"Laurel Tavern opened as a casual neighborhood bar and restaurant on Ventura in Studio City and has quickly morphed into the de facto after-work drink spot for everyone who works in the Valley. This isn’t where you go to impress someone with your restaurant-finding skills - this is where you go after a long day of mediocre auditions to talk to the assistant of a high-powered manager who’s only there for the expense-able burger." - brant cox, brett keating