The Restaurateurs Who Helped Lead the Halal Restaurant Renaissance | Eater NY

"I learned that Hal & Al, founded by college friends Adil Palwala and Tahmid Bashir in 2018, moved from sourcing patties by hand to leasing space in a Hauppauge processing plant and buying equipment so they could scale; they now operate a roughly 7,500-square-foot processing room, supply about 40 restaurants, a dozen grocery stores and institutions including NYU, launched a high-profile halal food festival in 2018, and have helped remove sourcing obstacles by offering USDA-graded halal meats and broader cuts." - Caroline Shin