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[[Image:BabaCafe.jpg|thumb|right|Baba Cafe during the March 2008 [[Gallery Night]]]][[Image:BabaCafeMemorial.jpg|thumb|right|A memorial to John Ma was left outside the café after his death.]]'''Baba Cafe''' is was a restaurant located at 38 [[Palafox Place]], formerly the site of the [[Breaktime Espresso Café]]. It was opened in [[2007]] by [[John Ma]], former partner and sushi chef at [[Horizen]]. It is , and was likely named for [[Wikipedia:Baba Budan|Baba Budan]], credited for introducing coffee to India.
On [[April 10]], [[2008]], Ma locked himself into a closet at the back of the restaurant and used a firearm to commit suicide. The store was open at the time, but it is unclear if any customers were in the building.<ref>"Owner commits suicide inside Baba Cafe." ''Pensacola News Journal'', April 10, 2008.</ref>
The restaurant closed after Ma's death. It was replaced three months later by [[Dawn Ouwerkerk]]'s [[Breaktime Cafe]]. "It's going to put a period at the end of it," Ouwerkerk said. "They took away the Baba sign and we're starting fresh. We're jumping back into Breaktime and back into good feelings."<ref>"Downtown cafe a dream come true for woman." ''Pensacola New Journal'', August 21, 2008.</ref>
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