"True Laurel is the casual, cocktail-focused offshoot of chef David Barzelay’s Michelin-starred Lazy Bear, but since its opening in 2017, this bar earned its own awards hardware, including being named number 30 on the World’s 50 Best Bars list in 2024. Highly drinkable, complex cocktails star on the drink menu, such as the milk-washed Mai o Mai made with blended rum, pistachio orgeat, Curacao, and lime, with a coffee-rum float on top. The tight food menu is equally considered, with items like the ever-favorite TL patty melt or crispy hen of the woods mushrooms served with “sour cream ‘n’ alliums dip.”" - Dianne de Guzman, Eater Staff
True Laurel
