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The Nines behind the eight-ball

The Nines -- the new hotel that Sage Hospitality opened in Portland, Oregon this fall -- is taking a beating on shamelessrestaurants.com for the general suckiness of its restaurant, which already lost its executive chef. To see the bile spewing, check out the comments on the Urban Farmer "That was fast" post...
By Patricia CalhounDecember 23, 2008
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The Nines — the new hotel that Sage Hospitality opened in Portland, Oregon this fall — is taking a beating on shamelessrestaurants.com for the general suckiness of its restaurant, which already lost its executive chef. To see the bile spewing, check out the comments on the Urban Farmer “That was fast” post. Looks like Duy Pham, who once was looking at a job at the Nines, made a much better deal when he moved to Pueblo instead.

Fortunately, Sage enjoys a much better reputation in Denver, where the Corner Office continues to be one hot hotel restaurant.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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