Judge Leo Fama II officially dismissed an eviction case against Lincoln’s Landing restaurant on Thursday morning.

The dismissal comes after continuations in two previous sessions at Lynn District Court. The case was filed on June 29 by landlord Alexandros Tsitos and his attorney Natalie Megaloudis of AMPS Law PC, neither of whom were present in the courtroom Thursday. Megaloudis filed a notice of voluntary dismissal on September 2 “without prejudice.”

Ashley Mantyla, daughter of Lincoln’s Landing owner Laurie, announced on Facebook Wednesday, July 8 that the restaurant had received an eviction notice. According to the filing, Lincoln’s Landing owes $3,600 in rent for each of March, April and May, for a total of $10,800. 

Mantyla previously told the Swampscott Tides that the “allegations of not paying rent for the past three months are false.”

“The documentary evidence establishes without question the fact that this is patently false,” Capone argued in a motion filed. “No genuine issue of material fact exists regarding the payment of rent.”

Prior to Tsitos’ filing for eviction, Capone “expressly notified counsel for the plaintiff that all rent checks at issue had been negotiated and paid in full,” according to her motion last week. The motion also states that Megaloudis “indicated that some checks were not honored,” but there was no specification as to which checks were not paid completely.

According to the motion, Lincoln’s Landing obtained copies of all 19 rent checks from its bank.

The motion noted that Tsitos allegedly told Lincoln’s Landing in August 2025 that a rent check was missing and in December 2025 suggested it was “‘torn’ and couldn’t be cashed.’” Lincoln’s Landing wrote replacement checks, according to the motion.

Capone further alleges in the motion that Tsitos later cashed the original checks after replacement checks had been issued, resulting in duplicate payments for those months. When Lincoln’s Landing recognized this, they “applied those extra payments the plaintiff enriched himself with to the March 2026 and May 2026 rent.”

Representation for Lincoln’s Landing, Jennifer Capone of JLC Legal P.L.L.C., was present on Thursday. Capone told Fama that Tsitsos and Megaloudis were not able to produce any further documents requested and had asked Capone for one additional document proving the payment of rent, which was provided.

Ted Papadopoulos, who stood in Megaloudis’ place at the last court date, had said that Tsitos, who is 89 years old, works with a specific person at his bank who is currently away. Papadopoulos said he would work to get the documents prior to the September 3 session, which seemingly did not happen.

Fama promptly dismissed the case.

Ashley Mantyla, daughter of Lincoln’s Landing owner Laurie, told the Swampscott Tides on Thursday that she was very happy with the dismissal, but disappointed that it took as long as it did.

“Since day one, we provided every document we needed to show,” said Mantyla. “The eviction should have never been filed in the first place.”

Mantyla said that repeated court dates forced Lincoln’s Landing to close on numerous occasions, while the ongoing legal process also placed a financial strain on the restaurant.

“We’re just ready to move forward,” said Mantyla.

Updated September 23 at 6:30 pm with a document showing a submitted notice of voluntary dismissal