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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
For New Year’s Eve we will be showcasing our Autumn menu with some stellar and down right delicious early winter specials. We have been wanting to switch to a winter menu but the weather has yet to really change. Fear not, for it soon will come. Make reservations now and [...]
We would like to make sure everyone knows that we will be closed Dec. 24th and 25th for holiday time and on Dec 27th for a wedding reception. We will have our New Year’s Eve Menu posted soon on the menu page and lookout soon for the new Winter Menu. [...]
footage from the other night. more to come.
[...]First course - Farm to Feast Week
This is a little thing we are starting with some friends of ours and we honestly hope that it generates enough interest that we will be able to do it in the spring with 5 times as many restaurants. It’s basically a Restaurant [...]
below you will see several post entries which used to not be visible in the regular blog. Do not get confused by the date of the show and the date the post was made. Nearly all of these shows have already passed and our new events layout is where to [...]
Summerbirds In the Cellar | Website
Date: Sept 9, 2008
Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 | Purchase Here
Genre: Rock/Pop
Summerbirds are members of Now It’s Overhead (Saddle Creek Recs.) and were handpicked by Mike Mills of REM to open for them at SXSW ‘08. They are extremely catchy and highly [...]
This Will Destroy You | Website
Date: Sept 19, 2008
Time: 10pm
Ticket: $7 | Purchase Here
Genre: Instrumental/Post-Rock
This Will Destroy You is a band out of San Marcos, TX and are currently signed to the Fredericksburg, VA based label, Magic Bullet. They are instrumental band that are compared [...]
Black Nite Crash | Website
Date: Oct 25, 2008
Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5| Purchase Here
Genre: Post-Punk/Shoegaze
Black Nite Crash is a group from Seattle, WA and can be described as “Moving from dark noise to pop melodics, Seattle’s Black Nite Crash creates a dynamic wall of energy and sound.” [...]
Chris Merritt | myspace
Date: Oct 15, 2008
Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 Purchase Here
Genre: Pop/Rock
Chris Merritt has performed at the Boot once before and with his bittersweet voice and honest songs he seduced everyone within a earshot. And that is why we are bringing him back. If he [...]
Love Like Fire | Website
Date: Oct 4, 2008
Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 Purchase Here
Genre: Pop/Rock
LoveLikeFire is an female-fronted synth pop band that rocks. I know, that sounds silly, but trust me kid, they got the goods. High energy songs with full on fist pumping action and enough [...]
Hoots & Hellmouth | Website
Date: Oct 3rd, 2008
Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 Purchase Here
Genre: Bluegrass/Appalachian Gospel/Roots
Hoots & Hellmouth, first off are the real deal - earnest, hardworking musicians who craft amazing songs and really move people. One of the Boot’s favorite live bands, we get so excited [...]
Bungalo6 | Website
Date: Oct 2nd, 2008
Time: 8pm & 10pm
Ticket: Free
Genre: Funk/Progressive/Jazz
Bungalo6 is a funky and progressive good time band hailing from our state capital. They have played with us several times before and always bring the freshness. As you know this is part of our weekly [...]
Spindrift | Website
Date: Aug 30th, 2008
Time: 10pm
Ticket: $7 | Purchase Here
Genre: Rock/Psychedelic/Western
This one would certainly be categorized under our unofficial “major” shows. The Spindrift are a rock band from the west, consisting of members of Warlocks (awesome) and Brian Jonestown Massacre (holy crap way awesome). [...]
The Starlings | Website
Lucinda Black Bear | Website
Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 | Purchase Here
Genre: Country/Folk/Indie
Two incredible acts! The unofficial country/southern music series that’s blessed us warm and wonderful all this summer comes to a close, and we are fortunate enough to have Seattle, Washington’s The [...]
Hot Lava | Website
The Sad Cobras | Website
Little Trooper| Website
Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 | Purchase Here
Genre: Indie/Rock/Pop
Show some love for the success of your state! Richmond’s Hot Lava is a fast, catchy garage/pop who put out their last album, “Lavalogy” out on Bar/None [...]
What: Ghent Bar Tour Boot Block Party
Date and Time: July 26th, 9PM
Where: Huge Tent in Boot Parking lot
okay so we have Norfolk Restaurant Week going on July 20-27 and this will be delicious and dance worthy. However on July 26th we are the culminating event location for the [...]
Coald Toast | Website
Kat Morgan | Website
Galt | Website
Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 | Purchase Here
Genre: Experimental/Rock/Folk
Coald Toast is a very rad(ical) experimental noise-pop band from Richmond, VA, bearing scratchy, driving electro-tunes for fans of Xiu Xiu, TV on the Radio, Kraftwerk, and good [...]
5000 False Alarms
Time: 9pm (with a second set at 11)
Ticket: $5 PURCHASE
Genre: Jazz
5000 False Alarms is a Virginia Beach Jazz Combo consisting of Vibraphone, Guitar and Drum Set. They have been playing together for two years and their repertoire includes Jazz Standards of Swing and Latin as [...]
