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
  • Even with its reputation as a watering hole for Hollywood’s biggest names, Dan Tana refused to pander to celebrities.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • Its main dining-and-bar area opens up to an infinity pool that seemed to drop right into the thick bush below, with a watering hole in the distance.
    — Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 7 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
  • The glossy domed bun, truffle aioli and wagyu beef helped elevate the burger above standard pub fare.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 July 2026
  • But while the team’s exploits on the field could not match the success of its supporters, pubs in England — some of which are struggling financially — have been boosted by the boon in beer sales from the team’s run to the World Cup semifinals.
    — Katrina Tudlong, NBC news, 15 July 2026
Definition of pub
Noun
  • Chinese mega-corps BYD is making huge inroads in European markets with its technically accomplished saloons and SUVs.
    — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 13 July 2026
  • By 1884, a map of the Central Business District shows hotels, saloons, dry goods shops, cigar manufacturers, and stores selling everything from shoes, to jewelry and even a winemaker.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026
Definition of saloon
Noun
  • Anecdotal evidence indicates the World Cup has been a boon for Arlington’s hospitality industry, with some restaurateurs and tavern owners saying revenue has exceeded their expectations.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026
  • The restaurant is named after his great-grandmother’s Depression-era restaurant, once located not far from the tavern’s present location—and the food is a nod to that history.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
Definition of tavern
Noun
  • Pollyanna Brewing & Distilling closed in February, but was purchased by Alarmist Brewing, with plans to bring its Sauganash taproom back to life.
    — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Boston did its part to make visiting fans feel at home, so much so that a mutual admiration society took root during the Tartan Army’s brief takeover of Beantown’s taprooms.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 July 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
  • The big club also contains some relatively intimate spaces, including a family room, a private nursing room, and an intimate whiskey and sports bar.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • In the 1990s and 2000s, the sports bar had locations in Cornelius, University City, South Charlotte, Rock Hill, Indian Land, Kenilworth Avenue and Denver.
    — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026
Definition of sports bar

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