Fig, stylized FIG, is a modern American restaurant located in
Charleston, South Carolina.[1] The name is an acronym for "Food Is Good." [2] The restaurant was established in April 2003 by Mike Lata and partner Adam Nemirow in downtown Charleston. [3] Fig is known for
Southern classics with seasonal ingredients served in a bistro setting.[4]
In 2018 the restaurant won the
James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program. Two of its chefs have also been Beard Award winners.
Background:
Lata and Nemirow signed the lease for Fig on Dec. 31, 2002.[5] Five months later, in April 2003, FIG opened in the single-story space at the corner of Meeting and Hasell streets.[6]
Lata and Nemirow met while working together at Anson Restaurant[7] and reconnected a few years later when they decided to open Fig together. The goal of Fig's menu is to serve local ingredients, with French-influenced cooking, using seasonality and paying homage to European farmhouse cooking.[8]
Awards
In 2018, Fig won the
James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program.[9]
Two of Fig's chefs have won James Beard Awards for Best Chef: Southeast, Lata in 2009 and Jason Stanhope in 2015.[10][11]