Great, I have a new restaurant préféré...I just need to fly/SNCF for about 8 hours to get there. Whilst ambling around on my birthday I was looking for somewhere to check out seeing as how I had no internet connection. Yelp in beta mode I suppose. En tout cas, I was thrilled to find a jam-packed little wine bar with a simple and effective menu of assorted tartines and a couple of séléctions des plats principaux. Nobody even referred to me as a "cousin"! There were two spots at the bar (Sunday night!) and otherwise all of the spaces were taken. Pour commencer, j'ai pris un verre de Bordeaux (when in Bordeaux...) which was at the server's choice...a nice little Médoc from not too far. Foodwise, I opted for the tartines so as to get as much variety as possible for one person without being wasteful. I had a good list of choices (7 or 8 at least) but I took the beef carpaccio, cabecou, and of course, fois gras. As a former vegetarian (7ish years) and also former vegan (one of those years), I get a strange and perverse pleasure from ordering fois gras. In any case the three were served simply enough on a nice and toasted dark whole grain bread. The carpaccio was pretty nice and simple; cut fine and lightly seasoned with a bit of black pepper. My second choice, the cabecou (a mystery at the time of ordering, I gotta admit) was as delicious as what I would have expected given that it's a simple chèvre from the neighbouring midi-Pyrenees The honey that adorned it was subtle and added a nice bit of sweet to the overall experience. Ô fois. Fois gras in Bordeaux. Fois gras warmed on a toast at le Chabrot, merci. Merci for ruining fois gras for me! I tried at least 4 or 5 different fois gras whilst in France for this last stint and none of them were as perfectly rich and decadent to gobble away...taking brief breaks to cackle and slurp down more wine. Lastly, and feeling a bit stuffed from the openers, I moved onto a main of Duck magret parmentier. Meat and potatoes. Hard to go wrong, and of course the kitchen crew at Le Chabrot treated this oh so right. The duck was nice and moist and the potatoes lightly salted to make for a simple yet knockout delicious little meal. Since everything is so rich, I actually ended up taking the rest home in a little doggy bag and munched on it as quite possibly the best midnight snack that I could imagine. So overall, great ambiance, not too loud (I actually read at the bar when not staring at the pork leg within close proximity), and a complete bouchgasm. I have a real compelling reason to make the commute!

Super bistrot, ambiance chaleureuse et conviviale. Services au top, les filles sont très prévenantes. Très bonne cuisine sans prétention. Nous avons mangé des tartines, assiette de charcuteries, et 3 plats, tous est bon !!!! Je recommande vivement. Prix corrects.