Joyeux Noël from our entire family at L’Auberge Chez François and Jacques’ Brasserie.
We wish you a joyous holiday season and a prosperous, healthy, and happy new year. This was a momentous year for us at L’Auberge Chez François and we have our loyal customers to thank for our ongoing success. We celebrated forty years in Great Falls, Virginia and we opened for brunch at Jacques’ Brasserie on Saturdays and Sundays. Christmas came early for us this year as we were awarded OpenTable’s Best Restaurants in America for 2016, for the fourth year in a row, and Jacques’ Brasserie and L’Auberge Chez François were named top restaurants for Foodies in America. These honors were among many we received this year, including Restaurant of the Year by the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging and Travel Association. We are thankful for the support of all our patrons in 2016 and we look forward to seeing you in the new year.
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas. We leave you with Chef Jacques’ Christmas poem. Chef Jacques, Paul and the team at L’Auberge Chez Francois and Jacques’ Brasserie
A Chef’s Christmas Poem
T’was the night before Christmas, and all through the kitchen Chefs scurried about while groaning and bitchin’. The sauces were simmering and seasoned with care, Because soon the reveling hordes all would be there. The tables were set, and not a moment too soon; Both waiters and hosts looked ready to swoon. Will we ever be ready? It’s so hard to tell; Our chances are as good as a snowball in hell. The pressure was on. The geese were a-roasting, As partiers began all their holiday toasting. With bags full of presents, dressed in festive apparel. Our guests made such a racket that drowned out the carols. In the kitchen waiters shouted, while cooks swore through their teeth. The scene was pure bedlam, not a moment of peace. The chef, he bellowed, to the cooks on the line, “Move your derrières, make those plates look sublime.” “I want everything hot, let us make haste, Move onward you cooks, there’s no time to waste.” The chef looked about, then said with a shrug, “To all a good supper and a hearty bah humbug!”
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