FIG RESTAURANT

"Santa Monica’s enduring Fig restaurant, located inside the Fairmont, is serving a $90 per person Thanksgiving dinner. Fig’s meal runs from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. with leek and potato soup, duck confit with poached persimmons, and roasted free-range turkey with apple and sage stuffing. Book a table on Resy." - Eater Staff

"FIG feels like one of those places you only go to if your husband’s out of town in Shanghai for the week, and you want to be bad and try Uber for the first time. But the fact is, this sunny spot in the Fairmont Miramar gets it right. Unpretentious, lively, and with a menu that never disappoints. Deal: $45 includes the purchase of an entree and endless draft beer or sangria. Weekends 11:30am-3pm." - brant cox, nikko duren

"This Santa Monica restaurant at the bottom of the Fairmont Miramar Hotel is offering a full Thanksgiving feast to-go this year. The $395 package feeds up to 8 people, and includes a whole turkey, a spread of classic sides, and a freshly-baked pumpkin pie. Pick-ups can be scheduled from 8am-2pm on November 24th." - kat hong, nikko duren, garrett snyder

"They say it’s the little things in life that bring us the most pleasure. And at FIG, the all-day cafe inside The Fairmont hotel in Santa Monica, that little thing is the best happy hour on the Westside. Every Tuesday-Saturday, for one truly happy hour (5pm-6pm), nearly the entire FIG menu is 50% off. The food is solid, the atmosphere is chill, and the drinks are quite stiff. Let’s get at it. Prior to visiting FIG, we associated The Fairmont hotel with another establishment housed on the hotel grounds, The Bungalow. You may also know it as the land of former sorority girls, as*holes, and really old guys. FIG is an extreme contrast to the rowdy, obnoxious crowd that infiltrates Bungalow. It’s tucked off the hotel lobby and has a quiet, casual California vibe that appeals to people who have some self-respect. The menu is seasonal and all ingredients are locally sourced, so it changes frequently. (We know, like every other place in LA.) You can easily eat alone at the bar, with a bigger group in the main dining room, or outside on a small patio overlooking the hotel pool. Sitting on the patio means you will stare at Euros in aggressively small bathing suits, but nothing says happy hour like a French guy in a translucent speedo. The generous happy hour discounts also extend deep into the beer and wine stock. Heck, even bottles. If you want to order 15 bottles, pop them, and pour them on yourself, that’s cool with us. FIG is a solid restaurant at any point in the day, but we’ll go on paper as saying it’s a personal crime to visit outside the hours of 5pm-6pm. So plan it out, arrive on time, and don’t miss one second of this hour-long bliss. Or the Frenchman in that speedo. Like we said, it’s the little things." - Amanda Williamson

"Fig in Santa Monica’s Fairmont Miramar Hotel offers roasted mushrooms and coconut panna cotta for a meat-free, vegan meal this year, though there is a traditional Thanksgiving meal with dry-aged prime rib, duck rillettes, and of course turkey as well. The vegan meal is $56 per person and the traditional one is $88." - Matthew Kang