October 24, 2002: Heartland opens its doors to the public.
April 30, 2003: Heartland is chosen "Best New Restaurant 2003" by City Pages.
July 1, 2003: Heartland is awarded the Wine Spectator "Award of Excellence".
October 24, 2003: Heartland celebrates its one year anniversary.
December 24, 2003: Heartland is named one of the top four Twin Cities restaurants in 2003 by City Pages.
January, 2004: Heartland is featured in Bon Appetit magazine
January 16, 2004: Heartland is featured in the New York Times
April 28, 2004: Heartland is named "Best Neighbordhood Restaurant" by City Pages.
May 20, 2004: Heartland is featured on Minnesota Public Radio's regional broadcast of "All Things Considered" MPR ;
includes a recipe for squab breast
July 1, 2004: Heartland is once again awarded the Wine Spectator "Award of Excellence".
July 14, 2004 Heartland is feature in USATODAY.com (Cuisine from all over the World by Amy Goeztman
and Meredith A. Sedlachek).
August 1, 2004: Heartland and Chef/Owner Lenny Russo are featured in the August issue of Minnesota Monthly
(Obsessive Chef Disorder by Ann Bauer).
October 24, 2004: Heartland celebrates its two year anniversary.
October 30, 2004: Heartland is named Best Regional American Restaurant in Minneapolis-St. Paul
by the 2005 Zagat Survey-America's Top Restuarants
December 1, 2004: Heartland is named "Best Home Grown Restaurant" in the Twin Cities by Mpls-St. Paul Magazine.
December 1, 2004: Foodservice News names Heartland's Chef Lenny Russo one of the Twin Cities Top Ten Chefs in 2004
January 12, 2005: Heartland is named one of the top Twin Cities restaurants in 2004 by City Pages.
March 1, 2005: Heartland is featured in the March/April issue of Boun Gusto.
April 27, 2005: Heartland Chef Lenny Russo is awarded "Best Star-Chef Experience at a Restaurant" by City Pages.
June 1, 2005: Heartland and Chef Lenny Russo are featured in the June issue of Food Arts (Field Days by Juliet Glass).
June 12, 2005: Heartland announces the premier of "Minnesota Ingredients" featuring Chef Lenny Russo cooking from
the St. Paul Farmer's Market. The program airs for ten consecutive weeks on Sunday at 10:30 AM
on KARE-11. Sponsored by Health East www.healtheast.org.
June 19, 2005: Heartland is closed through Tuesday, July 5, 2005, in order to expand the restaurant and add a wine bar.
July 6, 2005: Heartland reopens the main dining room. The new wine bar is set to premier by the end of July.
August 10, 2005: Heartland's new wine bar opens offerring a menu of smaller plates at reduced prices
along with a large selection of wines by the glass and bottled and tap beers.
October 1, 2005: Heartland is featured in Organic Style
(20 Fresh Places to Eat; Organic Style Restaurant Guide by Janet Fletcher).
October 1, 2005: Heartland is featured in Gourmet.
(Drinks: Wine from the Restaurant Cellar to your Table- Hold the Mark-up by James Rodewald).
October 24, 2005: Heartland celebrates its three year anniversary.
October 31, 2005: Heartland Executive Chef/Owner, Lenny Russo is featured in Nation's Restaurant News
November 1, 2005: Heartland is honored by Twin Cities Business Monthly as "Best Kept Secret" and "Best Casual Dining"
(2005 TCBM Best Restaurants & Hospitality by Peter Lililienthal)
November 8, 2005: Heartland hosts Slow Food International World of Presidia Dinner honoring Winona LaDuke
and the White Earth land Recovery Project Slow Food Minnesota Newsletter
December 1, 2005: Foodservice News names Heartland's Chef Lenny Russo one of the Twin Cities Top Ten Chefs, 2005
December 1, 2005: Heartland is named "Best Desserts/St. Paul " by the editors of Mpls-St. Paul Magazine.
January 20, 2006: Heartland is named one of the Twin Cities top five restaurants offering prix fixe dining by the Star Tribune
(The Hot Five by Rick Nelson) Star Tribune
March 1, 2006: Heartland is named among the "Best Fine Dining Restaurants" in the Twin Cities
by the editors of Mpls-St. Paul Magazine.
March 1, 2006: Heartland is named among the "Best Wine Bars" in the Twin Cities by the readers of Mpls-St. Paul Magazine.
March 1, 2006: Heartland Executive Chef/Owner Lenny Russo is named Executive Chef
of the restaurants at the new Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Star Tribune Heartland Press Release
September 3, 2006: Heartland owner Lenny Russo is featured on Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Edition
with host Greta Cunnigham MPR , or go to locallenny to hear the audio broadcast
October 24, 2006: Heartland celebrates its four year anniversary.
