Snator,

Bad for bidness?  Even so, I guess there's some nostalgia here for the old black-and-white press camera photos of Sicilian Mafia bosses shot to pieces while eating in Italian restaurants.  But you know, if a local restaurant had publicity like that today, I don't doubt the morbidly curious would make it a point to dine there, good food or not.  As they say, "Any publicity is good publicity."