18-07-2025
Lansdowne Pub receives 3-day suspension for bouncer allegedly head-butting patron
Jaden Hsiao testified that after he left the bar, the bouncer grabbed his collar and hit him in the face, giving him a bloody nose, which he sought treatment for at a hospital the next day.
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After reviewing video footage from the night, board commissioner Liam Curran said the bouncer head-butted Hsiao.
'I saw a clear head-butt that was purposeful, head on, violent,' Curran said on Thursday before the board voted to suspend the pub, according to a video of the hearing.
The bouncer was fired.
The suspension was previously reported by
Members also voted to conduct an inspection
of the bar after they said managers failed to provide them with their conflict
de-escalation plans in a timely manner.
The board is also
asking the bar whether the bouncer had to undergo a background check, and is requesting documentation of where its security camera are placed, as well as blind spots.
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The confrontation started when
the bouncer allegedly called the two patrons an anti-Asian slur, the bar's attorney, Dennis Quilty, told the board.
The patrons then
used anti-Black slurs against the security person, Quilty said.
Hsiao denied using any racial slurs against the bouncer.
Hsiao said that he confronted the bouncer after overhearing a conversation in which he used an anti-Asian slur.
'We were a little bit upset so we confronted them a little bit and the whole thing got escalated from there,' Hsiao said. 'What pushed the limits was us hearing that statement ... that's not a nice thing to say.'
Hsiao and the other patron did not press charges against the bouncer because they are students and don't want to go through the court process, Hsiao said.
'This licensing board hearing came across [our radars] so we thought it's better if we show up and tell our story,' Hsiao said, explaining why he was not interested in pursuing charges.
Katina Kouripines, a risk manager hired by the bar, said the dispute between the bouncer and the two patrons went on for nearly 40 minutes.
Hsiao and his friend 'antagonized our door guy,' bar manager Anthony Chuga told the board.
Green said the pub can appeal the suspension to the state's Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission.
The popular Irish bar on Lansdowne Street, behind Fenway Park, is open daily until 2 a.m. and is known for its live music, according to its website.
The bar did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.
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