Chile butter and black garlic focaccia. | Chanelle Sinclair Owner Chanelle Sinclair will serve wine and cocktails alongside crackly focaccia at her new Sellwood bar Sellwood neighborhood cocktail bar Maeve is flipping into Fates Bread and Bottle Co., a new wine shop and bar that will serve local and globally sourced wines and inventive cocktails alongside crackly focaccia and loaded grilled cheese sandwiches. Maeve’s last day open was September 28; its sister business Portland Wine Cellar remains open. Fates Bread and Bottle Co. is slated to open in the space by late November. Fates Bread and Bottle Co. was born by chance in 2020 when founder Chanelle Sinclair started baking Dutch oven boules with her ex-partner in Phoenix, Arizona. While the loaves started with a foolproof base recipe, she got the idea to jazz up the bakes with add-ins like rosemary harvested from her yard, sweet caramelized onions, and extra-sharp cheddar cheese. As Sinclair began to distribute the bread to friends and neighbors, the response was immediate and effusive. “People started losing their minds over our bread,” she says. Soon, Sinclair was bringing her bread to local bars and selling loaded grilled cheeses inspired by recipes she made for her children at home. As a chef and a longtime industry veteran, she constantly reinvented her sandwiches with new combinations, including one with American cheese, sriracha butter, and mayonnaise. Sinclair’s business began to pop up around Phoenix, which evolved into full dinner collaborations with local bars and chefs. After bouncing around the city and lugging equipment from pop-up to pop-up, Sinclair decided she wanted to do everything she did under one roof and host dinners out of her home. “It was just so glorious to be able to welcome people into my home and my space,” she says. The dinners were a family affair, with Sinclair’s children working as her sous chefs and her servers. Chanelle Sinclair Berry and walnut focaccia. While Sinclair felt more satisfied running these dinners in one location, she began to struggle with constantly hosting people in her own home. (“Doing that out of my house was a little unnerving,” she says.) In the summer of 2024, something in her gut told her it was time to try something new. Sinclair took a few weeks off to drive up the coast and settle in the Pacific Northwest for some time while she figured out her next move. She found an immediate sense of belonging in Portland. “I hate to use the word ‘blessed,’ because I’m not religious, but I’ve just blessed and lifted and supported every single way,” Sinclair says of her new city. While on a walk through her new neighborhood, Sinclair stumbled into Maeve and immediately fell in love with the bar. She later learned that the owners planned to sell. “I was like, ‘Oh man, that’s a bummer,’” she says. “I just found my little wine bar for the last couple weeks that I have here, and now I gotta find a different one.” While Sinclair was scrolling through Facebook Marketplace one day, she saw the ad for the Maeve space and realized she could afford it. “I was like, ‘Holy shit, there’s no way I have that,’” she says. “I barely have that, but I have that.” Over the last few months, Sinclair has been moving her things from Phoenix to Portland to settle in permanently. She’s met with local winemakers and producers to stock the shelves of Fates, and has developed a menu of bar bites in addition to her Dutch oven bread. “I’m hoping that it’s going to feel exactly like the heart behind my supper club,” Sinclair says. “I want people to feel like they’re in my home and they have a seat around my table.” The ambience of the bar has been a main focus for her — she hopes it will feel like a safe third space for guests, and offer a place to sit with friends or in solitude. “For whatever this is worth, I’m a Taurus,” Sinclair says. “I’m very earthy and grounded and witchy, and so I’m very in tune with people’s energies and vibes.” “It’s my wine bar for fuck’s sake, I want to play.” As the first permanent storefront for Sinclair, she doesn’t want to put Fates into any type of box in terms of what it will serve. In addition to a selection of local and globally sourced wines, she’ll also offer sake, beer, and a full cocktail menu. She previewed the menu at Fates on Maeve’s last day open, serving ramen-flavored snack mix and four flavors of focaccia with toppings like miso, apple, and sesame, and now plans to serve a chile crisp focaccia at the bar. “It’s going to have an identity and a cohesive theme, but also going to be fun,” Sinclair says. “It’s my wine bar for fuck’s sake, I want to play.” The name for the bar came from Sinclair’s love of mythology and the concept of the three fates. She was drawn to the name after reflecting on her own past as a domestic violence survivor, as well as her ability to find joy and community in the face of anything. She first used the name for her photography company, Fates Co., before repurposing it for her cooking. “The concept behind that name was just that we all have a fate; we come into existence and our existence ends,” Sinclair says. “What do you do with the middle part?” As the opening of Fates Bread and Bottle Co. approaches, Sinclair says that failure is not an option for her. “ I’m just looking forward to the privilege of serving my community [in a] way that also brings me joy,” While setting up bookshelves in the shop and filing for permits, she’s caught herself in moments of joy, rocking out to Fugazi and planning her menus. “I’m just having fun,” she says. Rob Uses the Force Chanelle Sinclair. Chanelle Sinclair Ramen seasoned snack mix. Chanelle Sinclair Rosemary focaccia. Chanelle Sinclair Dutch oven loaf.