Dante's is a nightclub and live music venue in Portland, Oregon. The venue, located along West Burnside Street and owned by Frank Faillace, hosts a variety of acts ranging from burlesque to rock music.
Dante's is housed in an unreinforced masonry building.
History
The venue's interior, 2022
Faillace opened Dante's in early 2000. In 2017, Pizza Slut replaced the bar's Lonesome's Pizza. Lonesome's had been ranked number seven in The Oregonian's 2013 list of "Portland's top 10 pizzas by the slice".
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers took Dante's to court in November 2018 for copyright infringement for unauthorized public performance of ASCAP members' creative work. According to ASCAP, it has made numerous attempts to contact the venue prior to legal actions.
Reception
Dante's was a runner-up in the "Best Music Venue" category of Willamette Week's "Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2020".
↑"STAND UP TUESDAYS: Doug Stanhope | Under the Gun Review". underthegunreview.net. Retrieved 19 March 2019. Named after Hitler's failed coup attempt, Beer Hall Putsch was recorded live at Dante's in Portland, Oregon, where Stanhope got started booking his first shows.
↑"Seattle's High Dive music venue sued for playing copyrighted songs". The Seattle Times. 2018-11-08. Archived from the original on 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2019-11-10. The copyright-infringement suit was among a dozen brought against bars, restaurants and nightclubs around the country, including Dante's in Portland.