It hasn't even been six months since 91-year-old François Haeringer died, leaving behind the famous restaurant that the chef first launched in 1954 in downtown D.C. But since taking over L'Auberge Chez François in Great Falls, where the restaurant relocated in 1976, eldest son Jacques Haeringer has not wasted any time making changes to the [...]

UPDATED 3:50 p.m. 4/4 François Haeringer, the fearsomely proud Alsatian who gave the area a taste of his native cuisine for decades at L'Auberge Chez Francois, died yesterday afternoon at Reston Hospital Center after suffering a fall earlier in the week. He was 91 years old and still working daily in his restaurant. "While doing [...]

For this week's Young & Hungry column, I spent part of the afternoon with François Haeringer, the 90-year-old owner and founding chef of L'Auberge Chez François, the French country restaurant in Great Falls that can trace its roots back to 1954 in downtown D.C. In reporting the story, I spoke with Mark Furstenberg, the master [...]