Sage Restaurant Group
Sage Restaurant Group is the restaurant management and operating arm of Sage Hospitality Group, developing and running independent restaurants, bars, lounges, and coffee-focused hospitality venues in the United States.
Last updated August 31, 2026
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Overview
Sage Restaurant Group, also referred to as Sage Restaurant Concepts, is the restaurant management and operating arm of Sage Hospitality Group, a Denver-based American hospitality company. The restaurant business was established in 2005 as part of Sage's broader expansion beyond hotel management into restaurant operations, lifestyle hospitality, development, investment, and the creation of hospitality environments. Its portfolio has included restaurants, bars, lounges, diners, coffee-oriented venues, and hotel-linked food-and-beverage concepts. The group’s operating model centers on creating distinct, locally positioned dining concepts rather than presenting a single standardized restaurant format. Its portfolio has included Southwestern cuisine at Kachina Southwestern Grill, seafood at Hello Betty Fish House, contemporary American dining at Urban Farmer and Second Home Kitchen + Bar, Mediterranean-inspired dining at Mercat a la Planxa, and destination restaurants and lounges such as Departure. Several concepts are located within or alongside hotels and mixed-use developments, allowing Sage to integrate food and beverage operations with the wider hospitality environment while retaining individual brand identities. Sage Restaurant Group has operated concepts across multiple U.S. states, including Colorado, Oregon, California, Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The referenced portfolio includes locations in Denver, Westminster, Portland, Chicago, Oceanside, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and other urban or destination markets. The group’s restaurants have often been associated with major hotel, redevelopment, and mixed-use projects, reflecting the parent company’s background in hospitality development and management. Its concepts range from neighborhood-oriented dining rooms to high-energy lounges and all-day venues. The Corner Office Restaurant + Martini Bar and The Original Dinerant represent more casual or social formats, while Urban Farmer emphasizes an ingredient-led contemporary American restaurant model. Departure combines dining, cocktails, and lounge programming, and Kachina Southwestern Grill focuses on Southwestern food and beverage traditions. The portfolio has therefore functioned as a collection of differentiated hospitality brands rather than a conventional chain with one uniform menu. Sage Hospitality Group was founded in Denver in 1984 by Walter Isenberg and Zack Neumeyer. The parent company initially concentrated on hotel management and later expanded into hotel development, investment, restaurant operations, and hospitality design. Sage Restaurant Group emerged from that diversification and became one of the group’s principal operating businesses. The wider organization has also included Sage Hotel Management, Sage Studio, and Sage Investments. Publicly available reference material describes the restaurant arm as operating more than 30 restaurant, bar, and coffee-shop locations in 11 states at one point, while the location list in the same reference identifies 14 restaurants across six states. These figures appear to reflect different portfolio definitions or time periods. A precise current unit count is therefore not stated here. The business remains best characterized as a U.S. multi-concept restaurant operator connected to a larger hospitality development and management platform.
History
Sage Restaurant Group was established in 2005 as the restaurant concepts and operating division of Sage Hospitality Group. Its creation followed the parent company’s expansion from hotel management into a broader hospitality platform encompassing hotel development, investment, restaurant operations, and the design of hospitality spaces. Sage Hospitality Group itself was founded in Denver in 1984 by Walter Isenberg and Zack Neumeyer. The restaurant group developed a portfolio of independent and lifestyle-oriented concepts rather than a single national chain. Its early expansion included Urban Farmer in Portland in 2009, Departure Restaurant and Lounge in Portland in 2009, The Original Dinerant in Portland in 2009, Braddock's Pittsburgh Brasserie in Pittsburgh in 2009, and Mercat a la Planxa in Chicago in 2008. These openings established a model that combined restaurant management with hotel and mixed-use development projects. The portfolio expanded during the 2010s across Colorado, California, Ohio, Oregon, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. Kachina Southwestern Grill opened in Westminster in 2012 and later in Denver in 2017. Hello Betty Fish House opened in Oceanside, California, in 2014, while Urban Farmer added locations in Cleveland in 2014 and Philadelphia in 2015. Departure opened in Denver in 2016, and Urban Farmer and The Emporium Kitchen and Wine Market opened in Denver in 2017. The Corner Office Restaurant + Martini Bar and Second Home Kitchen + Bar were also established in Denver earlier in the group’s development, opening in 2007 and 2008 respectively. Sage’s concepts have covered contemporary American, Southwestern, seafood, Mediterranean-inspired, diner, cocktail-lounge, and all-day dining formats. Many have been designed as destination venues within hotels or major urban developments, linking restaurant operations to Sage Hospitality Group’s wider real-estate and hotel activities. The group’s restaurants have therefore served both as standalone dining brands and as components of larger hospitality properties. Reference material describes Sage Restaurant Concepts as having more than 30 restaurant, bar, and coffee-shop locations in 11 states at one point. A separate list identifies 14 restaurants across six states, suggesting that the figures may use different dates or include different types of venues. The available material does not establish a definitive current count, ownership structure, executive roster, or official website for the restaurant arm. It does establish Sage Restaurant Group’s role as an active U.S. restaurant-management business within Sage Hospitality Group.
