Cardiff Council's decision to begin a procurement process over the future operator of a popular park cafe has been called in. The council chose not to renew the lease of Secret Garden Cafe at Bute Park after a series of unsuccessful negotiations and issued the current business owner with a notice to quit.
A procurement process for the new management agreement and associated lease of the cafe was expected to commence on July 3. However, this has now been put on hold following a request made by Liberal Democrat councillor, Cllr Rhys Taylor, for the council's decision to be looked at by its economy and culture scrutiny committee.
He said: "The Secret Garden Café is a hugely popular local business that has contributed a huge amount to Bute Park over recent years. The petition of more than 13,000 names is testament to how positively people feel about the café and what the team have delivered.
