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Sam Kowalski cooked his first smash burger on a flat-top in his Bushwick backyard in 2021. By 2023 he was doing pop-ups every Sunday. By 2024 the line went around the block. We opened the brick-and-mortar on Wyckoff in 2025 — same recipe, same cast iron, same tallow.
// We render our own beef tallow weekly.
// We grind our chuck + brisket fresh every morning.
// We don't take reservations.
// We don't take cash.
// We close when the meat runs out.