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Article: NO ROOM AT THE RITZ MANY ARE LEFT FEELING EMPTY AS THE HOTEL'S GRAND DINING ROOM CLEARS ITS TABLES FOR GOOD
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 27, 2004
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The last days of the Dining Room are winding down at Boston's Ritz-
Carlton Hotel. One weeknight recently, the fabled ornate room looked
elegant its chandeliers glittering, the pale blue draperies folded
just so on windows overlooking the Public Garden, silver chargers at
each place setting. Two tall Christmas trees at the entrance twinkled
with white lights.
The room, more than half full, buzzed with conversation as diners
chatted with the wait staff, who constantly refilled water glasses
and carefully described dishes and wines. But most of the talk turned
melancholy. "It's sad," a patron said, and the waiter nodded solemnly
as he said that many of the staff members had worked there more ...