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The Heartland Cafe is a restaurant in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. Originally opened in 1976 by two activists as the "Sweet Home Chicago Heartland Café," it has become a cultural icon for the diverse neighborhood, known as much for its hippie ambience and left-leaning politics as for its largely (but not exclusively) vegetarian food.Part of a complex of buildings that also contains a theatre studio, an adjoining music venue, and a newsstand and general store within the restaurant itself, the restaurant is routinely referred to as an "institution" and a social and political center of the neighborhood. Politicians ranging from local candidates to Barack Obama have held rallies and events at the Heartland. Heartland continues its long history of political activism and serving as a civic forum for Rogers ParkHeartland Cafe is currently owned by Tom Rosenfeld. Tom is an organic farmer, operating Earth First Farms in southwest Michigan. Heartland is now home to a full service natural food grocery store, sit down restaurant and live music venue.
