Woodby’s Catering

Woodby’s Catering Restaurant and Catering

09/15/2025

We’ve been a little behind on the monthly specials due to fairs and festivals the last couple of months,so we will get them started back this weekend!

This Saturday (9/20) is the 3rd Saturday of the month and we are going to have a steak fry!!
4pm-8pm (or until we run out)

10oz Ribeye (cooked to order)
Baked Potato or French Fries
Side Salad
$27

Call 815-889-4100 to reserve or order your steak!

Due to catering jobs on the same day we will not have a second meat choice. Sorry about that!

3rd Saturday monthly specials will continue up until the cold weather kicks in and then they will be put on hold until Spring.

Daily monthly specials and desserts will start back on October 6th!

09/12/2025

Join us tomorrow at Wildcreek Farm Pumpkin Patch for their opening day of the season🎃

Woodby’s will be there with a food tent set up to feed all who are hungry after picking pumpkins and going on hay rides🚜🎃

Menu for the day:

Smoked Pulled Pork Sandwich
Italian Beef Sandwich
Grilled Hot Dogs

Nachos:
Chips & Cheese
Pulled Pork

Bags of chips and drinks also available.
We will be serving 11am-5pm

Hope to see you there!

08/29/2025

Just a quick REMINDER…….

Woodby’s Restaurant will be CLOSED Friday 8/29 thru Monday 9/1 for Labor Day Weekend!!🇺🇸🇺🇸

No school lunches tomorrow! Sorry!!

See you next Tuesday🤪

08/25/2025

Oh owning a business is always so fun…..🤦‍♀️😂😂

Just a few things on my mind today…

1. We did not take over the “Grill & Chill”. We bought the business and made it ours with our own ideas and a new menu. This was something that wasn’t hidden and we made it well known that we weren’t just walking in to take over Chris’s business. We were making changes that worked for us as business owners.

2. We changed the menu….this was not a secret🤷‍♀️. We are doing our own thing and not following what every business in this building has done for years. I’m not apologizing for that🙃 and I’m not putting fish on the menu. It’s not something I wish to serve. The Milford Family Restaurant has fish on Friday’s and my husband says it’s good.

3. Prices….this is always a hard thing to decide. We went to just about every restaurant in Iroquois County and compared pricing and kept ours comparable to theirs and the few things we did keep the same are at the same price they were before we bought the place. We also know that you can’t go to hardly any restaurant and eat for less than $12-$15 per person by the time you get a meal and a drink. Sadly that is today’s society.

4. Kevin and I have been hard workers our whole lives and we have no desire to gouge people. Some vendors don’t like us at festivals as we keep our prices as low as possible because we remember trying to take our kids out for a day of fun and how much it would cost. We understand it’s hard for families to take everyone out to eat and it sure adds up when you’re feeding more than a couple of mouths.

5. We are thankful for every customer we have even when there are complaints. Complaints are part of being in business🤷‍♀️ I know we made changes that not everyone likes and that’s OK. I’m going to continue to do this our way and have no plans to follow anyone else.

6. We will continue to do what we do and keep prices as low as we can. We THANK every single person that’s patronized our business whether it be the restaurant, catering, or a food tent. So thankful for all of you!!!!

Sometimes you can only take so much before venting is needed🤪 We love our community and do everything we can to help out when we can! We will continue to serve it to the best of our ability😁

08/24/2025

A huge shout out and thank you to the Watseka Family Festival Committee and community for a great weekend!!

Setting up for this event involves a lot of work by many people who volunteer their time to make a great event for the community and all of the surrounding communities to enjoy. It’s usually a thankless job but they do it anyway! We thank you!!

Kevin and I also put in a lot of work and time to set up for this festival and as has been our usual since the first time we ever had a tent there we ran out of food Saturday night about 7:30pm🤦‍♀️ I keep notes from year to year on events like these to give me an idea of what is needed for the next (plus I’m old and don’t remember from year to year😩) and it’s doing me no good🤪 Maybe next year I’ll get it right and will be able to serve a little longer on Saturday 🤷‍♀️

Thank you’s go to our staff who helped with the food tent and the ones who stepped up for some more responsibility at the restaurant so we could keep it open. We couldn’t do it without them! So shout outs to: Dianna, Kaylea, Brenda, Hallie, Ciara, Joie, Ryli, Anna, and Brycea!! You ladies did a great job!!! Thank you to my son Austin who can no longer say “I can’t cook”😂 Thank you to mom and dad who always let us put an extra freezer in their garage just a short distance from the Legion Park so we don’t have to go so far to restock the trailer! And mom for stepping in for a short time to help get food out Saturday night!

