David Ortiz has had a rough year. There was the home run drought. There was the steroids scandal. And there is Big Papi’s Grille, a Framingham restaurant named for Ortiz in which he is a financial partner. It’s not so much that the place is terrible, although it’s not very good. It’s that Ortiz - even an embattled Ortiz - deserves to have his name on a restaurant with style and personality.

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Pictured, baseball memorabilia lines the walls of Big Papi's Grille.

30 Worcester Road (Route 9), Framingham. 508-620-9990. www.bigpapisgrille.com. All major credit cards accepted. Wheelchair accessible.

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