White Tree Bakery held a ribbon cutting in their new location, the former Palisades Café space in uptown Mount Vernon (117 First Street N.W.)

Owner Jen Juhl said that they purchased the Palisades Café building when it went on the market and moved in over the holiday season and opened in late January for the space.

One of the benefits of the new space is seating options for those who want to enjoy their baked goods in the space and have conversations.

Another of the future benefits that Juhl said she is looking at adding is rolling out some deli options for the space, something she has always viewed as a dream opportunity for her bakery as they’ve moved to different locations.

“Offering soups, sandwiches and some different deli items I’ve been eyeing for the future,” Juhl said. “We will always be a counter type deli, where you place the orders there, but we want to roll out some grab and go items in the future that would make us the White Tree Bakery and Deli.”

The deli will be something that gets slowly rolled out in coming months.

“We want to make sure we’re serving the people who live and work here every day with more options,” Juhl said.

Other items that have been rolling out is the possibility of purchasing full fresh pies from the bakery and a line of more savory scone options.

That’s where Juhl said some of the deli options might start is in some of the breakfast options offered at the shop.

Juhl said they are excited to have the new location for the bakery as well.

“The community support we have had since the day we opened, and all of our returning customers made this move worth it,” Juhl said. “We can’t appreciate enough the support we continue to have in this community.”