Thank you to the Watseka American Legion who allows all of us to be in their park for the weekend🇺🇸

As for this coming weekend (Labor Day Weekend) the restaurant will be closed Friday 8/29 thru Monday 9/1. Kevin and I are taking some much needed time off and the girls need a bit of a break also!

We are open normal hours this week Monday-Thursday 11am-8pm😁

All set up and ready to go at the Watseka Family Festival!!Let us feed you this weekend while you enjoy the festivities ...
08/22/2025

All set up and ready to go at the Watseka Family Festival!!

Let us feed you this weekend while you enjoy the festivities at Legion Park put on by the Watseka Family Festival Committee. Music entertainment, free kid zone for the kids, and more!!

The Smoked Brisket sells the quickest so make sure you get here early each day😂

08/20/2025

Watseka Family Festival is this coming weekend!!!

Come see us as we will have a food tent set up for the weekend of fun filled activities!!

Free fun for kids, great food vendors, music, entertainment, and more!!

Food Tent Hours:
Friday 8/22 4pm-10pm
Saturday 8/23 11am-10pm

Menu:
Sandwiches:
Smoked Brisket
Smoked Pulled Pork
Pulled Chicken
Italian Beef

Nachos:
Chips/Cheese
Brisket
Pulled Pork
Pulled Chicken
Nachos with any meat include: chips, meat, BBQ sauce, & cheese sauce

Fries:
Regular
Cheese
Brisket
Pulled Pork
Pulled Chicken
Fries with any meat include: fries, meat, BBQ sauce, & cheese sauce

Other fried goodies:
Curly Fries
Fried Pickles
Fried Cauliflower
Mozzarella Sticks
Chicken Rings

Drinks:
Bottled water
Pepsi
Mt. Dew
Diet Pepsi

Stop by and get your belly full or stop by just to say hi!! Kevin loves being the “PR” guy while I work😉😂

08/12/2025

***REMINDER****

With school starting at the end of this week Woodby’s would like to remind kids and parents that we will be delivering school lunches again this school year!!

It’s simple…..call orders in to the restaurant (815-889-4100), give child’s name, order, and time for delivery!

Parents: have a debit/credit card on file with us or bring in money to set up an account for your child. We do have cards on file from last school year so just make sure they are up to date!

Here’s to a great school year!

08/07/2025

I’ll be cooking at the Sale Barn today and I’m bringing a special and some homemade pies/dessert with me……..10am-2pm

Special:
Homemade Sloppy Joe w/Fries and a drink $10

Pies:
Coconut Cream
Butterfinger
Strawberry Jello Cake

07/28/2025

Throwing out a “pop up” special on this rainy day Monday (while supplies last)……

Italian Beef sandwich w/ Cheese Potatoes $10

07/20/2025

Thank you Iroquois County Fair and all who let us feed them this past week!

Thank you to all the ladies and family members who helped run the tent for the week. We couldn’t do it without their help! Thanks to Bill and Kathy for the camper useage and Vinnie and Michelle for the spot to park it.

We are tired and sore after a busy week, but had a good week. Weather was decent until this morning. The rain was much needed!

We will spend tomorrow cleaning up the building at the fairgrounds and getting the restaurant ready to reopen on Tuesday 7/22 at 11am (I posted the wrong date on last weeks fair post🤦‍♀️) Sorry about that….I meet myself coming and going most of the time and then I see a squirrel🐿️🐿️ (inside joke😂)

07/19/2025

It’s our last Full day at the Iroquois County Fair today🎡 (inside I’m jumping up and down😂)

It’s been a long and busy week!! We’ve had a few hurdles to jump due to equipment malfuntions, equipment death (thankfully Sam was there and saw it🤦‍♀️), family emergencies, etc. You know….usual fair week stuff🙄

As the day goes by and depending on how busy we are we will start running out of things. We will just be taking them off of the menu and not restocking. I know we are low on pulled pork and a couple of the desserts.

Tonight we will have Smoked Brisket available again for a limited time. Serving will start at 4pm and go until we are out. We ran out last night in about an hour and a half so if you want Brisket for supper come early!! We do apologize for this and no matter how much more we make each year at whatever event it is never enough🤷‍♀️

Sunday we will have breakfast only (limited menu). We will serve until it is gone starting at 6am.

4-H families please have tabs paid by Sunday early afternoon as we will be cleaning and loading things up after breakfast to get building ready to shut down for another year.

Thank you to everyone who has allowed us to feed them during this year’s fair!

Address

500 S. Chicago
Milford, IL
60953

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 8pm
Tuesday 11am - 8pm
Wednesday 11am - 8pm
Thursday 11am - 8pm
Friday 11am - 8pm
Saturday 11am - 8pm

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