Restaurants & Bars
Boston Restaurant Redesigned By Gordon Ramsay Faces Backlash For Whitey Bulger, Mobster Photos
McColgan's family lived in Savin Hill for generations. She says the display is offensive and sends the wrong message about the community.
Updated on: October 10, 2025
A Savin Hill restaurant is facing backlash from the community after featuring photos of Boston mobsters inside the restaurant. One of the photos is the infamous mugshot of the most notorious Boston mobster, Whitey Bulger.
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The picture now hangs at the entrance of Savin Bar & Kitchen as part of a recent revamp, but the mobster mugshots are getting pushback.
"How can you go into a restaurant that says it's a community restaurant with photos of the very people who murdered and maimed many of the people in this community," said life-long resident Donna Blythe-McColgan. "It's absurd, it's outrageous."
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