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10 hours agoThe Misfit Closes in Santa Monica After 15 Years
The Misfit in Downtown Santa Monica will close after 15 years due to lease non-renewal and ongoing issues in the area.
"Hermon's is very special because it's for Hermon," says Holly Fox, the co-founder of Last Word Hospitality. The group's roots in the area surrounding Hermon run deep; Fox's sister called the neighborhood home for eight years, director of operations Mike Santos still lives in the region, co-founder Adam Weisblatt lives nearby in South Pasadena, and Fox herself lives less than 10 minutes away.
They're the all-day diners where the corned beef sandwiches are the size of your face; the old-school eateries where bagels and lox aren't just a breakfast food; the buzzing gathering place for having matzo ball soup and golden latkes nowhere near the holidays with which they're associated. On the East Coast and in L.A., delis are so ubiquitous that a child's first pastrami on rye is almost a rite of passage.
"After 52 years at 68 Greenwich Avenue, the beloved West Village café will serve its last brunch service on August 17, closing for good after more than five decades of omelets, burgers and low-key celebrity sightings."
April Bloomfield is returning to Manhattan to oversee the restaurants at Nine Orchard hotel, including its flagship lobby restaurant, Corner Bar, on the Lower East Side.