This is one of the best special occasion restaurants I have ever been to! My husband and I were celebrating our anniversary which we noted when we made our reservation. Eddie V's is located in the Union Trust Building in the area that once housed Larrimor's men's clothing.
Although we dressed for the occasion I noticed that most people were dressed business casual. We had an outstanding waiter named Glenn who catered to all our needs and made sure everything was spot on. Our table was adorned with two roses and there was an anniversary card from the restaurant! How thoughtful of them! We decided to skip the appetizers and start with salads. Before they were brought out we were each given a glass of champagne to celebrate our special day on the house!
I ordered the goat cheese salad with mushrooms and my husband had the Caesar salad. Both salads were delicious!! We had 3 slices of bread with butter on our table. The bread was fresh and good. For our main course I had the stuffed shrimp with crab-meat and my husband had George's bank scallops which was adorned with citrus fruit, almonds, and brown butter. We were seated right by the kitchen so we could watch the chefs prepare the meal. We learned that one executive chefs from McCormick and Schmick had come over here.
Our waiter suggested that we split a vegetable side so we agreed to that and ordered brussel sprouts with bacon and shallots. Since we were one of the first to arrive we got our food fairly quickly. Everything was delicious and believe me we were so full from dinner that we really didn't want to order dessert! I do want to note that if you are not a fish lover Eddie V's also offers all kinds of steaks and yes, there is an entree with tofu as your main course.
So we finally decided to go for dessert. I ordered the hot blackberry cobbler and my husband had the mango sorbet. My cobbler was so big and warm that I had to devour the ice cream before it all melted! Still it was very enjoyable. My husband's sorbet came with two chocolate cookies. When our waiter brought out our checks he told us that our desserts were also on the house. After 6 we began to hear live jazz music from the next room. We felt right at home here.
We knew this new restaurant was pricey but we came prepared for it since this was our special day. They do offer valet parking after 6 pm for $8.00. Otherwise, you can park in one of the downtown garages. Eddie V's is a welcome addition to our neighborhood and would highly recommend it if you want to celebrate something or have a night on the town.