Looks like the owners of the newly renovated Savin Hill Bar + Kitchen have removed the controversial photos of two notorious Southie mobsters.
A few weeks back, it was reported that members of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association were not thrilled about two photos of South Boston gangsters, James “Whitey” Bulger and Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, hanging on the walls of the newly renovated Savin Bar + Kitchen.
Recently, Savin Hill Kitchen appeared on the Fox series “Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service” and had the restaurant renovated based on suggestions for Ramsay himself.
The idea for the Bulger and Flemmi photos being hung on the wall was suggested because Savin Bar + Kitchen is located next door to a bar once owned by Eddie Connors, a one-time boxer who was gunned down on Morrissey Boulevard in a phone booth in the 1970s, allegedly by the Bulger gang.
Savin Bar + Kitchen owner, Kenneth Osherow, told the New York Times via email that the owners were “blindsided” by the controversy. But due to media coverage and neighborhood pushback, the photos have been removed.
According to the Dorchester Reporter, Bill Walczak, the president of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association, said the producers of the Ramsay TV show “Secret Service” will assist in replacing the wall décor with historic images.
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Maureen Dahill is the editor of Caught in Southie and a lifelong resident of South Boston sometimes mistaken for a yuppie. Co-host of Caught Up, storyteller, lover of red wine and binge watching TV series. Mrs. Peter G. Follow her @MaureenCaught.
Savin Bar was Eddie Connors Bar.