A Miami-Dade judge has rejected landlord Bayside Marketplace LLC’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought against the shopping center by former tenants.

On March 27, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Alexander Bokor denied Bayside’s motion to dismiss the suit by tenants Kelly’s Cajun Grill, Yeung’s Lotus Express and Cajun and Grill of America Inc. against their onetime landlord. The restaurants, which filed jointly as IRMG of Bayside Inc., filed the counterclaim in Bayside’s 2017 suit to evict the tenants. In addition to IRMG of Bayside, food vendors Tango Grill and Gusto Pizzeria have also responded to the waterfront mall’s eviction actions with lawsuits of their own.