The Heartland Cafe is a historic restaurant located in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. Opened in 1976, Heartland was from ... the beginning a meeting place for outspoken progressives, neighborhood residents, free thinkers and healthy eaters. The original motto for Heartland - "Good Wholesome Food for the Mind and Body" still holds true today. Heartland features vegetarian friendly, scratch cooked whole food meals. Owned by Earth First Farms, a certified organic farm in SW Michigan, 100 miles away, Heartland is a source for organic, local food. Heartland includes a full service natural foods grocery store, restaurant, restaurant bar, live music venue (Red Line Tap) and we operate dinner theater in partnership with Theo Ubique theater company. read more