Allegations of dishonesty, intimidation and theft are at the heart of a lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of the longtime operators of The Original Saugus Cafe, alleging a series of efforts to steal the business out from under them by their landlords.
The lawsuit alleges the operating family, the Mercados, were bullied, threatened and had people lying about their business while their landlord was making a series of moves to steal their business out from under them.
At stake is the intellectual property behind the oldest restaurant in Los Angeles County, a diner that dates back to 1887…