Gourmet products local specialties and wines Côte d'Opale

Here is a prestigious brand present in Le Touquet since 1999, with 250 references of selected vintages, 80 champagnes, 200 whiskies as well as many other spirits: rums, gins, cognacs, ports, vodkas... Without forgetting a beautiful choice of beers including the timeless La Touquettoise amber, white or juniper berry beers. You will even find accessories dedicated to the tasting of these nectars. Every month, there are new products to discover. And, conveniently, there's always a bottle in the fridge for an impromptu aperitif! A useful address for everyone!

In 2019, Kokoa celebrated its fortieth anniversary and was renovated. Originality and diversity, all the inhabitants of Le Touquet will tell you: the best ice-cream in town are at Kokoa. The choice of flavors is vast, from chicory to speculoos, and the ingredients are all of natural origin, with a few rare exceptions... The sorbets and ice-cream contain real pieces of fresh fruit (melon, peach, banana...), depending on the season, which are otherwise frozen at their place of origin (passion fruit for example). Dried fruits (nuts, hazelnuts, praline...) are also featured. Fresh fruit juices and tasty sandwiches are the perfect complement to this delicious gourmet break. An institution!

An interesting visit for lovers of good beers. Let us get back to the ground, crafts, barley, and leave for a moment the industrial and austere era. In the heart of the Deux-Caps site, the Noyon couple perpetuates, since 2003, the tradition and introduces you to the production of beer, from barley cultivation to bottling. Next to them, you will visit the estate then enjoy some pearls of the house: The 2 Caps, Blanche de Wissant, Noire de Slack and valuable Belle Dalle, brewed exclusively with maritime barley. The sale of the products is done on site but also on line. For tasting and end of the year gifts, the address is friendly and original.

Jean-Yves Matifas, craftsman-confiseur, has been perpetuating the family know-how since 1922. Here, everything is made by hand. The berlingots are made in front of your eyes and the spinning is undoubtedly the most spectacular operation. The thickened sugar block is hung on a hook and is spun before being transformed into exquisite coloured and perfumed apple, melon, violet sweets... Pleasure for the eyes, but also for the palate, with the sugar in all its states (candy, vergeoise, coloured...) and all its forms (lollipops, berlingots, marshmallows...).

A self-taught pastry craftsman and former restaurant restaurant for large tables, Serge Leveau set up at Le Touquet to open the Gourmands Arts. What a success! Generous and creative, its preparations will surprise you and inspire you. You will be conquered by the fragrances of the macaroons and enjoy the countless colourful flashes (Fraise strawberry, saffron, Bounty, caramel…) and cakes or meringués desserts. The shop shop opens onto the shop and the smell are already an invitation to indulge.

At the beginning of the 18th century, fishermen's wives sold fish on the Minck, at the foot of the Leughenaer tower and right next to the fishing boats. In 1863, a covered market was built on the Minck. In 1902, a superb building was inaugurated and became the fish market, where the Bazennes (fishermen's wives) boasted the quality of their products. The building did not survive the war, but it is still possible to buy freshly landed fish at unbeatable prices at the aubettes! Four aubettes are regularly open.

Founded in 1985, the house of Beussent has nothing more to prove in terms of chocolate... Made in a traditional way, with the greatest respect for the raw material, its products have a characteristic taste appreciated by connoisseurs. The company's chocolate makers are among the few professionals in France to master the manufacturing process from A to Z: from the choice of cocoa beans to the conching, everything is home-made. Beussent has its own plantation in Ecuador! Don't hesitate to stop by the store to discover the works made by these craftsmen.

Le perlé was created in 1985 by Hubert Delobel, who revived an old recipe for redcurrant wine. Here, we welcome you to the cellar, explain the fermentation process and let you taste the wine. In the open air, a garden features 90 varieties of redcurrants available for tasting. And if you've worked up an appetite, there's a country-style crêperie on the estate, where you can feast on local produce! Five hiking trails start from the Maison du Perlé.

Just a few steps from the center of Boulogne-sur-Mer, the fish market is a unique place: along the Gambetta quay, the stalls, held by the fishermen's families, offer live fish and shellfish just off the boat. At the rhythm of the tides, the fishermen unload their fish and shellfish on the quays and sell them directly under the small shelters provided for this purpose. Stalls are open every day, freshness is guaranteed, you can't go wrong. You will find everything!

