Pink Adobe

The Pink Adobe has been sold. Part of the Albuquerque Journal's May 9, 2007, story follows.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Longtime Owners Sell Pink Adobe

By Kiera Hay
Journal Staff Writer
After 63 years, the Pink Adobe has passed from the hands of the Murphy-Hoback family.
Long a favorite for its tasty food and cozy ambiance, the Pink was purchased Tuesday by David and Christie Garrett, founders of Burlington, Vt.-based the Garrett Hotel Group, whose holdings include the Inn of the Five Graces, just down the street from the Pink Adobe.
Priscilla Hoback, whose mother Rosalea Murphy founded the restaurant, said the decision to sell was "agonizing."
"It was a very long, thought-out, carefully weighed decision. It's been in my family since 1944," she said.
Negotiations for the Old Santa Fe Trail property have been ongoing for about a year, she said. Ultimately, selling the restaurant to David Garrett was a logical choice, it seems.
The Garrett Hotel Group leased the buildings that house the Inn of the Five Graces five years ago. According to a press release issued Tuesday, "The Inn of the Five Graces lacked one major component to transform it into a world-class hotel like the others in the (Garrett) group— a great restaurant."
Since its inception in 1944, the Pink has grown to include the popular Dragon Room bar and Café Pink.
Murphy passed away in 2000, leaving ownership to Hoback and her son, Joseph Hoback, Priscilla Hoback said. Joseph's wife, Jennifer Wilson Hoback, who also ran the restaurant, will join the Garrett Hotel Group.

Whatever became of Frank Hoback?