Norfolk Restaurant Week July 20-27
Hey folks, its that time again where we make great food and you eat it!

Norfolk Restaurant Week is hitting Ghent and with Downtown in it too the choice of where to eat is tough even if you eat out every night! Check out these two sites for updating info on menus and added restaurants - destinationghent.com and downtownnorfolk.com

there are also links on the norfolkrestaurantweek.info site which needs to be updated

Boot menu will be posted HERE when it is finished.

tomorrow June 4th we switch to our summer menu, yes we are a bit ahead of time but the fields tell us a different story.

peep the summer menu here

also come out tonight for the last of the spring menu and here some old timey folk tunes with Sarah Carter and The Woods.

Ciao!

The Dominion Derby Girls | website
ForKids | website

Time: 5pm (live music to start at 10pm - see below)
Ticket: $5
Genre: Charity

This year’s proceeds will go to benefit the Dominion Derby Girls and the ForKids Foundation.

The event will be held at The Boot in Ghent on May 25th, 2008, 5-9pm. Our goals this year are to bring awareness to our organization, Virginia’s FIRST flat track roller derby league, and ForKids, an amazing organization working to eradicate homelessness in Hampton Roads. We have also set a financial goal of $2000, and we hope to reach this goal with your assistance.

For more information and to see the bands that will be performing on Sunday night, click here.

Bike to the Boot after work on the 16th to celebrate the culmination of Bike to Work Week with your fellow cyclists!

We will be having an afterwork celebration starting at 5 pm at the Boot for everyone who participated. We will have a tasting with Marty Jones, owner of Oskar Blues Brewing Company on hand to pour and discuss he fantastic roster of can beers. Come out, lock your bike to the patio fence, and have a good time!

Bicycles and Clean Air
• Commuting by bicycle produces zero pollution.
• If people rode a bicycle instead of using a motor vehicle for trips of less than two miles, the majority of motor vehicle pollution would be prevented.
• Motor vehicle emissions represent 31% of total carbon dioxide, 81% of carbon monoxide, and 49% of nitrogen oxides released in the U.S.
• Approximately 40% of all trips are less than 2 miles in length – which represents a 10-minute bike ride or a 30-minute walk.
• A short, four-mile round trip by bicycle keeps about 15 pounds of pollutants out of the air we breathe.

Bicycles are Better than Cars
• 100 calories can power a cyclist for three miles.
• 100 calories can power a car 280 feet.
• About 12 bicycles can be parked in the space required for one car.
• Traffic jams in the 29 major cities cost commuters an estimated $24.3 billion annually (and makes them grouchy).
• The number of US bicycle commuters doubled between 1983 and 1990.
• More than half of all Americans live less than 5 miles from where they work.

Bike to Work Day | Info

So it has been some time since you have heard from us and now that bike riding weather is upon us expect to see much more action from your favorite Bootians! First announcement is our spring menu. It was a little delayed as we tried to have some other elements coincide with the menu change but alas it is all we have accomplished thus far and we shall post other news as tasks become completed. Without further ado.

BOOT SPRING 2008 - MENU

by the way it is live as of now. Some new desserts too!

This coming Sunday will be the Boot’s second installment in our new monthly tradition called Brunch. Are you excited? We are. You can view our menu here. We will be adding a few things to it and we’ll even be having some breakfast specials.

We will be opening for service at 11:00 am and be feeding all the breakfast warriors who stumble in until 3:00. Call for reservations and we will see you then.

Just wanted to let everyone know that the Boot Brunch is completely booked from 12:30 to 3:00pm. We are hosting a 5 Points Farm Market Benefit and have no room left at the inn. If you wanted to attend brunch this Sunday you will have to be the early bird. We open at 11 a.m.

Here is the brunch menu.

Well sort of… we have made a few minor changes and are now serving up half portions of select pasta dishes. Maybe you’re on a budget or you were thinking about doing it 4 course style without the extra tummy pressure. Whichever the case we are happy to celebrate a little bit more of our menu. Thanks to all who came out and made Norfolk Restaurant Week much fun and worth celebrating. We will be looking to do the same in June so keep your spoons ready!

New Boot menu notes here and new Boot dessert here

Tonight! Come out to celebrate the love.
Starts around 9ish with a $7 cover beginning at 10pm

Norfolk Restaurant Week!

Ladies and Gentlemen

The Boot will be open on Monday evenings starting February 4th. We are moving our day of rest to Sunday evenings as we will be closed for regular dinner service. (We will be open Sunday Jan 27 during Restaruant Week)

In turn we will serve Brunch on the 2nd Sunday of every month following our good friend Syd Meers at Stove who serves Brunch the 1st Sunday of every month. We are starting a Brunch Club with rotating
diners. Feel free to join. There is no membership fee. Where will Brunch be the 3rd and 4th Sunday of each month? It’s tough to say.

(VA Wine Night is still Tues and VA Beer Night is still Wed)