Mashed.com has named its Best Seafood Restaurants in the US – One Charleston Restaurant made the list

Congratulations to The Ordinary named one of the top seafood restaurants in the nation by Mashed.com

Located at 544 King Street, Charleston, SC, The Ordinary, which is the same team that derived FIG, has captivated diners who come from far and wide to enjoy this culinary delight. They have created a menu that “celebrates the “merroir” of the Coastal Carolinas and the East Coast, and we strive to support local and regional fishermen, crabbers, oystermen, farmers and producers.”

The Mashed article describes The Ordinary as: “In the elegant city of Charleston, South Carolina, an oyster hall is ensconced in a former bank. From all accounts, there’s absolutely nothing ordinary about The Ordinary. According to The New York Times, award-winning chef Mike Lata is clearly obsessed with oysters. “You can poach them, broil them, smoke them, pickle them,” Lata told the Times. Lata hails from Massachusetts, but he’s endeared himself to Charlestonians with his passionate support of local fishermen (per Charleston Food & Wine), who provide him with the seafood he needs to create his eclectic menu.

Lata avoids cliched Southern food — not a speck of pork on the menu — and instead uses similar preparations but with fresh herbs and spices not usually associated with seafood (per Charleston City Paper). There’s a single meat item — steak tartare — and everything else is raw or cold and hot plates. The menu changes daily, but you’ll always find a large sampling of local oysters, which Lata also piles on — along with a fisherman’s-net-full of clams, shrimp, and smoked-fish pate — his well-priced seafood towers. Crispy oyster sliders are a big hit, and look for the skate wing that’s roasted on the bone and slides off in delicate white slivers.”

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