Fig (restaurant)

Fig, stylized FIG, is a modern American restaurant located in Charleston, South Carolina. The name is an acronym for "Food Is Good." The restaurant was established in April 2003 by Mike Lata and partner Adam Nemirow in downtown Charleston. Fig is known for Southern classics with seasonal ingredients served in a bistro setting.

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. Five months later, in April 2003, FIG opened in the single-story space at the corner of Meeting and Hasell streets.

Lata and Nemirow met while working together at Anson Restaurant 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.

Awards
In 2018, Fig won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program.

Two of Fig's chefs have won James Beard Awards for Best Chef: Southeast, Lata in 2009 and Jason Stanhope in 2015.