Beetroot or garden beet was once commonly called the blood turnip. Here at Boot we like to think about each vegetable’s life force. Harness the power, increase productivity, lower blood pressure, fly planes and build bridges. This coming week is Norfolk Restaurant Week – Jan 24th-31st – and we will be offering 3 courses for $30. The menu will be posted soon and please note we will be open Sunday and Monday at the start of the week. We are open on Jan 31st but having a special literary reading event, thus not having restaurant week specials. Our online menus will be updated soon and we hope to see you during next week’s buzzfest. Expect our winter’s best.

The season is changing and we will be out enjoying the night air, tellin’ lies and eatin’ gourds. Boot style is easy to live but hard to grasp, na mean? The Fall Menu is upon us and while we have not announced any dishes yet, we will be switching over on Sept 29th. So if you come into the Boot and whine and moan about summer’s leaving, we will bump your head with a butternut squash and feed you cheese. In the words of Mr. Bowie, let us be heroes, if not, just for one day. Let us embrace the Fall! Also note your calendar for some spectacular shows – Black Hollies, Miss Tess, Tom Brosseau, Tigercity, plus many more!

Cheers to what’s popping out of the ground! Jeers to misued verbs and nouns!
Ah we are just being playful for grammar is not our forte, but then neither is farming. We’re good at rubbin ribs and butts (that’s a pun which is funny if you’re not vegan). Hey! Come celebrate our local vegetables for Norfolk Restaurant Week. It’s going down July 12-19 and we’ll be offering our entire menu at 3 courses for $30. Also note Ghent Summer Bar Tour on July 25th in which we plan to get wiggly like spaghetti. Two tents – MC Cornbread – Virginia Beer, Pork Sammys, Chickpea Cakes, and introducing the Boot Pickle. We know…

Good to see you today, your hair looks fabulous. Here are some things you might like to know about us. One, we will be open for Father’s Day dinner, tell your daddy. Two, we are starting Norfolk Green Drinks on June 10th to be continued every second Wed of each month. Finally number three, email us your big summer vacation plan and whoever makes us the most jealous will win $100 Boot Bucks. We will announce the winner with the new summer menu!

Hello surf riders of the digital pipeline. We have good fun planned for May and you should know that Sundays will find the Boot door unlocked for Muse Readings and a special dinner on Mother’s Day. You can make reservations right here on our website. Also be sure to rate our moustaches well at moustachemay.com and we’ll be sure to make your favorite cocktail proper.

Good day to you visitors of boot website. Our Spring menu is ready and we had quite a fun time delaying its debut the past two weeks. Finally the wait is over and you can come try our latest stovetop experiments. It was a rough transition and we will be ironing out some bumps all this week. You might notice we have not had the time to give the events page proper updates but this will change, just hang in there. Read the list and use google. Things are going to be just fine. Also remember Dining Out For Life is Apr 30

Cheers to spring weather, jeers to nations without clean drinking water!
From March 22 – 28 Unicef is promoting their Tap Project during World Water Week as a way to raise money for clean water projects in countries less fortunate than ours. Premise is simple, you choose to pay $1 for your tap water and we send it to Unicef. Elementary idea with tremendous effects. Please note we will be closed for Sunday and Monday of this week, as well as, all future Sunday and Mondays for the new few months. Also starting the Tuesday of that week (Mar 24) we will roll out the spring menu. Sounds like fun eh? Come find out.

Good day, just dropping a note regarding the Ghent Winter Bar Tour – to be held this Saturday Feb 28 – it gets fairly rowdy in the Boot, not cage match rowdy but hollerin nonetheless. If you plan to eat dinner you need to deal with it as the Bar Tour Folks raise plenty of good money for charity. In addition, we will be closed Sundays and Mondays until the construction across the way minimizes. Then in the future we plan to open both Saturday and Sunday at 11am for afternoon fun. We’re in it to be grand and own some land. Take care and make party when possible.

We got something special in the works for Valentine’s Day Weekend. We will be offering a special pre fix menu of 3 courses for only $30. This menu will be offered Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of Valentine’s Day Weekend – please call to make reservations now. The menu will be posted soon and rest assured the food will be quite toothsome and the music will be smoother than a brandy flip. Be sure to catch DJ Cornbread bringing a special slow jams set starting at 10pm on Feb. 14

Norfolk Restaurant Week is from Jan 18th – 25th this 2009 and in Ghent there will be 9 restaurants participating. We will post our menu this week so please come back soon to check out all the new exciting dishes. Remember to check the following websites for links to other restaurants participating

www.norfolkrestaurantweek.com
www.destinationghent.com

Ghent Restaurants
The Boot – 123 West 21st Street. 627-2668
Enrico’s Ristorante – 4012 Colley Ave. 423-2700
The No Frill Grill – 806 Spotswood Ave. 627-4262
Pasha Mezze – 350 W. 22nd Street 627-1318
Press 626 – 626 W. Olney Road 282-6234
Magnolia Steak House – 749 W. Princess Anne Road 625-0400
New Belmont – 2117 Colonial Ave. 623-4477
Rajput – 742 W. 21st Street. 625-4634
Azars – 2000 Colley Ave. 664-7955