“Cake Boss” Valastro planning bakery in Ridgewood
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
Bergen County fans of TLC’s “Cake Boss”: Are you sitting down?
Buddy Valastro says he has signed a lease to open a bakery in Ridgewood.
It would be a second location of his Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken and is designed as an interactive experience with an open kitchen, where customers can order birthday cakes, watch them being made on the spot at a “cake bar” and celebrate birthdays in a party room.
Construction has not yet begun at 12 Wilsey Square – on the west side of downtown, in the former site of Mona Lisa Pastry Shop and Café – but Valastro says he is aiming to open the 3,300-square-foot bakery in November. He expects that “Cake Boss” will do some filming in town.
“I want to make it an experience. I want families to come to the bakery and take a peek at bakers making pastries and goodies,” says Valastro, who grew up in Little Ferry. “I want to bring back Old World quality bakeries, and I want to do it where people are going to appreciate it.”
He says he had long wanted to open a bakery in Bergen County because of his ties to the area, and chose Ridgewood because “it’s got a great little downtown” area.
Looking forward to those great Italian pastries.
Wish them luck.. D
wow this guy works 7 -7 , 7 days a week , the rest of the CBD better step it up
just keep the cameras out
to # 3 again . why if it brings in people they will spend more money in the village. what a dummy. if you don’t like the show or the food or movie cameras stay away from the place. o yea and get a life.
I hope it doesn’t hurt the new bakery on Ridgewood Ave. Nice place, Nice people.
Oh No!
I just moved to Ridgewood from Hoboken to get away from this guy!
His “fans” line the sidewalk for blocks.
Not necessarily good for other businesses…
Yikes!