- 2022
PLS on Post opens in San Francisco
[1]PLS on Post opened in San Francisco, representing a later addition to the group’s California portfolio.
- 2017
Colorado portfolio expands
[1]Kachina Southwestern Grill opened in Denver, followed by Urban Farmer and The Emporium Kitchen and Wine Market later in the year.
- 2016
Departure opens in Denver
[1]Departure Restaurant + Lounge opened in Denver, extending the group’s destination dining and lounge concept to Colorado.
- 2015
Urban Farmer opens in Philadelphia
[1]The Urban Farmer concept expanded to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 2014
California and Ohio openings
[1]Hello Betty Fish House opened in Oceanside, California, and Urban Farmer opened in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 2012
Kachina expands the portfolio
[1]Kachina Southwestern Grill opened in Westminster, Colorado, introducing a Southwestern-focused concept to the group’s Colorado operations.
- 2009
Expansion into Portland and Pittsburgh
[1]Urban Farmer and Departure opened in Portland, The Original Dinerant opened in Portland, and Braddock's Pittsburgh Brasserie opened in Pittsburgh.
- 2008
Second Home and Mercat a la Planxa open
[1]Second Home Kitchen + Bar opened in Denver, while Mercat a la Planxa opened in Chicago.
- 2007
The Corner Office opens in Denver
[1]The Corner Office Restaurant + Martini Bar opened in Denver, adding a restaurant-and-cocktail-lounge format to the portfolio.
- 2005
Restaurant concepts division established
[1]Sage Restaurant Concepts, also known as Sage Restaurant Group, was established as the restaurant operating arm of Sage Hospitality Group.
Products and positioning
A multi-concept U.S. restaurant operator focused on independently branded dining, bar, lounge, and hotel food-and-beverage experiences, with an emphasis on design-led venues and location-specific concepts.
Contemporary American restaurant · 2009
Urban Farmer
Urban Farmer is a contemporary American restaurant concept within Sage Restaurant Group’s portfolio. The concept has operated in Portland, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Denver, among other listed markets. Its presence across several cities illustrates Sage’s practice of adapting a recognizable restaurant identity to hotel and urban hospitality settings.
Restaurant and lounge · 2009
Departure Restaurant + Lounge
Departure is a destination restaurant and lounge format combining food, cocktails, and nightlife-oriented hospitality. Listed locations include Portland and Denver. The concept is designed as a high-profile venue within an urban or hotel environment rather than as a narrowly standardized casual restaurant.
Southwestern restaurant · 2012
Kachina Southwestern Grill
Kachina Southwestern Grill is Sage’s Southwestern-focused restaurant concept. Listed openings include Westminster in 2012 and Denver in 2017. The concept broadens the group’s portfolio beyond contemporary American dining and uses a regionally defined culinary identity as part of its positioning.
Restaurant and cocktail bar · 2007
The Corner Office Restaurant + Martini Bar
The Corner Office Restaurant + Martini Bar is a Denver restaurant and cocktail-focused venue. Opened in 2007, it represents one of the earlier Sage Restaurant Group concepts and combines dining with a social bar environment.
Restaurant and bar · 2008
Second Home Kitchen + Bar
Second Home Kitchen + Bar is a Denver-based restaurant and bar concept that opened in 2008. It reflects Sage’s approach of pairing a full-service dining operation with a more informal social and beverage setting.
Mediterranean-inspired restaurant · 2008
Mercat a la Planxa
Mercat a la Planxa is a Chicago restaurant concept inspired by Mediterranean culinary traditions. It opened in 2008 and forms part of Sage’s portfolio of distinctive, location-based dining venues.
Seafood restaurant · 2014
Hello Betty Fish House
Hello Betty Fish House is a seafood-oriented restaurant in Oceanside, California. Opened in 2014, it added a coastal and fish-house format to Sage Restaurant Group’s multi-concept portfolio.
Diner and all-day restaurant · 2009
The Original Dinerant
The Original Dinerant is a Portland dining concept that opened in 2009. Its name and format position it as an all-day, diner-influenced venue within Sage’s broader collection of urban restaurant concepts.
Kitchen, restaurant, and wine venue · 2017
The Emporium Kitchen and Wine Market
The Emporium Kitchen and Wine Market opened in Denver in 2017. It combines a restaurant identity with a wine-market component, illustrating Sage’s use of hybrid food-and-beverage formats within hospitality properties.
Brasserie · 2009
Braddock's Pittsburgh Brasserie
Braddock’s Pittsburgh Brasserie opened in Pittsburgh in 2009. It represents a city-specific brasserie format within Sage Restaurant Group’s Pennsylvania operations.
Restaurant · 2022
PLS on Post
PLS on Post is a San Francisco restaurant listed as a Sage Restaurant Group opening in 2022. The available reference material does not provide further detail about its cuisine or operating format.
Recent events
VenueBook launches in Denver[2]
Reported:
VenueBook launched its event-booking platform in the Denver market, making Sage Hospitality and Sage Restaurant Group properties and other venues available to Denver planners through the platform.
Sage Hospitality announces acquisition of Marriott Minneapolis Southwest[3]
Reported:
Sage Hospitality announced the acquisition of the Marriott Minneapolis Southwest hotel in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
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