During the French occupation of Malta, the bakery was used to produce bread for the French garrison, and it was heavily guarded during the blockade of 1798–1800. At this point, the street where the bakery was located, originally called "Strada San Giovanni Battista", was renamed "Rue des Fours" after the bakery. It was later known as "Strada Forni" in Italian during the early British period, and since 1926 it has been called Old Bakery Street. It is known as "Triq il-Fran" or "Triq l-Ifran" in Maltese, but it is still commonly called "Strada Forni" by Valletta residents. This means that the bakery gives the name to a main street in the capital Valletta.