Legami
Italian restaurant · Charleston
492 King St, Charleston, SC 29403
Highlights
Modern Italian fare with French influences, king crab tagliolini, Wellington
Modern Italian fare with French influences, king crab tagliolini, Wellington
"Italian restaurant Legami offers a super luxe brunch on Saturdays and Sundays. Look for lobster wellington, caviar service, carbonara, beef tartare, and eggs Benedict. The restaurant also offers a fun selection of bloody marys and bloody marias." - Erin Perkins
"Legami is a new Italian restaurant boasting a chef brought in from Rome by a family with roots in Turin, Italy. Washington Street Hospitality, which controls three Pasta Beach restaurants in New England, thought the King Street building would be another location for Pasta Beach, but decided to switch it up once they got into the historic building. Chef Andrea Congiusta cooks modern Italian fare with some influences from France. “We took inspiration from the classic fine dining, but we also want to have something fun, something that looks very fancy, and something you can crave,” says Congiusta. Dishes include king crab tagliolini, beef Wellington, and veal Milanese. The restaurant recently added brunch service too." - Erin Perkins
"Italian restaurant Legami brings a fresh new energy to Upper King. The first-level bar serves the full menu from chef Andrea Congiusta, with drinks like a draft Venetian spritz and a Calabrian chili-washed vodka martini. The upstairs lounge has more of a party vibe, with more cocktails and small bites." - Erin Perkins
"A new Italian restaurant from a family with roots in Turin, Italy brought in Chef Andrea Congiusta from Rome to cook modern Italian fare with some French influences. "We took inspiration from the classic fine dining, but we also want to have something fun, something that looks very fancy, and something you can crave," says Congiusta. Dishes include king crab tagliolini, beef Wellington, and veal Milanese." - Erin Perkins
"An Italian villa–inspired restaurant on Upper King Street that blends fine-dining polish with a social, lounge-forward vibe. The space features hand-plastered walls with hand-drawn palms by a Rome-based artist, imported fabrics, a large brass bar with leafy lamps, and an upstairs casual lounge with plush seating and an outdoor area draped in Italian fabrics and lush foliage. Led by chef Andrea Congiusta (formerly of Michelin-starred Il Pagliaccio in Rome) and guided by a family with roots in Turin, the menu offers modern Italian cooking with northern-Italian and French influences: a raw bar with oysters, crudos and caviars; starters like charred broccolini with spicy nduja, a “lobster bomb,” root salad with mustard vinaigrette, and foie gras with South Carolina peaches; standout pastas such as cappelletti with goat cheese, butter pecan sauce and sautéed mushrooms, king crab tagliolini, and ravioli pomodoro; and mains ranging from beef Wellington to veal Milanese, Mediterranean lamb, and black grouper with moscato-marinated grapes. The team emphasizes local Lowcountry produce as inspiration. The restaurant opened in early October." - Erin Perkins
