Place to eat: Heartland Café, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Heartland Café entrance

Heartland Café entrance by Jason Schupp

A wooden arch marks the entrance to the Heartland Café, a colorful break from the neighborhood's relentless brownstones. During the warmer months, you can usually find at least a couple folks sitting outside in the evening.

Heartland Café entrance
Heartland Café exterior
Heartland Café general store
Heartland Café general store wares

About this place:

The Heartland is a warm and homey bohemian oasis in the Rogers Park neighborhood, and makes for a great hangout. Especially popular with the weekend breakfast crowd, it's still lively most nights due to frequent live performances of music and spoken word. The front rooms host the Buffalo Bar and an eclectic general store, and the dining room walls are usually hung with work from local artists. The menu is slightly pricey, but wholesome and vegetarian-friendly. It's also easy to get to, right off the northern end of the Morse Avenue red line El stop.

Postcards about Heartland Café:

  • Jason Schupp

    30 October 2007
    From:
    Jason Schupp

    A few years ago, when I lived in Chicago proper, I was a few blocks from the Heartland and grabbed dinner with friends there at least a couple times a month. Back then, the general store had a working photo booth and a huge rack to pick up local free papers, fliers for events and rallies, all sorts of stuff -- the best neighborhood community info stop. Hopefully that hasn't changed!

7000 N. Glenwood Ave.
Chicago, Illinois, US
Telephone: 773-465-8005
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Discovered by Jason Schupp
on 30 October 2007.
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