SILVER CREEK — Dave’s Wonderland Outlet store has reopened after an issue with inventory. A Facebook post from a since-deleted account, Dave’s Outlet Store, stated, “Dave’s Outlet is permanently closed effective immediately.”

That post was not true, the manager of the location said.

Dave’s Wonderland Outlet took over the sizable 18 Main Street building previously occupied by Petri Baking. The store opened in February of 2023.

Owner Dave Gordon opened the store as one of three stores in Western New York at the time – along with locations in Chaffee and Cheektowaga – to serve as an in-person presence for his online retail business, Xmas Dave LLC. The Silver Creek location served as one of seven warehouse/distribution centers for the company across Western New York.

In recent years, the majority of Gordon’s business has come from online domains daveschristmas.com, which he has owned since its inception, and christmas.com, which was acquired from a “cyber-squatter” who purchased the domain name but never operated a business under its name.

The previous tenant of the building, Petri Baking, closed its doors in 2013. The 140,000 square foot facility required extensive renovations of approximately $1 million to be transformed into a viable warehouse for Dave’s Wonderland.