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Home Studios' Laurel Brasserie and Bar brings European dining to Salt Lake City
This bar and restaurant in Salt Lake City is designed by Brooklyn-based Home Studios as an updated, American take on the brasseries of Europe.
The Laurel Brasserie and Bar opened in February 2022 inside The Grand America Hotel, a palatial building on South Main Street in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City.
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The hotel was built in 2001 with interiors based on classic European styles. Home Studios retained these influences for the brasserie, but with a contemporary spin to create bright and colourful spaces for casual family-style dining.
"The menu is fueled by the client's love for European food, culture and design, filtered through a decidedly American sensibility," said Home Studios founder Oliver Haslegrave.
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"So we sought out to create that environment and treat it like an extension of the client's home, where a collection of European heirlooms and treasures have been passed down from generation to generation," he added.
The establishment is split into several rooms, each of which has a distinct design and colour scheme.
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For grab-and-go coffee and pastries, Bonne Vie features duck-egg-blue millwork, a checkerboard marble floor, and crushed velvet chairs in pastel tones.
Opal globe lights mounted on brass fixtures continue from the patisserie into the main dining room, where cherry-red leather covers banquette seating that forms a strip down the centre.
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A symmetrical procession of columns with chamfered corners are wrapped in reclaimed tile and connect with sculptural ceiling beams.
The wood-panelled bar faces both the restaurant and an adjacent seating area for enjoying cocktails, surrounded by tall arched windows framed with green marble.
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"Laurel is grounded in the present but full of history — and thoroughly unique," Haslegrave said.
"We incorporated a wealth of materials to elicit an upscale brasserie with approachable warmth."
An additional dining space is decorated in a spectrum of blue hues. A bold floral-patterned carpet and illustrated wall coverings are joined by velvet chairs and walnut-topped tables.
This room also features a green blown-glass chandelier and olive trees placed between the windows.
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Antiques and vintage pieces are also scattered through the interiors, overall creating a "transportive guest experience that feels right at home within the context of the Grand America Hotel".
"We sought to create a distinctly modern and American spin on the classic all-day brasserie, built to delight and inspire locals and tourists alike," said Haslegrave, who set up Home Studios in 2009.
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The firm has a growing portfolio of hospitality projects across the US, with recent additions including the Alsace LA hotel with Mediterranean influences and The Harvey House restaurant in a Wisconsin train station.
The photography is by Brian W Ferry.