Appletree Gourmet — Restaurant in New York

This wonderful cafe and restaurant has counter service and is owned and operated by an energetic and friendly Tajik and Afghan couple: Zuhal and Iqbal. Zuhal speaks 5 languages, and has a degree in economics, and Iqbal is a structural engineer, with experience working all over the country.

Appletree Gourmet is full of delights, from wonderful breads from Balthazar Bakery, to a variety of savory and delicious vegetable and chicken dishes, including a very substantial and delicious beef lasagna.

The selection in the savory and dessert cases varies by the day, and includes delicious experiments from the mind of Iqbal, resident chef and magician. Chicken Nam Banzaki is one of them - amazing and delicious.

Of course, it has coffee, espresso, and the usual coffee bar stuff. They use Stumptown Coffee.

All their food is Halal, and they sometimes have gluten-free selections.

They recently added a burger and fries selection. I ordered my burger medium-rare, with all the extras and it was near-perfect. The burger was delicious, the bun and garnishes were great. The Fries! Hot, crispy, and flavored with truffles: SO Good!

There are a lot more things available there, but I don't have space for them here.

Like their former business, Coffee Z, the store attracts people from all over the community, and fosters a friendly and companionable atmosphere. I love...

This place has the BEST rotisserie chicken in Brooklyn. It’s better than Whole Foods, Union Market-you name it. They seem to get fresh chicken delivered daily from a farm. At first I wasn’t so sure because it comes in a container and looks like what you would get at any supermarket. Boy was I wrong. It’s the most succulent and tasty chicken I had since living in Sicily. Also, unlike many rotisserie chickens this one has meat on its bones and is enough for a family of 4. Once a week I get a rotisserie chicken here, along with some Balthazar French baguette bread (I toast and add Kerrygold salted butter) and some almond croissants. I make a Caesar salad at home and add the chicken. The almond croissants are for dessert. Its so amazingly delicious. The family owners are always wonderful as well. Word to the wise, get here early the rotisserie chickens go like hot cakes. This is the same review I’ve posted on Yelp because I...

This place was on our radar because of their halal Asian sandwiches. When we finally went we came for breakfast. We had some of their sandwiches, bagel with salmon, and drinks. It turns out you can have any of their breakfast sandwiches as a platter instead. Breakfast was so good we left with sandwiches for lunch, soup, veggies, and some other goodies. We enjoyed lunch at home later, the homemade soup and veggies were well done, filling, well made. Everything we’ve had here so far tasted great and you can tell everything is fresh. The location is right in front of a train station, if you’re in a rush they have breakfast sandwiches prepped and ready to go.

The staff is so friendly and you can tell repeat customers have a great relation with them.

So glad there’s a halal venue of this nature around. I’m really looking forward to trying other things...