Crampotte 30

The so-called crampotte that line the cute Port des Pecheurs (fishermen's port) are small wooden buildings that were used for storing equipment. There are 72 crampottes in Biarritz and the waiting list to use one are enormous. This lovely little tapas place is the first building when you enter the Port des Pecheurs. You dine al fresco on rustic benches (no backs) or small tables, and the food is mostly charcuterie, cheese and some small tapas that the chef invents nightly based on what he finds at the market. There is no kitchen in the crampottes, so serious innovation is the norm. It's a great little place for regional wines and tapas. And, judging from a recent dinner, the jambon and fromages plates are so copious that a snack here can easily replace dinner altogether. Crampotte 30 has no indoor seating, so it's only open from late spring through early October.