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"Two Portland bars, Swan Dive and Afterlife, host karaoke nights and Gnarly’s mind-blowing meatless burgers. Rather than choose between Beyond and Impossible, Gnarlys blends the two to create an extra juicy and meaty patty, then dresses it up with a melted vegan cheese slice, shredded lettuce, red onion, and a slathering of thousand island on a soft cloud-like bun. The move for first-timers is the standard Dang burger — so dang good that it scored a winning spot in fast food enthusiast Bill Oakley’s 2022 Steamie Awards alongside meat burgers. Customers can enjoy cocktails and burgers alongside cheese-and-onion loaded sidewinder fries, bakon cheeseburger eggrolls, and Portland-famous Buddy’s mozzarella sticks." - Anastasia Sloan