiters with their take on ice-cream-on-a-stick.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2024
As brick-and-mortar shops can attest, there is a newfound hunger for physical media from a public that’s grown weary of digital media.
—Ron Hart, SPIN, 17 Apr. 2024
Traditional Bookmakers vs Online Sports Betting Sites Online betting is becoming increasingly popular, with more and more Australians taking it up — and abandoning classic brick-and-mortar betting altogether in some cases.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
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.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
The annual celebration is back for its 17th year on Saturday, April 20, taking place at independent brick-and-mortar record stores around the world, including many here in metro Phoenix.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2024
Online savings accounts continue to beat their brick-and-mortar counterparts by a wide margin.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
The news triggered a cascade of headlines declaring the demise of the technology, one of Amazon’s boldest bets to reinvent the way consumers buy products at brick-and-mortar stores.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
The brick-and-mortar building was originally set to open last summer, but owners Jill and Matt Kasle and chef Tori Parnell have kept busy in the meantime, operating out of the commercial kitchen to keep supplying sweet-toothed metro Detroiters with their take on ice-cream-on-a-stick.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2024
As brick-and-mortar shops can attest, there is a newfound hunger for physical media from a public that’s grown weary of digital media.
—Ron Hart, SPIN, 17 Apr. 2024
Traditional Bookmakers vs Online Sports Betting Sites Online betting is becoming increasingly popular, with more and more Australians taking it up — and abandoning classic brick-and-mortar betting altogether in some cases.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
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.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
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