Owners Of Danbury's Elefant Bakery Announce Retirement

DANBURY, CT — A page is turning in the city's Little Portugal neighborhood.

The owners of Elefant Bakery on Liberty Street, Alfredo and Linda DoVale, announced their retirement on social media Friday.

The bakery, which specializes in Portuguese and Italian breads, has been in the DoVale family for three generations and over 60 years. The business was known as Liberty Bakery before rechristening with the current moniker in 1985.

"We appreciate each and everyone for your patronage. We will miss our customers and our lifetime job, but for health reasons with both of us, we can’t do it anymore. We hope you continue to support the new owner, Eder Moreira and we wish him well. We would also like to thank all our employees for their dedication and hard work. You are all like family and everyone will be in our thoughts, in our hearts and will be missed," the DoVales wrote on Facebook.