Dame Collective

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Dame Collective was a restaurant collective in Portland, Oregon, United States. It occupied multiple spaces.

History

According to Willamette Week, "Dame, which opened in 2016 as a wine bar with a traditional restaurant, shifted its model in 2019 following the departure of opening chef Eli Dahlin. Owner Jane Smith and Paley's Place veteran Patrick McKee launched Estes + Dame as a popup, then launched Dame as a full-fledged restaurant." Dame Collective closed permanently on December 31, 2025.

Businesses at Dame included:

Businesses at Lil' Dame included

References

  1. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (March 15, 2023). "The Restaurant of the Future Shares a Home". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  2. ↑ "3 New Business Models in a Notoriously Tough Restaurant Industry". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on April 3, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Dame Shifts to a Pop-Up-in-Residence Model". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "A Whirlwind Food and Drink Tour through Portland's Dame Collective". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on December 28, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Dame Collective Announces Closure". Willamette Week. December 31, 2025. Archived from the original on January 1, 2026. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Chef Patrick McKee's pop-up Estes to open brick-and-mortar restaurant". Portland Business Journal. January 6, 2026. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Northeast Portland restaurant collective announces closing". Portland Business Journal. December 31, 2025. Archived from the original on January 2, 2026. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
  8. ↑ Hilton, Thom (October 2, 2023). "Chelo Chef Luna Contreras's Favorite Portland Restaurants". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on January 5, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Restaurant Roundup: Chef docuseries needs help, Nostrana's latest honor, and Cafe Olli adds another pop-up". Portland Business Journal. January 23, 2026. Retrieved January 24, 2026. Cajun pop-up Ma Cher was displaced with the abrupt closure of restaurant collective Dame, where it operated two nights a week. But Chase Dopson and Maggie Irwin, the duo behind the concept, have landed in a new location.
  10. ↑ "Thick Pies Rule at No Saint, a Pizza and Natural Wine Pop-Up". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on June 8, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  11. 1 2 3 Williams, Nathan (April 20, 2023). "15 Best Restaurants and Bars Along Killingsworth Street in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  12. ↑ "REVIEW: Hidden Clandestino Is Portland's Best New Mexican Restaurant". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on April 3, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  13. ↑ Hamilton, Katherine Chew (January 28, 2025). "Javelina Just Became Portland's Only Indigenous Restaurant". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on April 11, 2025. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  14. ↑ Russell, Michael (February 2, 2024). "Paris-trained chef John Denison launches Le Clown, Portland pop-up with duck a l'orange, 'foie-co tacos'". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on April 2, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  15. ↑ "The Hottest New Restaurants in Portland, May 2024". Eater Portland. April 2, 2015. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  16. ↑ "At Lil' Dame, Matta's Chef Richard Văn Lê Plans to Lean Harder Into Vietnamese Flavors". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on February 22, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  17. ↑ Wong, Janey (August 10, 2023). "Matta's Vietnamese Dishes Will Get a Remix at a New Northeast Portland Location". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.