MF+CO Honey

The sweet story behind our local raw honey…

OUR DELICIOUS JARS OF RAW HONEY

There’s something special about knowing exactly where your food comes from, especially when it’s as golden and delicious as our very own raw honey. At Moveable Feast & Co, our honey is as local as it gets. The hives sit in Wayne, Illinois, nestled beside our restaurant’s lush vegetable garden. That means every jar captures a taste of our garden’s ever-changing blooms and flavors.

This season, our bees have been busy pollinating near the pumpkin patch, and we can’t wait to experience what that means for the flavor profile of their latest harvest. Each season brings subtle differences—spring’s floral notes, summer’s sweetness, autumn’s earthiness—making every batch unique and connected to our land.

the hives!

Beyond its delicious taste, raw honey offers an array of health benefits. It’s rich in antioxidants, naturally antibacterial, and can help soothe sore throats or boost energy when you need a natural pick-me-up. But perhaps one of the best secrets about local raw honey is its potential to help with seasonal allergies. Since the bees gather nectar from the same local plants that contribute to your sniffles, small daily servings of local honey can help your body build tolerance to local allergens, meaning fewer trips to the allergy aisle.

So next time you stop by Moveable Feast, pick up a jar of our raw honey. You’ll not only enjoy a sweet, pure taste of Wayne but support local pollinators and the vibrant ecosystem right in our backyard.

LILY’S NEW FRIENDS!

Seasonal Dishes That Inspire

How Seasonal Ingredients Change with the Seasons

At Moveable Feast + Co., the menu is a living reflection of the changing seasons. As each season arrives, the bounty of available produce shifts. Summer brings vine-ripened tomatoes and sweet corn, while fall welcomes earthy root vegetables, winter squash, and fresh kale. By building our “specials” dishes around what’s currently being harvested, the plate bursts with ingredients at their peak of freshness, flavor, and nutrition. This enhances taste and ensures the meals served are more vibrant and healthful, inviting you to savor the natural variety throughout the year.

Our seasonal fried squash blossoms from this past summer. extremely decadent, extremely delicious.

Using Feast Farms’ Freshest Harvest

Moveable Feast + Co. proudly sources produce directly from Feast Farms, our very own local garden. Feast Farms ensures that our menu highlights what’s most abundant and best at any moment, resulting in fewer food miles, feeding our local community the best quality food, and delivering the rare delight of just-picked quality in every bite. Right now, as autumn arrives, the gardens are full of crisp kale, bright squash, tender greens, beets, and so much more.

FRESH PRODUCE FROM US TO YOU, ALWAYS.

The Grain Bowl: Seasonal Ingredients, Elevated

The Grain Bowl is a showcase of autumn’s harvest, perfectly capturing our seasonal and farm-to-table philosophy. Featuring a nourishing base of gluten-free black rice and red quinoa, this bowl gets its heartiness and rich flavor from roasted butternut squash and shishito peppers, both in their prime during the fall harvest. Creamy avocado and just-harvested greens add freshness, while our zesty dill cashew crema ties it all together. For a heartier meal, guests can choose to top their bowl with chicken, salmon, shrimp, or steak. Each bite truly celebrates ingredients picked at their peak, offering a delicious taste of the season’s best from Feast Farms.

order our grain bowl for brunch to taste delicious seasonal flavors.

All About MF & CO

Moveable Feast & Co. first began in a quaint little shop in the charming downtown Geneva, IL in 1999. Original owners, Matt and Kim Lennert, had a dream of owning a small cafe and catering business that made customers feel valued, loved, and well-fed, focusing on foods made with real ingredients. They wanted you to be able to enjoy a “home cooked” meal by convenient by picking up in their little deli counter in Geneva.

Their Brownie became famous as it was featured on Oprah’s Favorite Things Show. Customers from all over the nation began ordering the dense, chocolatey brownies that were considered irresistible and worth praise. Lines down the block began to form, and Moveable Feast & Co. was now a dream destination for all. 

After more than a decade of making their dream a reality, Matt and Kim felt the pull toward a new adventure. Confident in their decision, they passed the Moveable Feast & Co. torch to Ashley and Matt, a husband-and-wife team who shared their passion for faith, family, food, and community. Ashley started working for MF+CO in 2003 behind the deli counter and was also involved in catering. This grew her love for real foods, but wanted to expand moveable into more real “healthy, thoughtful, wholesome” foods, taking MF+COs original home cooked meals to the next level. She had a vision of feeding the community what she would feed her own children as well as expanding moveable from a deli counter to a space that people could break bread together and share a meal. Soon after purchasing MF+CO in 2013, they renovated the Geneva space to a full cafe with seating downstairs and upstairs for 50+ people. With Matt’s experience in construction, he took on the job of renovation. He renovated and redesigned the space to fit the couples vision. After months of hard work, they finally reopened the new MF & CO space.

AHSLEY AND MATT AND THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS IN 2013, NEW OWNERS OF MF & CO

matt putting the finishing touches on the renovated geneva location

Moveabke feast & co geneva location reopenig

They grew the business by opening CO251, a luxury event venue located in Aurora, IL in 2017, and opened a restaurant and cafe location in their hometown Wheaton, IL in 2018, all while keeping the values that Moveable Feast & Co. was built on. After acquiring their space in Wheaton on Hale St., Matt put on his work boots and began renovating and redesigning the new Wheaton location to match their purpose and their vision of a space to break bread and share a meal. Soon enough, they began planting large gardens on their property, providing fresh organic produce for the restaurant, to feed their customers the best quality food they could get, and bring the ultimate farm-to-table experience to their guests.

WHEATON LOCATION RENOVATIONS

the floor details are the best!

Today, Moveable Feast & Co. continues to thrive at its Wheaton location on Hale Street. But what we offer is more than a menu—it’s an experience rooted in family values, community connection, and the belief that food has the power to bring people together. We believe eating together as a family is more than sharing a meal + satisfying hunger; its slowing down to appreciate real connection, hearing their highs and lows for the day and nourishing their bodies with REAL foods to help them thrive. We consider it a great blessing and honor to serve in this way, nourishing both body and soul, one shared meal at a time. Thank you for supporting our small family business and joining us at the table.

WHEATON LOCATION GRAND OPENING

THE MARQUEZ FAMILY AND their GARDEN, THE GARDEN THAT FEEDS US!