bake shop carlo s bake shop commonly known as carlo s bakery and also known as carlo s city hall bake shop 1 is a bakery in hoboken new jersey owned by buddy valastro . the bakery has gained public attention as the setting of the tlc television series cake boss . contents 1 history 2 locations 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1910 carlo s bakery was founded by carlo guastaferro and in 1964 it was purchased by bartolo buddy valastro sr. 2 valastro s son buddy valastro currently runs the bakery with help from his four older sisters three brothers in law and other assorted family members and friends . one notable employee was sal picinich who began working at the bakery shortly after the valastro family purchased it and continued until his death on january 30 2011 . 3 4 the bakery rose to fame with cake boss a reality television series that premiered on tlc in april 2009 depicting the staff of the shop creating elaborate custom order novelty cakes . 5 as a result of the popularity of cake boss carlo s bakery built a new factory at lackawanna center a mixed industrial retail complex in nearby jersey city . 6 carlo s bakery has leased space at the complex which is used for additional space to make specialty cakes as well as the ability to make baked goods for shipment across the country . because of the limited space at the hoboken location carlo s bakery was unable to ship cakes beyond normal driving distance from the bakery ; the bakery had conducted a limited trial internet sale of pies in october 2009 to test the viability of selling baked goods on the internet . 7 in january 2012 as a result of the attention that has been brought to the city of hoboken by the shop and the tv series the hudson reporter named buddy valastro jr. as an honorable mention in its list of hudson county s 50 most influential people . 8 9 locations edit carlo s bakery now has locations opened all over the country . on may 24 2011 carlo s bakery opened its first branch location cake boss cafe at the discovery times square exposition at 226 west 44th street in new york city s times square . this location offers carlo s bakery s smaller baked goods as well as bakery and cake boss merchandise . 10 on february 10 2013 the bakery opened its first full range branch location in ridgewood new jersey . 11 12 on september 1 2013 the bakery opened its third bakery location in westfield new jersey . the next bakery opened on november 23 2013 in red bank new jersey . in march 2014 carlo s opened its next location in morristown new jersey as well as its first bakery on the west coast in las vegas nevada located in the venetian palazzo . 13 florida orlando 14 carlo s bakery opens up in orlando florida 15 16 new jersey morristown in march 2014 carlo s opened its next location in morristown new jersey nevada las vegas carlo s bakery opens its first bakery on the west coast in las vegas nevada located in the venetian palazzo . 13 references edit carlo s city hall bake shop . carlo s bake shop . retrieved october 2 2013 . carlo s city hall bake shop . carlo s bake shop . retrieved october 9 2010 . cake boss and family mourn loss of employee of the century salvatore picinich . the jersey journal . february 1 2011 . salvatore picinich . the bergen record . february 3 2011 . meet the bakery staff . discovery.com . retrieved october 9 2010 . lackawanna center retail . lackawanna center . retrieved november 4 2011 . ships sonograms and sister drama . cake boss . season 4 . episode 5 . february 21 2011 . tlc . adriana rambay fern ndez stephen lamarca gennarose pope ray smith al sullivan and e. assata wright . january 8 2012 . they ve got the power . the union city reporter . pp. 1 4 7 and 10 11 . spahr rob . september 27 2013 . cake boss opening new bakery in red bank . nj.com . huff richard may 10 2011 . cake boss buddy valastro expands with cake boss cafe in times square new show next great baker . daily news . mcgrath matthew february 10 2013 . cake boss opens a shop in ridgewood and lines follow . northjersey.com . makin cheryl september 1 2013 . westfield opening . mycentraljersey.com . a b brittany brussell . carlo s bakery feels like something special las vegas weekly may 21 2014 . accessed september 23 2014 . http www.aroundosceola.com let them eat cake cake boss visits orlandos carlos bakery carlo s bakery opens up in orlando florida . aroundosceola.com . let them eat cake cake boss visits orlando s carlo s bakery . 2016 08 31 . retrieved 2016 09 27 . external links edit official website coordinates 40 44 14 n 74 01 51 w 40.73715 n 74.03078 w 40.73715 ; 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