DENVER — Denverites hungry for brunch on Saturday morning came face to face with the Secret Garden’s not-so-secret closure.

"Closed" signs now surround the cafe, housed in the historic Tear-McFarlane House on the edge of Cheesman Park.

The 22 former employees of the cafe, located at 1290 N. Williams Street near Cheesman Park, believe it stemmed from their efforts to unionize.

“After realizing that we were prepared to come to the bargaining table, management and owners of Secret Garden decided to shut down in two weeks,” former barista and bartender Connor Devine told Denver7.

Secret Garden’s employees were first told that the business would be shutting down on October 19.

But former barista Tess Devillier told Denver7 that employees from the cafe’s management, City Street Investors, c

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