• Food
    • Food News
    • Recipes
    • Health & Nutrition
    • Travel
    • All Food
  • Entertainment
    • Entertainment News
    • Celebrity News
    • Movies & Media
    • All Entertainment
  • Style
    • Style News
    • Fashion
    • Beauty
    • Home & Living
    • All Style
  • Innovation
    • Innovation News
    • Environment
    • Business & Technology
    • All Innovation
  • Earth Month
HAPPY EARTH MONTH! See why we're celebrating Earth Day, every day.
Skip to main content
LIVEKINDLY
  • Food
    • Food News
      Featured Story
      Major League Baseball Stadiums Score Soft Serve Oatly Ice Cream
      Major League Baseball Stadiums Score Soft Serve Oatly Ice Cream
    • Recipes
      Featured Story
      Vegan Filet Mignon That Looks, Cooks, and Tastes Like Premium Steak
      Vegan Filet Mignon That Looks, Cooks, and Tastes Like Premium Steak
    • Health & Nutrition
      Featured Story
      The Best Vegan Protein Sources According to a Dietician
      The Best Vegan Protein Sources According to a Dietician
    • Travel
      Featured Story
      First Hong Kong Vegan Cheese Shop Now Open for Business
      First Hong Kong Vegan Cheese Shop Now Open for Business
    • All Food
      Featured Story
      Vegan Filet Mignon That Looks, Cooks, and Tastes Like Premium Steak
      Vegan Filet Mignon That Looks, Cooks, and Tastes Like Premium Steak
  • Entertainment
    • Entertainment News
      Featured Story
      The Top 5 Entertainment Trends to Watch in 2021
      The Top 5 Entertainment Trends to Watch in 2021
    • Celebrity News
      Featured Story
      Everyone, Even Trisha Paytas, Is Talking (And Thinking) About ‘Seaspiracy’
      Everyone, Even Trisha Paytas, Is Talking (And Thinking) About ‘Seaspiracy’
    • Movies & Media
      Featured Story
      ‘Seaspiracy’: Netflix Doc Got You Down? Here’s How to Cope, and Help.
      ‘Seaspiracy’: Netflix Doc Got You Down? Here’s How to Cope, and Help.
    • All Entertainment
      Featured Story
      ‘Seaspiracy’: Netflix Doc Got You Down? Here’s How to Cope, and Help.
      ‘Seaspiracy’: Netflix Doc Got You Down? Here’s How to Cope, and Help.
  • Style
    • Style News
      Featured Story
      Saks Fifth Avenue Going Fur-Free!
      Saks Fifth Avenue Going Fur-Free!
    • Fashion
      Featured Story
      Karl Lagerfield Now Sells Vegan Designer Bags Made With Cactus Leather
      Karl Lagerfeld Now Sells Vegan Designer Bags Made With Cactus Leather
    • Beauty
      Featured Story
      A Huge Vegan Beauty Store Is Opening in Boca Raton
      A Huge Vegan Beauty Store Is Opening in Boca Raton
    • Home & Living
      Featured Story
      WFH? Try These 6 Zero-Waste Home Office Ideas
      WFH? Try These 6 Zero-Waste Home Office Ideas
    • All Style
      Featured Story
      WFH? Try These 6 Zero-Waste Home Office Ideas
      WFH? Try These 6 Zero-Waste Home Office Ideas
  • Innovation
    • Innovation News
      Featured Story
      This Honey Is Made Without Bees. But Is It Vegan?
      This Honey Is Made Without Bees. But Is It Vegan?
    • Environment
      Featured Story
      10 Things Voters Expect From the Netherlands Climate Change Policy
      10 Things Voters Expect From the Netherlands Climate Change Policy
    • Business & Technology
      Featured Story
      Impossible Foods Could Be Prepping for a $10 Billion IPO
      Impossible Foods Could Be Prepping for a $10 Billion IPO
    • All Innovation
      Featured Story
      This Honey Is Made Without Bees. But Is It Vegan?
      This Honey Is Made Without Bees. But Is It Vegan?
  • Earth Month
  1. Home
  2. Food
  3. Food News
  4. Pub Permanently Replaces All Beef and Lamb With Vegan Impossible Burger

Pub Permanently Replaces All Beef and Lamb With Vegan Impossible Burger

By Nadia Murray-Ragg | March 15th, 2018

Southeast Portland bar, White Owl Social Club, has permanently replaced all beef and lamb burgers, its signatures dishes, with a burger made from Impossible Foods‘ vegan meat. The bar has made the move due to concerns about the environmental impact of meat.

