Food
We all like to eat, and living well includes sharing meals with our friends and family. This section will restaurant news and recipes, and anything else related to buying or preparing foods and drinks.
Time to enjoy local produce! Find it at these local Farmer's Markets and French Markets:
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Any Day - Mayneland Farm Stand at Bauer & Mill St. in Naperville - See Hours and available produce
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Winfield: Wednesday 7am - 1pm at County Farm and Geneva Rd. - Starts June 7, 2017
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Wheaton French Market -Saturday 8am - 2 pm - Main and Liberty - April 14 - Nov 11, 2017
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Naperville Farmer's Market - Saturday 7am - noon at 5th Avenue Station 200 E. Fifth Ave., June 3 - Oct 28, 2017
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Glen Ellyn French Market - Sunday 9 am - 1:30 pm - Glenwood parking lot at 460 Crescent Boulevard - starts June 4, 2017,
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Geneva Farmer's Market - Thursday - 7:30 AM – 1 PM at the Exchange Street Parking Lot - June 15- Oct 19, 2017
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Geneva French Market - Sundays 9AM-2PM - Metra parking Lot NW corner of South Street and 4th Street - April 16 - November 12, 2017
- Batavia Farmer's Market - Saturday 8am to noon - River St. between Wilson and State St - June 3rd - October 28, 2017 - 3rd Saturdays features the Artisan Collective where you can shop local from artists and designers.
Join a local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and get a basket (aka share) of locally grown produce every week or every other week. Some of the CSA's may be filling up, but there is probably still time. Here are a few:
- Rustic Road Farm - pickup / sign up Saturdays at Wheaton French Market - farm in Elburn
- Green Earth Institute - sign up online - pickup Tue/Friday in Naperville or Wed in Winfield, near County Farm and Jewel Rd. - farm in Naperville
- Find more CSA's at Band of Farmers
I don't know about you, but I like having a convenient grocery store right here in Warrenville. This week, there is a flyer in the store thanking customers, and asking them to invite friends and neighbors to visit Family Foods. Apparently the store is trying hard to stay afloat and survive the competition of the big chain stores. If you don't use Family Foods regularly, here are some reasons that you might give it a try.
It's our boy from Warrenville: Tony Moeaki!
Raised in Warrenville, he went to Johnson, Hubble and WWS:class of 2005. Want to learn more about Tony:
- Watch the video of a great catch he made on the Kansas City Chiefs in his rookie season.
- Read about Tony in Wikipedia
Other recent artices, about his new career on the Seattle Seahawks:
- Seahawks Website
- Deseret News: Tony is grateful for the opportunity.
- DesMoines Register
- National Football Post: History of Tony's 5 years in the NFL
Tony's tweets: @tonymoeaki81
"Great team win! Only been here a month but these guys top to bottom have made me feel apart of the team from day 1. Love being a Seahawk"
"Wow speechless!!! Super Bowl bound"
Other Local Celebs
Two Naperville families will get their 10 seconds of fame when a McDonald's commercial is aired during the Superbowl.
The film crew was hiding at the McDonald's on 59 near Brookdale, as part of the new "Lovin' " campaign. The cashier gave customers a task to "pay with love", rather than money. The local families that made the final cut are the family group hug, and the mom that says what she loves about her son.
Watch the Superbowl in Warrenville
St Irene's Knights of Columbus Super Bowl Party & Raffle: Sunday, Feb 1, 4pm in the Activity Center, $5 each available at the door. Entree fee covers food and non-alcoholic beverage (or bring your own). The Raffle is a major fundraiser for the St. Irene Knights of Columbus. $25 and $50 tickets for cash prizes ranging from $25-$500!
Angie V's: Join us February 1st to watch Super Bowl XLIX! Free halftime buffet, beer and wine specials and free raffle prizes including a pair of Chicago Bulls game tickets! See prizes and more on Angie V's facebook event
Rock Bottom: Half order of nachos and a beer for $6.95
The only good thing about the Packers losing, is having a local Warrenville player to cheer for! Go SeaHawks! Go #88!
Can you believe that the Sweet Potato Cafe is celebrating their 1-year anniversary in Warrenville? I stopped by to chat with the owner of Sweet Potato Cafe, Cyndi Krause, and between the constant flow of customers, she said:
"We're happy to be in Warrenville. We had some big shoes to fill, and we're doing our best to make sure our customers are 100% satisfied. November is going to be a special month of celebration for us."
Don't miss Dave Esau at the Warrenville Public Library from 7-8 on Tuesday Sept 30, 2014.
Not only will he demonstrate food preparation techniques, Dave will entertain you and give you free food. I can't imagine a better combination.
This year our garden produced a bumper crop of tomatoes. We were particularly busy, and lucky to pick them - no time for cooking. The home grown tomatoes are delicious, but you can only eat so many. After giving away bags of tomatoes, there were LOTS left, and some were starting to go bad. How do you quickly use tomatoes before they go to waste? Here are 3 ideas to quickly use lots of tomatoes.
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- Warrenville Park District Program Calendar
- Warrenville Public Library
- Fermilab Public Events
- Fermilab Natural Areas
- Dupage County Forest Preserve
- SCARCE
- Cantigny
- Gallery 200
- Coopers's Corner
- COD MacAnish Theatre
- Burning Bush Gallery
- Maple Street Chapel Concerts
- DuPage Tourism Events Calendar
- Garden Works Project
