Already soft-open and serving over the last few weeks, Jet Tila grand-debuts The Charleston tomorrow night. This is the former Wazuzu chef and big-time bistronomics pumper’s reworking of the Angels space in Santa Monica into another nightlife venue that, like Angel’s before it, plans to have nightly live entertainment by bands. This includes that jerky eighties cover band that must have played everywhere else by now, as well as karaoke, comedy, and get this, dueling pianos (apparently, you can take the guy out of Vegas, but…well, you know). Anyway, what we’re really here for is the food and drink, and here Tila plans a selection of unique comfort eats and spruced-up cocktails, along with a series of pop-ups (an event with chef Evan Kleiman is already in the works we’re told). Come check the menu and bar.
The interior exhales the same vintage supper club cool as its predecessor, with a bar wrapped in kinky white leather (we’re imagining this, but like, at a bar), red booths, and a central portrait of Josephine Baker (please be this one).
The menu features Tila’s take on comfort eats and will include tacos with slow-roasted short ribs and shaved brussels sprouts, fried chicken wings in a sweet chili sriracha, flatbreads of various designs, Welsh rarebit, and five-spice pork belly bao.
Tila will not, as far as we can tell, take Kaya toast back from Susan Feniger. Nor will he introduce a bar program called Tila’s Tequila. Instead, the spot offers beer, wine, and craft cocktails like a vodka-soaked “Kaffir Lime Pie” and a “Jet 75.”
See The Charleston’s full drinking and dining menus below.
The Charleston, 2460 Wilshire Blvd.Santa Monica.
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Bites
Garlic Edamame
Steamed Soy Beans Sautéed with Butter and Roasted Garlic
Bacon Wrapped Dates
Stuffed with Marcona Almonds and Manchego Cheese
Sweet and Spicy Wings
Crispy Fried and Bathed in Sweet Chili Sriracha
Welsh Rarebit-Welsh Cheese Bread
Country Toast Smothered Cheese Sauce then Broiled
Short Rib Tacos with Shaved Brussels Sprouts and Korean Salsa
Slow Roasted Short Rib and Roasted Brussels Sprouts on a Corn Tortilla
Flatbreads
Margherita
with Tomato, Mozzarella and Basil
Bacon, Egg and Cheese
Sausage, Arugula and Fennel
Three Cheese
Veggies/Salads
Grilled Caesar Salad
with Chicken
The Wedge
with Nueske Bacon Bits, Tomatoes and Cracked Marcona Almonds
Asparagus Salad
with Crumbled Egg, Prosciutto and Gremolata
Farmer’s Market Salad
Hand Cut Garlic and Herb French fries
Sweet Potato Fries
Smoked Mac & Cheese
Meat, Fish, Bread, Pasta
Five Spice Pork Belly Bao Buns
Charleston Burger
with Cheddar, Arugula, Onion Marmalade and Sun Dried Tomato Aioli
Chicken Pesto Panini
with Mozzarella, Basil Pesto and Aioli
Cheese Crusted Filet Mignon Crostini
Grilled Salmon
with Roasted Tomatoes and Chickpeas
Pulled Pork Sliders
Charleston Specialty Cocktails
Minted Mule
Sobieski Vodka, Lime Juice, Goslings Ginger Beer and Mint Sprig Garnish
Sweet Tart
Stoli Blueberry Vodka, Lime Juice, Agave Nectar and Fresh Strawberries
Ginger Kiss
Beefeater Gin, Lime Juice, Simple Syrup, Fresh Ginger and Habanero Chili
Jet 75
Gin, Simple Syrup, Lemon Juice and Brut Champagne
The Charleston
Buffalo Trace Rye Whiskey, Green Chartreuse, Dom Benedictine and Angostura Bitters
Kaffir Lime Pie
Stoli Vodka, Stoli Vanilla Vodka, Lime Juice, Simple Syrup, Egg White and Kaffir Lime Garnish
Cucumber Cooler
Hendrix Gin, Cucumber, Basil, Rosemary, Lime and Honey Syrup
Poison Rose
Beefeater Gin, Monin Rose Syrup, Lilet Rouge and Lemon Juice
Sazerac
Buffalo Trace Rye Whiskey, Lemon Peel, Sugar, Peychaud Bitters, Angostura Bitters and Kubler Absinthe Wash
Side Car
Hennessy Cognac, Cointreau, Lemon Juice and Simple Syrup
Pisco Sour
Porton Pisco, Lime Juice, Simple Syrup and Egg White