Great Lakes | Website
Jesse Chong Band | Website
Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 Purchase Online Here
Genre: Indie/Rock/Reggae
Great Lakes are a fluctuating cast of indie rock/pop veterans, originally based out of Athens, Georgia in the heart of the Elephant 6 Collective scene, with an incredible set of past rotating members, including [...]
The Never | Website
Deleted Scenes | Website
Seamonster | Website
Time: 10pm
Ticket: $5 | Purchase Here
Genre: Indie/Rock/Pop
Both of these are old friends of ours now, having played the record store a number of times and certainly never disappointing. The Never bring their french/orchestral style [...]
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 [...]
Deerhunter | Website
All The Saints | Website
Time: 10pm
Ticket: $12 | Purchase Here
Genre: Rock/Noise/Psychadelic
I cannot even begin to say how excited we all are for this show. Deerhunter’s truly one of the most exciting bands in the rock scene right now, though really just in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Just to let everyone know about our menu for Norfolk Restaurant Week, it shall be posted here in the next few days. We have been experimenting in the kitchen trying out some new ideas and we want to make sure they can be executed with style. We are currently taking [...]
Just to let everyone know we are taking reservations for New Year’s Eve and Restaurant Week at the couple level. Typically we only take reservations of parties of 6 or more but these are special times. Also Norfolk Restaurant Week is Jan. 20-27 (and our menu will be posted on [...]
Hello boot website visitors, you may have noticed a little redesign on our website and if you don’t then this is probably your first visit. It is 99% done as we are still having some trouble with the Events section but you can just check our myspace for a complete [...]
Sam Lowry is coming to us from Bloomington, Indiana and he will be perfroming a heartfelt and dramatic breed of dark americana and dream pop. He channels the storytelling of such greats as Michael Gira, Tom Waits and Nick Cave.
Fans of Tom Waits as well as the early British era [...]
We just received an email from the Teeth and unfortunately, their van broke down in Frankfort, IN and won’t be able to make it to the show tomorrow night. BUMMER!! We will still have The High Strung coming to rock our stage. We are gonna drop the [...]
We have created our December events page. If you wish to take a peak at the artists and musicians that we have coming throughout the next month, click here. The above picture is of Mobius Band and they are performing with us on Dec. 12th.
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Dog Day are in an and coming band pop group, hailing from Nova Scotia. They write really great high energy songs and are known for putting on a great show. We have the talented local group, The Dunes playing on the bill as well, who remind us of [...]
P.T.B. = Post-Thanksgiving Boogie!
Mas y Mas is the band we all worshipped in the early 90’s. Local slacker rock in the vain of Pavement and Archers of Loaf. They are bringing their good friends, The Super Vacations, from Harrisonburg, who play a fantastic blend of pyschedelic surf rock. We [...]
Glows in the Dark is a five piece jazz group hailing from Richmond, VA. and are comprised of memebers from Fight the Big Bull, No BS! Bass Band as well as many other avant Richmond jazz groups. DJ Cornbread is a local vinyl connoisseur specializing in jazz, funk [...]
Seed Is… music for the masses. A local band who combines all genres of music from jazz, rock, go-go, funk, hip-hop, reggae and so much more. You know the deal. Norfolk needs a pro basketball team so Seed Is… can do the the half-time show.
“Its that good.” - [...]
Yesterday The Boot catered the vegetarian luncheon at the Botanical Gardens for Go Green Week brought to us by The Retail Alliance. Here are a few articles on why being vegetarian is synomous with going green.
Sundance Green Blog - link
Vegetarian Society - link
National Geographic Green [...]
Learning a few things about bottled water in the recent months and it seems odd as these are all things which seemed apparent when we first chose to buy bottled water but over the past few decades seem to have faded. Here we have listed a few statistics and [...]
We here, at the Boot of Norfolk, know there has been no sign of such on this site, of which an explanation maybe due, but alas we have nothing to say for ourselves. So we are just going to move forward and post our tentative fall menu at this time [...]
Tuesday Sept 4 just after the holiday weekend when everyone is exhausted we will do something totally thoughtless. Host the most party-matic totaliterrific dance masher of this great age. Its like we got out the mixing bowls and threw in a little Thin Lizzy, a dash of Talking Heads, [...]
Here is a little funny video about the food bill made by the people who did Store Wars and The Meatrix. There are some links to some other things on the page that are hopefully of interest. One is the book Food Fight and the other is the Take [...]
Kudos to Kal and Laura Wood Habr, owners of Croc’s, for shelling out quite an investment in their quest to go “green”. There will be a ceremony held at the Virginia Beach Convocation Center Wednesday August 29th at 10:30 am and then later at Croc’s around 11:45 for refreshments [...]