This is the first point of sale outside Brittany by this cannery of Quiberon. Happy initiative! Discover a very unusual panel of sardines with olive oil, peanut, lemon, tomatoes, green pepper, muscadet and ravigot, sold in filets of five. Enjoy also the mackerel cooked curry and almonds. These are fresh and manually worked products. Make your gift baskets with tasting offered! Other artisanal and original items are available, such as algae-based products (Guérande salt, spices, herbs to four algae) to prepare for salad or pasta.

This semicircular building, consisting of arches, is listed as historical monument. On market days, traders come to display their fresh products over the stone stalls placed under the vault of the building. A must!

The house has been in existence for over a hundred years! The specialty? The Doigts de Jean Bart, well known to the people of Dunkerque. These almond cakes are made with a coffee cream and coated with chocolate. Delicious and ultra greedy! Since then, several versions have been created: peanut praline, fleur de sel, dark chocolate or even violet. The other pastries served here are also worth the detour. Not to mention the wide range of chocolates created on site.

This chocolate shop of Touquet is devilry! Founded in 1912 by two sisters who loved cats, especially their blue persian, the pretty shop makes the joy of gourmet people. In 1920, the shop moved in front of the Normandy hotel. It is the moment of glory for the house. Located since 1929 at rue Saint-Jean, the shop provides the great houses of Le Touquet and create a new bite each year. The one named after the address, which combines chocolate, nougatine and praline, remains the most popular. A mythical address of Le Touquet.

A concentrate of regional flavours before your very eyes! Hardelot's gourmet Sundays bring together local producers: seasonal vegetables, jams, ciders, fruit juices and farm produce, as well as local honey and artisanal foie gras, and the famous tarte au papin, also known as tarte au libouli! The snails of Choquell and the delicious strawberries of Samer, whose reputation is well established, are also part of the party, enough to satisfy the gourmets!

Founded in 1985, the House of Beussent has nothing to prove in terms of chocolate... Made in a traditional way, with the greatest respect for the raw material, its products have a characteristic taste appreciated by connoisseurs. The company's chocolatiers are among the few professionals in France to master the manufacturing process from A to Z: from the choice of cocoa beans to the conching, everything is home-made. Note that Beussent has its own plantation in Ecuador! Discover in store the works made by these craftsmen with this noble material.

Cornet d'Amour is a delight for the taste buds for a snack break or just to treat yourself after a dive in the North Sea. Since 1896, when Francesco Gualano founded this ice cream parlour, his descendants have been delighting you with their artisanal ice creams. Today, Franck Verschave regularly travels to Italy to discover new flavors and trends to share and taste. In front of the window, the choice is difficult: licorice, caramel fleur de sel, vanilla pecan gourmet, rum grape, rhubarb sorbet, mojito ...

The Léontine chocolate factory offers small chocolate sweets that will charm many. Several types of chocolates are offered and nicely arranged in a box that you compose yourself. These are far from ordinary chocolates, which will delight all gourmands as the choice is so wide. The shop also offers various decorative objects and gift boxes. Perfect to please or to offer yourself a little pleasure. A little extra: free delivery is available. The welcome is friendly and warm!

The Wissant market is a typical market full of charm. In the heart of the fishermen's village, the stalls are interesting: fresh fruit and vegetables, quality clothes, furniture, gadgets for the beach... In the pretty alleys of Wissant, the shopkeepers tease you and call you in a good-natured way. The walk is worthwhile and there is plenty of choice! We really appreciate the night market, on Fridays from the beginning of April to the end of September, on the town hall square reserved for food products.

"Cheese is an art," we're told. Here, everything is homemade. The Olivier family has been refining cheese from father to son since 1907. In the store, you'll find farmhouse cheeses from all over France. Romain Olivier pugnaciously defends the know-how handed down by his father, Philippe. Here, forgotten cheeses are given a new lease of life. Their cheeses can also be found on the menus of some of the finest restaurants in the area, earning the Fromagerie a national reputation.

In this exceptional cheese factory, you buy regional dairy products made by a master cheese refiner, Wullus Paul Alexandre. He uses raw milk from which he knows the origin, formally rejects productions with chemical colorants, enhancers of any kind, stabilizers of any form and puts forward a natural cellar maturing "in the old way". Creator of the Saint-Omer camembert, he also offers the Clairmarais tome or the maroilles from his abbey, and many other regional flavors.