# Need info on private club in Portland Oregon **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 9, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-on-private-club-in-portland-oregon/1007018 "2024-09-09T16:12:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-on-private-club-in-portland-oregon/1007018/1 "2024-09-09T16:12:08Z")
I am looking for information concerning The Founders Club in Portland, Oregon. They met in a long-gone restaurant called Atwater’s back in the 80’s and 90’s, I think. The location was the 30th floor of the U.S. Bancorp Tower on 5th and Burnside. Back then I was security at the restaurant and for the Club, and I was wondering what happened during the latter days and after Atwater’s closed. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-on-private-club-in-portland-oregon/1007018/2 "2024-09-11T15:49:56Z")
6 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Keyhotea Cornfielded Posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyhotea-cornfielded-posts/1007125/8) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-on-private-club-in-portland-oregon/1007018/3 "2024-09-09T17:42:21Z")
You probably already know this but this is a perfect question for the Portland subreddit. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-on-private-club-in-portland-oregon/1007018/4 "2024-09-09T17:44:16Z")
Reddit, sub or otherwise, is not something I do. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-on-private-club-in-portland-oregon/1007018/5 "2024-09-09T17:45:09Z")
I was like 90% sure that you would say that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-on-private-club-in-portland-oregon/1007018/6 "2024-09-09T18:02:13Z")
Reddit didn’t have anything at all on Atwater’s or the Founders Club, but I joined and asked just to see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-on-private-club-in-portland-oregon/1007018/8 "2024-09-09T18:49:31Z")
Who they were, who some members were (I think Bud Clark was one-he was at the dinners most of the time), and especially what happened to it after Atwater’s closed down. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-on-private-club-in-portland-oregon/1007018/11 "2024-09-09T19:54:16Z")
That is the restaurant, and that is the club. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-on-private-club-in-portland-oregon/1007018/14 "2024-09-11T15:47:01Z")
4 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Keyhotea Cornfielded Posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyhotea-cornfielded-posts/1007125/4) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-on-private-club-in-portland-oregon/1007018/18 "2024-09-11T15:42:50Z")
A post was merged into an existing topic: [Keyhotea Cornfielded Posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyhotea-cornfielded-posts/1007125/3) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-on-private-club-in-portland-oregon/1007018/19 "2024-09-10T02:08:46Z")
I lucked out (maybe). The manager of Atwater’s at the time is on Facebook. If I can get him to friend me I’ll ask if he knows anything about the Founders Club. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-on-private-club-in-portland-oregon/1007018/20 "2024-09-10T03:38:28Z")
Cool.