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[[Image:PitzmannBakery.jpg|thumb|right|Pitzmann's exterior]]
[[Image:PitzmannsInterior.jpg|thumb|right|Pitzmann's shortly before its September 2007 closure]]
'''Pitzmann's European Bakery''' was a bakery located at 101 South [[Jefferson Street]] in [[downtown Pensacola]]. Formerly [[Napoleon Bakery]], it was owned by Austrian couple [[Wanda Pitzmann|Wanda]] and [[Wolfgang Pitzmann]], who moved to America in [[1997]]. Wolfgang began working as a baker at Napoleon's, and they purchased the store from owner [[Pierre Kaufke]] in October [[2002]]. They expanded the business by 1,100 square feet, adding a dining room in the rear, and reopening in March [[2003]].<ref name="austrians">"Austrians take over French bakery." ''Pensacola News Journal'', March 5, 2003.</ref>
When Wanda was diagnosed with breast cancer, the Pitzmanns were advised by doctors to avoid the bakery's long workweeks. The couple searched for qualified bakers who could run the operation in their absence, but found none.<ref>"Pitzmann Bakery to close its doors." ''Pensacola News Journal'', September 28, 2007.</ref> The bakery closed on [[September 28]], [[2007]].
Shortly thereafter, former Napoelon's baker [[Angela Johnson]] contacted the Pitzmanns and purchased the business.<ref name="Reopen">"Pitzmann bakery will rise again". ''Pensacola News Journal'', October 8, 2007.</ref> Johnson reopened the bakery as [[Reverie Bakery Café]].
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