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Pearl’s Bake Shoppe has reopened in its new location on Patterson Avenue near Libbie Avenue.

The bakery moved from a 1,600-square-foot space at 5812 Grove Ave. to a 4,600-square-foot space at 5811 Patterson Ave. The new location opened last week.

“I pull up every morning [at the new bakery] and I just smile,” said Laurie Chapman Blakey, owner of the business she co-founded in 2010. “It’s everything I wanted.”

The name changed to Pearl’s Bake Shoppe because the new location offers a wider selection of baked goods. The bakery used to be called Pearl’s Cupcake Shoppe.

Blakey has added items including pies, croissants, sticky buns, cheesecakes, chocolate torts and fruit tarts, she said. The new location also has a full espresso bar.

She named the bakery after her now late grandmother Pearl Gentry Chapman, who taught her how to cook and bake.

“A lot of what we have are her recipes,” Blakey said. “My grandmother would love this place.”

Blakey and Laura Condrey opened the bakery in 2010 selling cupcakes, mini-Bundt cakes, cookies and brownies. They later added cakes.