The Laurel

The Laurel Globally Inspired. Locally Sourced. Made to Share.

09/04/2026

A familiar brunch favorite, told through ingredients sourced from farms closer to home.

Our Cornbread & Sausage Gravy starts with corn flour from Young Farms in East Granby, paired with Berkshire pork sausage gravy and a farm egg from Latremore Farm. Gochugaru brings a little heat, while fresh herbs and crispy shallots finish it off.

It’s our take on the kind of breakfast that feels familiar the moment it hits the table. Hearty, comforting, and made with ingredients that connect the dish back to the farms and producers around us.

And as Chef Ashley says, it’s a pretty good breakfast after a late Friday or Saturday night 😋

09/03/2026

The night before “I do.” 🥂

We had the privilege of hosting this wonderful couple, along with their closest friends and family, for a cocktail hour ahead of their wedding day.

Handcrafted cocktails, passed bites, and a room full of people gathered to celebrate what comes next. The kind of evening we love being part of. ✨

Planning a celebration of your own? Celebrate with The Laurel. Check out our website for more info.

Summer isn’t over just yet. ☀️We’re holding onto the season a little longer with our Summer Specials - bright flavors, f...
09/02/2026

Summer isn’t over just yet. ☀️

We’re holding onto the season a little longer with our Summer Specials - bright flavors, fresh ingredients, and a few more reasons to make the most of these last summer days.

Starting with our Summer Squash ‘Succotash’ with roasted Young Farms squash, corn purée, fava bean salad, and tomato ‘nduja.

Swipe through for more of what’s on the summer menu. →

Come get a taste while they’re still here.

Sweet Potato Flautas
Beauregard sweet potato and Young Farms beans, stuffed blue corn tortillas, salsa negra, vegan ‘queso’ blanco, corn pico de gallo

Spätzle ‘Esquites’
Brown butter spätzle, corn, lime crema, cotija cheese, roasted cherry tomatoes

Marinated Heirloom Tomatoes
Red wine-mustard vinaigrette, caper salad, crispy parmesan, whipped marscapone

08/31/2026

Emergency Water wasn’t originally meant for The Laurel’s summer menu. It started at one of our Salu-Salo Filipino pop-ups, and people loved it enough that we decided it needed to stick around. 🍹

Abraham Rojas created it specifically to drink alongside the big, bold flavors of Filipino food.

Blanco tequila and cachaça form the base, mango brings the tropical sweetness, calamansi keeps everything bright, and our house-made pandan cordial and tamarind water bring a little more depth. Topped with soda, it’s refreshing, tropical, slightly funky, and very easy to drink.

Basically, it did its job a little too well. Now it has a permanent spot (for the summer, at least 😉) behind our bar.

And since we’re giving Abe and the bar some love, here’s your reminder that The Laurel is up for Bar & Beverage Team of the Year at the CRAZIES Awards! 🏆

If you’ve had an Emergency Water or any drink at our bar that made you order another round - we’d love your nomination. You can vote through the link in our bio. Cheers!

08/27/2026

We may be slightly biased but we think chef Ashley Flagg just keeps stepping up the specials every week 😍 Tuna Milanese is on the menu starting tonight. Come see us and try it for yourself.

08/22/2026

Our team (especially Ashley Flagg 🤪) has been working extra hard on our social posts. Hope you guys have been enjoying our content so far 🫶🏻☺️

Remember, likes and comments are cute, but reservations are cuter 🥳 See you here soon.

08/20/2026

If corn soufflé and scallion pancake had a baby, this would be it. Watch Chef Ashley Flagg make our Corn and Scallion spoonbread, available on our specials for the rest of the season. See you soon 💛

PS. Let us know if you want us to share the blooper reel. It’s a good one 😜😂

08/18/2026

Success means more when we succeed together. 

Here at The Laurel, we honor every ingredient because it connects us to a farmer, a purveyor, and our community.

For Chef Ashley Flagg sourcing locally and making good food go hand in hand with building relationships and creating shared success.

Watch her share what that means to her 🫶🏻

a film by Krystle Perfetto

Swipe through to view this week’s specials 🤍 Which one are you trying this week? Corn and Scallion CornbreadYoung Farms ...
08/13/2026

Swipe through to view this week’s specials 🤍 Which one are you trying this week?

Corn and Scallion Cornbread
Young Farms corn, kimchi and corn salad, gochugang aioli, bonito flakes

Roasted Eggplant
Young Farms eggplant, Pete’s Greens heirloom tomato pomodoro sauce, parmesan cream

Pork Belly Lechon
slow-roasted Berkshire pork belly, stuffed with aromatics, atchara, rice

Flan
Duck Egg custard, PX sherry

08/12/2026

Summer tastes better with a little crunch. ☀️

Our Sweet Potato Flautas are filled with Beauregard sweet potato and Young Farms beans, wrapped in crispy blue corn tortillas, then finished with salsa negra, vegan queso blanco, and fresh corn pico de gallo.

Bright, bold, and made for sunny days.

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1046 New Britain Avenue
West Hartford, CT
06110

Opening Hours

Wednesday 5pm - 9pm
Thursday 5pm - 9pm
Friday 5pm - 10pm
Saturday 11am - 3pm
5pm - 10pm
Sunday 11am - 3pm
5pm - 9pm

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