Chez Francois expands ...

WashPo's Going Out Gurus report that L’Auberge Chez Francois is expanding with a 30-seat brasserie.

According to GOG:

Jacques Haeringer says he’s making the venerable L’Auberge Chez Francois -- popular for its Alsatian setting and six-course dinner menu -- more accessible for the chef’s “friends and neighbors who would like to come more often,” by opening Jacques’ Brasserie below the formal restaurant in Great Falls.

The 30-seat dining room and lounge (yes, the restaurant now has a bar) quietly opened over the weekend and serves tarts flambees, lobster bisque, fresh oysters, hanger steak, chicken in wine sauce and trout with almonds Tuesday through Sunday evenings.