the misfit restaurant + bar

this is a very happening pub in santa monica and opened till late at night. very easy and comfortable and the food was delicious. ordered achickenburger with a cappuccino and it came pretty quick. the crowd is mostly younger people.

i've visited the misfit twice now with one visit being good and the other being purely awesome.

plates were ordered both visits with some the same and some differing from the previous trip. one of which was thechickensandwich that is delicious. the mac n cheese was ordered again, this time without the chorizo...amazing!!! the chorizo is a side item i can most definitely do without because i really got to taste the flavor of the mac n cheese and pancetta the second time around. it was awesome before but without the extra topping, it was excellent.

another item is the prime rib nik niks that was just as delicious as they were from the last visit.

the atmosphere of the misfit bar is live and exciting with lots of people to socialize with while having drinks. there will be plenty more visits to come as misfit continues to impress.

visit dates 8/8/2015 and 5/30/2014

the misfit bar and restaurant in santa monica california is one of my favorite places to eat when i am being a cali girl. offering a variety of foods sourced from the santa monica farmer’s market, the misfit has some amazing comfort food you’ll want to eat again and again!

our meal was a sort of smorgasbord of items. we started with libations: washington square, n.y – bonal, lemon, and strawberries from the farmers market. i had to look up what bonal is – it is a french aperitif wine. i felt very très chic drinking this.

we started off with some avocado toasts – sourdough bread, tamai farms artisan baby tomato and burrata.

i ordered bacon wrapped dates (my mom and grandmama won’t eat them cause they aren’t kosher. ha! more for me) – smoked almonds, goat cheese, and balsamic. i could eat these all day.

shredded kale & quinoa salad – sunflower seeds, grapes, preserved lemon and manchego. i had them out the manchego on the side cause i’m not the biggest fan of too much cheese.

tamai farms grilled street corn – sambal butter and ricotta salata.

then we ordered dixie friedchicken– jidori organic chicken. it’s good, real good. only thing i don’t like about their friedchickenis that it’s boneless. i love gnawing on bones!

one really cool thing i love about the misfit is they give out their signature chocolate chip and sea salt cookies to you after your meal.

of course we still had to get dessert cause one cookie wasn’t going to cut it. we tried the strawberry gelato – small batch grateful spoon gelato made with all natural ingredients.

i think my grandmama had a good birthday dinner, but next time i’m coming here for brunch cause their menu looks killer!

i had the avocado toast with bursts and it was divine. it was hefty and tasteful. i also split achickensandwich and it was served on brioche which naturally makes everything better! it was sooo good, with some daikon / pickled radishes- yum! on a thursday night, it was packed, there was no room to stand at the bar but that's ok because we were told if we ordered food we could have a table and be seated right away. the drinks were delicious too, we ordered classic drinks so those are hard to mess up. the vibe was trendy, the service was decent, but the best part were the free salty chocolate chip cookies at the end of our meal :)

cool late night spot - good food. my coworker and i were working very late last night. we called like 5 different restaurants to see who was still serving food & had a good beer selection. this happened to be my 6th phone call. turned out to be a great choice! the decor in this place is super cool. extremely tall ceilings, dimly lit, pumping music, very cool bar. we sat at the bar where there is a towering wall of bottles and then above that is about 15 feet of bookshelves all the way to the ceiling.

i had the organic over roastedchickenwhich was completely different than i was expecting, but nonetheless delicious! the bartender was very friendly and served me two dogfish head 90 minute ipa. i love ipa's and this is one of my new favorites.