Boston Grocery Store Owner Feels Uplifted By Community After Pride Flag Was Ripped Down

CBS Boston

Updated on: October 13, 2025

A boutique market and cafe owner was shocked when she arrived at her Boston shop to discover that her Pride flag had been ripped down.

Kelly Walsh, the owner of Russ and Mimi's, a boutique market and cafe on Birch Street in Roslindale, thought the flag had been blown out by the wind.

"But as I approached the building, I saw that the bracket was actually broken and on the sidewalk. So I immediately thought, OK, that was maybe an intentional act," Walsh said.

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