Originally, the business operated as a restaurant called Berbati's,[1] but when the adjacent 24 Hour Church of Elvis moved to a new space in 1994, the owner Ted Papaioannou expanded the restaurant into the former location of the Church of Elvis to include a music venue and renamed the business Berbati's Pan.

[2][3] The bar operated with a jukebox and pool tables, and the restaurant hosted cabaret shows with belly dancing.

[8] The nightclub closed down shortly after the death of the owner Ted Papaioannou on November 8, 2010, but the restaurant continued to operate.

In 2015 the business was sold to the owner of Dante's and Star Theater in Portland;[9] Voodoo Doughnut had previously expanded into the former atrium of the nightclub in 2011.

Moon Oregon (2007) called Berbati's the city's "leading late-night live music club".