Heartland Cafe
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. On Saturdays, radio station WLUW broadcasts a show called "Live from the Heartland".
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by Gyllene Tider
Heartland Cafe
by: Gyllene TiderI take you down
to a place you never been
a heart in the city
you have never seen
your wine will last all night
behind those neon lights,
just take me by the hand,
here we go...
Down at the Heartland Café
you're making friends that'll dream along
Heartland Café,
the lights are always bright
and right before your eyes
she's singing that old song
'bout a lonely heart that's not alone no more
Yes, come in from the night
and say goodbye to the pouring rain
win a few games,
have a few laughs
and forget why you came
let time just slip away
and I'll swear that someday you'll trade
your tomorrows for one single yesterday
Down at the Heartland Café
you're making friends that'll play along
Heartland Café,
you can feel at ease
and gentle as a breeze
she's singing that old song
'bout a lonely heart that's not alone no more
Winners and losers,
we're all in the same show
running and running again
any way the wind will blow
if you like we can talk all night
until the morning light
or turn the card and ask for a song
Down at the Heartland Café
you're making friends that'll run along
Heartland Café,
you're gonna have a good time
and for a nickel or a dime
she's singing that old song
'bout a lonely heart