Three Birds Café supporters plan demonstration

The demonstration is planned for 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 20, outside the cafe, 2 W. Plant St., Winter Garden.

By Michael Eng
| 11:19 a.m. February 19, 2026

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Following the announcement that Three Birds Café will be leaving downtown Winter Garden, supporters are planning a demonstration to show support for the local restaurant.

The demonstration is planned for 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 20, outside the cafe, 2 W. Plant St., Winter Garden.

Three Birds owner Ashley Morton said the new owner of the building in which the cafe is located has decided not to renew her lease.

“Despite every effort to communicate and explore possible solutions, we were not granted an extension or the opportunity to stay,” Morton wrote on Facebook.

The last day of the café will be Thursday, Feb. 26.

“This situation is entirely outside of our control, and we share it with heavy hearts,” she wrote. “Three Birds has never just been a coffee shop. ... It has been a placed filled with morning routines, first dates, study sessions, celebrations, tears, laughter and so much love from this community.”

Morton said she is working on having Three Birds’ coffee carts out in the community, participating in local farmers markets and searching for another location in downtown Winter Garden.

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Michael Eng

As a child, Editor and Publisher Michael Eng collected front pages of the Kansas City Star during Operation Desert Storm, so it was a foregone conclusion that he would pursue a career in journalism. He holds a journalism degree from the University of Missouri — Columbia School of Journalism. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his wife and three children, or playing drums around town. He’s also a sucker for dad jokes.