Boston bar stirs outrage with its mobster mugshots as decor

October 24, 2025
The photo of Boston Mobster James Whitey Bulger looms large over Kenneth Osherow, co-owner of the Savin Bar + Kitchen in Boston. Osherow hung a page of "context" on the photo, explaining it was not meant to "celebrate" the mobster, but to "acknowledge a chapter in the gritty, complex history of the neighborhood."

Neighbors say the restaurant is glorifying people like mob boss Whitey Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi. The bar's owners say they're only recognizing the history of their place.

(Image credit: Tovia Smith)



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