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Heirloom by Tim Stark5/22/2023 ![]() Sam was always a “hot head” and loved spicy foods so, he proposed purchasing Tim’s entire pepper portfolio – including chocolate habaneros, Thai chilis, bird peppers, poblanos, and more – to make a hot sauce to serve at the bar and use in customer-favorites such as the legendary spicy chicken wings. Back in 1995, Tim Stark (today a superstar farmer whose heirloom tomatoes and peppers are famous at Union Square market) asked Sam if he could sell his peppers in front of the bar at the Atlantic Antic – New York’s greatest street fair. It quickly became a neighborhood staple and grew to two more locations. ![]() In 1989, Sam opened the Waterfront Ale House in Brooklyn as a cutting-edge craft beer bar with elevated pub fare. He later went to the renowned Culinary Institute of America to hone his skills and after graduation, went on to hold various management positions in both the dining room and kitchen. But, the vast majority of our trees came from Tim Hensley. ![]() He started in the food industry upon graduating high school – his father and him opened a family deli and catering business. We started our antique heirloom apple orchard from scratch in December 2009, right after we. As a young boy, when his friends were collecting baseball cards, he would collect menus from his favorite restaurants and hang them on his bedroom wall. ![]()
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