Where to Find Figs
There are many ways to enjoy Ocracoke’s favorite fresh local fruit all around the village in shops and restaurants.
Figs on the Menu! (Savory & Sweet)
*Ocracoke Coffee Shop: Fig scones, Fig cake, Fig muffins, Fig Bread, and Fig cream cheese (for your favorite bagel!)
*Ocracoke Oyster Company: Fig-smoked BBQ, Fig & scallion vinaigrette
*Fig Tree Deli/Sweet Tooth: Fig cake
*Flying Melon Café: Sautéed Ocracoke Figs appetizer with prosciutto, rum-whipped goat cheese, arugula, & balsamic reduction; Herb-marinated pork tenderloin with Ocracoke Fig & port sauce entrée; Gooey Ocracoke Fig bars with whipped cream
*Back Porch Market: Figs & prosciutto appetizer, mini Fig cakes, Fig bars, Figgy Fizz drink mix
*Helios’ Hideaway: Fig balsamic vinaigrette and pizza with marinara/balsamic sauce, mozzarella and gorgonzola cheese, red onion, spinach, pancetta, & fresh local Figs
*1718 Brewery: Notorious F.I.G. beer
*Magic Bean Coffee Bazaar: Hot or iced lemon honey Fig latte, ginger Fig & cinnamon latte, iced Fig cake latte, green tea with Fig & hibiscus, black tea with Fig & cherries (also Notorious F.I.G. t-shirts)
Pony Island Restaurant: French toast with local Fig preserves
Figs to Take Home!
Local fig preserves and/or other figiliciousness are available at these locations:
*OPS Museum Gift Shop: Fig preserves & many fig-themed gifts; online/phone orders only
*Village Craftsmen: Fig preserves, Leaf Peeper fig tea, also: free Fig cake on Fridays at 11am
*Zillie’s Island Pantry: Fig preserves; “No pickum the figums” signs & t-shirts
*Ocracoke Variety Store: Fig preserves; Trudy & John’s fig BBQ sauce
*Produce by Celeste: Fresh figs! Saturdays 9-2 by Native Seafood
*Moonraker Tea Shop: Fig Cherry and Fig Berry loose leaf teas
*Sea Break: Fig soaps made in Buxton, NC; beeswax & Fig candles made on Ocracoke
Learn to Cook Figs!
Local cookbooks with fig recipes are available at these locations:
*Books to Be Red
*OPS Museum Gift Shop (online/phone orders only)
*Ocracoke Variety Store
*Island Ragpicker
Plant a Tree!
Fig trees are available for your garden at:
*Ocracoke Garden Center
*Trudy Austin & John Simpson 252-921-0102
Fig Festival Merchandise
T-shirts, tote bags, and raffle tickets! If you are on the island, contact Sundae at 252-921-0283 or ocracokefigfestival@gmail.com to purchase. Off-island mail orders, please email info@ocracokepreservation.org