South Broadway’s Gypsy House Cafe has been shuttered since March, but the funky, well-loved coffee shop hasn’t been fully laid to rest.

A few days before it closed last spring, owners Doniece and Dena Derani said they were evicted amid rising tensions with their landlord, Jake Malman of Kofe LLC.

Doniece told us they only learned the space was up for lease when prospective tenants showed up to tour the building. She said the business was up to date on payments to Malman, arguing the landlord had unfairly passed maintenance costs onto Gypsy House.

Malman this week won a case seeking damages for unpaid rent, insurance, taxes and utilities from the sisters. Gypsy House has been ordered to pay Malman $122,294.95, about $6,500 of which covers attorneys’ fees, after losing the case by default

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