package store

noun

Definition of package storenext
as in watering place

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Recent Examples of package store The bill will limit how many stores will have the ability to sell beer and wine so there is fair competition between the local package stores and grocery chains. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026 The company also owns the package store property, but doesn’t intend the change what’s there. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026 The Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission and Boston Licensing Board have also committed to working with Boston Police, bars and package stores to prevent underage booze sales this weekend, the letter states. — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2026 The ordinance also adds definitions in the city’s zoning code for liquor and package stores, payday loan centers, and bars, and changes the definition of smoke shops and restaurants. — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for package store
Recent Examples of Synonyms for package store
  1. watering hole
  2. public house
  3. pub
  4. saloon
  5. tavern
  6. taproom
  7. barroom
  8. sports bar
Noun
  • Best Nightlife Apart from live entertainment at Chinook Winds Casino Resort and a handful of open-late watering holes, things usually wind down early here.
    — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
  • City Hall bars saw an increase in spending of 166%, while watering holes in the greater downtown area saw an 86% spike.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of watering hole
Noun
  • Listen to Live Music Cedar Mountain Outpost is a little bit of everything—deli, wine shop, public house, and live music venue, improbably set within a gas station.
    — Belinda Luksic, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • This provoked what became known as the Aston Riot, with nearby public houses wrecked and violent brawls ensuing.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Definition of public house
Noun
  • There are always 12 brews on tap and a menu with classic pub fare, from chicken wings and nachos to wedge salads and reubens.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Shortly after, a young man stumbles towards Pat from the direction of the pub, rubbing his eyes in disbelief.
    — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of pub
Noun
  • There are also a few cheeky nods to the area's Old West past, including saloon nights with live music and card games and outdoor firepits for roasting marshmallows.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
  • It and the Philadelphia 76ers star’s personal saloon were designed through the automaker’s Manufaktur Made to Measure program and are based on the range-topping version of the Maybach S-Class.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of saloon
Noun
  • Crosby confirmed the tavern was open Monday and Tuesday but that several employees didn’t show up for work.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The new restaurant will serve as a neighborhood tavern and will feature trendy live-fire cooking and menu items like tableside Caesar salad, clams casino pasta and martinis.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of tavern
Noun
  • Owners Molly and Dion Stepanski favor a minimal-intervention, English-style approach, and the taproom keeps a dozen rotating dry and sweet ciders on tap alongside slushies, cocktails, and snacks.
    — John Godfrey Published, Midwest Living, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The village has a craft brewery and taproom (Shipwrecked Brew Pub), seasonal farmers markets, art galleries, and boutiques a short walk from the marina.
    — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of taproom
Noun
  • Throughout their first five albums, the band has spun a web, not unlike the orb weavers of their native Virginia, that marries country, rock, honky-tonk grit and Appalachian soul with rowdy barroom energy.
    — Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • This fine-dining restaurant puts as much care into its barroom burger as its seven-course tasting menu, letting its open hearth work magic on the double-decker beauty.
    — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 6 May 2026
Definition of barroom
Noun
  • As a sports bar concept, there’s nothing that matters more than having any game, any time, for customers walking into the establishment.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In the fall of 1995, three decades after the March on Washington, the sports bar and restaurant chain Hooters staged a march of its own.
    — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of sports bar

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“Package store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/package%20store. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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