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
  • Where to Eat and Drink There are exactly two permanent watering holes in King Salmon.
    — Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The Mystic of my childhood, though, had a modicum of edge — kids with anarchy symbols on their jackets skateboarded outside a coffee shop that reeked of weed, and locals got rowdy at a dysfunctional watering hole called the Draw Bridge Inne.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 31 July 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
  • Happy Donuts closed in 2022 after 20 years, while the Elder Tree pub closed in 2024 after a dozen years.
    — Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The Royal Oak pub, a true local favorite, is a four-minute walk down the lane.
    — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of pub
Noun
  • The saloon underwent construction over subsequent decades as the area grew; the joint has been called The Buffalo Rose since 1981.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 31 July 2026
  • The area was once home to Frontier City and Stagecoach Stop, roadside attractions that had a bank, blacksmith, general store, jailhouse, livery stable and saloon, all popular establishments featured in popular Western films.
    — JANELLE D. JAMES, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of saloon
Noun
  • The Lantern tavern threw the first iteration of the block party in 2016 as a celebration for its 50th anniversary.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Customers are family as well, some even choosing the tavern as their final resting place.
    — Madeline Montgomery, CBS News, 6 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
  • Another location of Dallas Stars owner Tom Gaglardi’s Canadian sports bar is coming to North Texas this month.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Trophy Club, the once-exclusive bar attached to the downtown indoor mini-golf and sports bar Tipsy Putt, is undergoing a transformation.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of sports bar

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