An Ocean County Superior Court judge has denied a request for a stop work order filed by Polly’s Dock and Patrick Damiani, plaintiffs, in the lawsuit they filed against Bird and Betty’s Restaurant in Beach Haven.

In 2015, William Burris, a managing member of Bird and Betty’s and one of several Bird and Betty’s partners, filed an application with the Beach Haven Land Use Board and received unanimous approval for the expansion it presented. At that time, the establishment was known as The Ketch.