“Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro is closing up store in Santa Monica … shuttering his brick-and-mortar operation and pivoting to on-line orders solely.
Buddy owned Carlo’s Bake Store on the well-known Santa Monica Promenade, however it closed this week for good … and there is a signal on the door asserting a public public sale for all the shop tools.
People at Carlo’s Bake Store inform TMZ … the Santa Monica location determined to not renew the lease because it shifts in the direction of an e-commerce enterprise technique.
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We’re informed the bakery was doing extra gross sales for on-line orders in recent times significantly in California, with fewer prospects truly coming by the storefront, even for people requesting deliveries close by.
Buddy’s not leaving the standard bakery setup altogether although … it appears like that is restricted to Santa Monica.
We’re informed there is a new Carlo’s Bake Store opening this December in New York Metropolis’s Instances Sq. … which BV feels will entice locals and vacationers. There is definitely loads of foot site visitors.
In the meantime, sadly, the parents who labored on the Santa Monica location seem like dropping their jobs proper earlier than the vacations.