Restaurant and hospitality group
Appears in 2 stories · Last updated Nov 5, 2026
Closing Banyan; expanding Blackbird Doughnuts
Banyan Bar + Refuge, an Asian gastropub at 553 Tremont Street in Boston's South End, will not reopen. The restaurant has been dark since a kitchen fire broke out in the early morning of June 30, 2025. Its owners, The Gallows Group, said on Tuesday they will put the group's time and money into growing Blackbird Doughnuts instead.
Updated 1 hour ago
As of August 2026: Operating Blackbird Doughnuts and Sally's Sandwiches; reviving The Gallows in East Boston
Blackbird Doughnuts has its permits to open in East Boston. The city issued a food-service license on May 1 and approved a $49,650 interior renovation permit for the Clippership Wharf space on July 31.
Updated Aug 27
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