You’ve probably seen phrases like “Ye Olde Tavern” or “Ye Olde Shoppe” scrawled across English-language signs, trying to evoke a sense of the medieval. But the practice of naming shops ...

"Our sales go up every year." The mother of a 15-month-old daughter, with another baby due in June, O'Connell, 31, said she sold Ye Ole Sweet Shoppe because she "wanted more time with my family." ...

"We get daily calls on those and other events." Ye Ole Sweet Shoppe, 402 State St., just completed a renovation that allows for more seating, more display cases and more kitchen space.

When Kelli Graham, owner of Ye Ole Sweet Shoppe, bought the downtown Erie bakery five years ago, she already knew she wanted to expand. "People have home kitchens that were bigger than our kitchen ...