Sundowners at Le Comptoir du Foie Gras, Biarritz France

One of the things we delighted in was the local custom of saving those few hours before the sun sets for tapas and sundowners. Around 7pm, the tables outside most restaurants came out onto terraces, or pavements and were quickly populated with people.  Le Comptoir du Foie Gras served up foie gras with its perfectly chilled bottles of rosé.
'A hole in the wall' my husband called it. A bit, but not quite. The tables are barrels that have been placed randomly around the bar counter.
Le Comptoir du foie gras - The foie gras counter - serves up just that, and prides itself in serving le meilleur foie gras in Biarritz. Whether true or not, we came here for our sundowners, ordered up a generous plate of Bayonne ham and a bottle of rosé and stood around the barrels of wine - returning to the counter to replenish our plates of foie gras. Cholesterol be damned, after all we don't do this everyday, I reasoned as we enjoyed the festive atmosphere and joie de vivre of the locals.

Le Comptoir du Foie Gras
Les Halles - 1 rue du Centre
64200 Biarritz