Tree killer’s biz in ‘sorry’ state

CELEBRITY COOK-turned-tree bully Adam Harvey offered an olive branch of sorts to his Brooklyn neighbors on Friday, giving a half-baked mea culpa for his actions.

The ex-“Top Chef” contestant issued a vague apology a day after the Daily News reported he was hit with misdemeanor charges after Windsor Terrace residents said they spotted him poisoning his next-door neighbor’s giant silver maple tree.

Neighbors said he made the dim-witted attempt on the tree’s life because its branches blocked sunlight to the solar panels on his $1.5 million Windsor Terrace row house.

“Recent events caused unnecessary grief to my neighbors and family,” he said in a statement issued by his attorney, Bruce Maffeo.

“My goal is to reach a quick resolution and I pledge to be a thoughtful and considerate neighbor moving forward.”

The seven-story maple is currently clinging to life, with half of its leaves having wilted in the past month.

Harvey owns the Gowanus restaurant Bar Salumi. The backlash to his business has been fast and furious since the News’ report.

Bad reviews of his restaurant have piled up on Yelp, and some foodies have even called for a boycott.

Yelp posted on Bar Salumi’s page that it was currently weeding through reviews put up in the past two days that may have been spurred by news of Harvey’s hatred for the tree.

Still some reviewers’ withering assessments remained up.

“I cant give my money to an establishment that poisons trees,” one poster wrote on Thursday. “That’s hella cruel and unusual.”

Another Yelp reviewer wrote a tongue-in-cheek post to circumvent the website’s monitors.

“We ordered apps and entrees featuring farm fresh ingredients that somehow were slightly under cooked as if the solar panels driving the ovens were blocked somehow,” the post said.

The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office charged Harvey with two misdemeanors on May 15 — for criminal mischief and trespass. Harvey, 33, made a followup appearance in criminal court Friday, where a prosecutor told a judge that he may add charges to the case.

The charges will likely be connected to an April 6 incident, when the “Top Chef” contestant had a crew of arborists cut down major limbs of the tree without his neighbor’s permission, sources said.

Looking like a weeping willow, Harvey (photo) kept his eyes cast to the ground and declined to answer any questions as he made his way through the courthouse.

A Brooklyn judge told Harvey to return to court in July and kept in place an order of protection barring the chef from going near the tree’s owner.