the misfit restaurant + bar

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 fried chicken – jidori organic chicken. it’s good, real good. only thing i don’t like about their fried chicken is that it’s boneless. ilovegnawing on bones!

one really cool thing iloveabout 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!

lovelovelove their happy hour. also, the kombucha on tap is fantastic! had their ginger berry blend today and i loved it. harissa that goes with the chickpea lettuce wraps is fiery hot and amazing. the kale salad with sunflower seeds and grapes is also delicious and can be made vegan. yum. my husband was crazy about the mac n cheese, but i didn't try it. we'll be back!

triple threat- great food, cocktails and service!.lovethe small plates menu that makes sharing and tasting multiple items so much fun. the bacon wrapped dates with almonds and goat cheese were amazing! we also loved the iron skillet fried chicken, so juicy and crispy - just the way its supposed to be. i've had the burger before and its delicious and if we would have been more than 2 people we would have gotten that as well. the spiced red lentils were good, but next time i want to try the chargrilled broccoli or grilled artichocke. the clocktower manhattan cocktail did not disappoint and we knocked down a few. the food was great and memorable, but it was the service that really stuck out. we started the night outside and eventhough the misfit was crowed with a 30+ minute wait, they pro-actively worked to get us out of the cold and seated in the restaurant. all of the service was prompt and attentive throughout. can't wait to go back!

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 roasted chicken which was completely different than i was expecting, but nonetheless delicious! the bartender was very friendly and served me two dogfish head 90 minute ipa. iloveipa's and this is one of my new favorites.