My husband and I had an excellent experience tonight on what will be the first of many visits to Brasserie V. We arrived for dinner shortly after 6pm to a bustling, but not crowded, restaurant (a good sign to us). They don't take reservations, and the hostess told us it would be about 45 minutes for a table, so we put ourselves on a list to be seated at the first available spot--table or bar. Only about 15-20 minutes later, we were escorted to a great spot at the end of the bar, where we received wonderfully relaxed and attentive service, GREAT food, and my husband enjoyed, um, several selections from their wide range of non-standard beers (and a cucumber dry soda for the pregnant among us, ahem).\n\nService: Surprisingly calm wait staff overall. From our stellar people-watching perch at the end of the bar (right by the wait station), they seemed to work like busy bees when they were working, and then drop into a lower gear until something else required their attention. No busy-bodies, no curt tones, no snippiness. Awesome. I told the waitress I was unable to eat unpasteurized foods (so none of their homemade aiolis, unfortunately). She offered other sauce options without batting an eye and pointed out the unpasteurized cheeses on the board before we even had to ask.\n\nFood: We were feeling snacky, so we went for the frites (of course!) with pistachio oil and parmesan, the cheese board (two from Carr Valley plus St. Andre triple creme - yum), and their to-die-for scallops. Seriously amazing! Perfectly prepared (finished with what I'm guessing was a torch, just for giggles) and served on top of whipped cauliflower, a frothy butter sauce, yummy warm cherry tomatoes, and crispy prosciutto. Our waitress's reaction to our approval indicated that, yup, they're always that perfect. :) Winning.\n\nBeer: I can't say how the beers were from personal experience, but my husband looked to be enjoying himself. :) We marveled at their selection and that we had only seen about 10% of their line-up before. So fun to try new things!