Del Ray restaurant Gustave Boulangerie & Brasserie could be getting a significant expansion.
The restaurant sits at 2213 Mount Vernon Avenue right at the corner with East Del Ray Avenue, but the new application seeks permission to add 86 outdoor dining seats to the empty lot at 2207 Mount Vernon Avenue.
“The applicant has been approached by numerous residents of both Del Ray and Alexandria who have uniformly expressed a strong desire for the expansion of outdoor seating to include the use of the applicant’s existing lot at 2207 Mount Vernon Avenue,” the application said. “To meet this desire, the applicant is seeking approval, through the SUP process, for additional seating to provide an outdoor family-friendly environment, within the confines of both 2213 and 2207 Mount Vernon Avenue, to foster the very sense of community which Alexandrians desire.”
The restaurant is currently authorized to have 54 indoor and 40 outdoor seats. The application asks to increase that to 150 seats, with 54 indoor and 10 outdoor seats at the current location and 86 seats at 2207 Mount Vernon Avenue.
