The minority owner of The Dory, a now shuttered Shelter Island restaurant and bar, has filed a lawsuit to block its sale or lease, arguing that her former romantic and business partner signed documents promising her the property upon his death.

But the couple ended their relationship in 2011 and John Kiffer, the majority owner of The Dory, later signed a will bequeathing the property to his three brothers following his death in October, according to the lawsuit, filed last week in State Supreme Court in Suffolk County.

Milen Planas, a chef from Manhattan, is seeking a preliminary injunction to block the sale of the property to a real estate developer for $1.7 million and to void a prior lease agreement, according to Adam Glassman, her Lloyd Harbor based attorney.

"Our argument is that t

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