About those photos and the décor at Savin Bar + Kitchen Restaurant

The scene inside Savin Bar + Kitchen Restaurant. Facebook photo

The mobster theme at the newly rebranded Savin Bar + Kitchen Restaurant in Savin Hill has certainly struck a nerve. The use of photos of the notorious mobsters and murderers Whitey Bulger and Stephen Flemmi to decorate the Italian décor walls has upset many local residents. In addition to Bulger and Flemmi being child abusing murderers and drug dealers, the Bulger mob traumatized local residents into the 1990s.

The issue of the photos was brought up during the final minutes of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association meeting on Oct. 6 under “new business.” Because there wasn’t enough time to fully take up the issue, a motion and discussion resulted in the topic being moved to a small committee to determine how to approach t