The social club shared its announcement via an emoji-studded Instagram post:“✨White Owl ✨is proud to announce we have eliminated BEEF & LAMB from our regular menu ?PERMANENTLY?. Both BEEF & LAMB leave the largest environmental footprint of all meats, and we’ve been slowly trying to reduce the impact our business has on this planet. ??‍♀️We are NOT a completely MEAT-FREE business, but we are making big changes for the better.” 

According to PDX Monthly, the metal-music heavy pub sold about $80,000 of beef and lamb burgers last year. Now, this year’s figure will be significantly reduced and, in the years to follow, that figure will turn to a humble $0. The bar will also be turning to compostable paper products and straws from now on.

“Most people know that meat burgers are unsustainable and extremely damaging to the environment, not to mention [mass-produced] beef is a criminally cruel industry,” White Owl’s co-owner Matt Relkin told PDX Monthly. He added, “at first we thought [lamb] was a better choice environmentally, but upon further research, we learned that lamb was even worse than beef in regards to greenhouse emissions.”

Impossible Foods claim their “bleeding” vegan burgers use 75 percent less water and 95 percent less land than conventional beef. With this in mind, the pub is definitely onto a more sustainable menu.

White Owl also serve another, award-winning, vegan burger. This burger is made from a beetroot-wakame-hazelnut patty, pea shoots, and carrot ribbons. Relkin hopes customers will be open to the new, mostly plant-based, menu additions.“We hope customers trust us with the choices we are making. It’s truly coming from a place of compassion and concern for this world we all live in. We don’t want to be part of the problem,” he stated.


Image Credit: Yvette Aispuro for PDX Monthly, Nuñez Photography

Tags

  • impossible foods
  • vegan pub
  • white owl social club
  • portland bar

About the author

Nadia Murray-Ragg

Community Coordinator | Wellington, New Zealand | Contactable via nadia@livekindly.com

The Latest

Major League Baseball Stadiums Score Soft Serve Oatly Ice Cream
Food News

Major League Baseball Stadiums Score Soft Serve Oatly Ice Cream

Does Dunkin' Have Vegan Donuts? It Does Now
Food News

Does Dunkin’ Have Vegan Donuts? It Does Now

Shake Shack Has a 'Slutty' Vegan Burger Created by Pinky Cole
Food News

Shake Shack Has a ‘Slutty’ Vegan Burger Created by Pinky Cole

No More Fish: Hong Kong Grocery Influenced by 'Seaspiracy'
Food News

No More Fish: Hong Kong Grocery Influenced by ‘Seaspiracy’


RELATED CONTENT

Vegan Filet Mignon That Looks, Cooks, and Tastes Like Premium Steak
Vegan Recipes

Vegan Filet Mignon That Looks, Cooks, and Tastes Like Premium Steak

Vegan Recipes

America’s Favorite Baseball Stadium Hot Dogs Made Vegan

Vegan Empanadas 3 Ways: Spiced Apple, Mushroom Spinach, and Corn
Vegan Recipes

Vegan Empanadas 3 Ways: Spiced Apple, Mushroom Spinach, and Corn

The Best Vegan Protein Sources According to a Dietician
Health & Nutrition

The Best Vegan Protein Sources According to a Dietician

  • Home
  • News
  • About Us
  • Ads on LIVEKINDLY
  • Contact Us
  • Careers

©LIVEKINDLY 2021. All Rights Reserved.

Join the community

By signing up you agree to receive emails from LIVEKINDLY and accept our terms of use and privacy & cookie policy.

Be a Part of Something Big!

Get exclusive access to delicious plant-based recipes, sustainable living guides, and food news hot off the press.