The Misfit Restaurant + Bar

Within historic Santa Monica Clock Tower‘s two-story authentic Art Deco dining and bar hall, the restaurant is anchored by a dramatic, full-length shelved wall, lined with books and bottles; a half- library, half-bar display, setting the stage for a modern bohemian dining experience. Two theatrical curtains drape around this prodigious wall, revealing its monumental height with a nod to the Prohibition Era. The walls and columns throughout are clad in half dark mahogany panels, half original subway tile, punctured by large, smoky bistro mirrors, with its majestic height eventually capped off by pressed-tin ceilings. A reverent fondness of the space’s historical architecture is reflected in the venue’s every square inch. The bar and dining area have been meticulously and faithfully restored to their original intent, in abundant detail, from the frolicking nymph frescoes surrounding the bar wall to the polished mahogany counter and the Moroccan tile flooring. In the dining room and bar hall here and at the patio entrance, local creatives, yogi-goers, farmers-market hoppers and tourists alike, congregate around a creatively accessible and considerately wholesome, organic fare menu. The fresh menu twists tradition with an adventurous heathy touch that is resolutely adaptable to all dietary considerations.