January 1, 2007: Heartland's Wine Bar is featured in Bon Appetit magazine (The Cured and the Smoked
by Associate Editor Andrew Knowlton) Bon Appetit
January 18, 2007: Heartland's Wine Bar and Chef de Cuisine Robert Moore are featured in the Star Tribune
(Taking the Cure by Bill Ward) Star Tribune Star Tribune Recommendations
February 1, 2007: Heartland's Wine Bar is featured in Mpls-St. Paul Magazine (Wine Bars Everywhere
by Jennifer Blaise Kramer) MSP
March 1, 2007: Heartland Executive Chef/Owner Lenny Russo, having completed his tenure at the
new Guthrie Theater, returns to Heartland. Cue, the flagship restaurant at the Guthrie,
is named "Best New Restaurant" by Twin Cities Business Monthly and by the readers of
Mpls-St. Paul Magazine. The restaurant is featured in Bon Appetit and Food & Wine
as well as KARE, KMSP, Minnesota Public Radio, Iowa Public Television and the Food Network.
March 1 , 2007: Heartland Executive Chef/Owner Lenny Russo is named "Restaurateur of the Year" by
Mpls-St. Paul Magazine.ROY
March 1 , 2007: Heartland is recognized by Mpls-St. Paul Magazine for its environmentally conscious menus;
Heartland Executive Chef/Owner Lenny Russo is featured for his work at both Heartland
and Cue at the Guthrie (Green Tables by Andrew Zimmern) MSP
March 1 , 2007: Heartland Co-owner/manager Mega Hoehn and Chef de Cuisine Robert Moore
are featured in Mpls-St. Paul Magazine (Second Helping by Andrew Zimmern) MSP
March 1 , 2007: Heartlands Minnesota-based farmers and food artisans are featured in Mpls-St. Paul Magazine
(Eating Minnesota by Beth Dooley) MSP
March 1 , 2007: Heartland's fixed price vegetarian "Flora" menu is featured in the Star Tribune
(Ask Us: Out of the routine vegetarian fare) Star Tribune
March 30 , 2007: Heartland specialty tea provider, Bill Waddington of Tea Source, is featured in the St. Paul Pioneer Press
with comments by Heartland Executive Chef/Owner Lenny Russo
(Passion by the potful by Tom Webb ) Pioneer Press
April 1, 2007: Heartland Executive Chef/Owner Lenny Russo's local small farm distribution center/farmers market project
is featured in Foodservice News (Russo's goal: A central distribution center for small farm products
by Editor Mike Mitchelson) FSN
April 15, 2007: See Heartland Executive Chef/Owner Lenny Russo featured on the Food Network Awards 2007
"Delicious Destinations of the Year" on Sunday, April 15, 2007, 8PM Central Time.
April 19, 2007: Heartland is featured in Dallas-Fort Worth D Magazine Minneapolis by Jessica Jones
April 25, 2007: Heartland is named "Best Restaurant-St. Paul" by City Pages.
April 25, 2007: Heartland Executive Chef/Owner Lenny Russo is named "Best Local Chef " by City Pages.
May 3, 2007: Check out Heartland Executive Chef/Owner Lenny Russo's ongoing struggle on behalf
of traditional cooking method (In this corner, chef Lenny Russo by Jason Hoppin) Pioneer Press;
United Press International News Track - Quirks (St. Paul wrestles with duck confit) UPI
July 5, 2007: Heartland Pastry Chef Jack Fulton's recipe for "Blueberry-cornmeal cakes" is featured in the Star Tribune. Recipe
August 16, 2007: Rick Nelson of the StarTribune gives Heartland four stars in his most recent review.
Summer's meets joy of cooking PDF Version
September 1, 2007: Heartland is featured in Metro Magazine (Eat Local. I Dare Ya. by Mecaa Bos-Williams).
September 6, 2007: Heartland and Executive Chef Lenny Russo are featured in the Atlanta Journal-Consitution.
( It's all research when this group gets down to eating by John Kessler) PDF Version
November 1, 2007: Heartland's wine bar is featured in Minnesota Monthly. (Best New Restaurants by Rachel Hutton ).
November 18, 2007: Read Heartland Executive Chef/Owner Lenny Russo's commentary on E.coli contamination
published in the editorial pages of the StarTribune (Tainted food calls for changes in farm practices).
December 1, 2007: Heartland is featured in Minnesota Monthly, Best of the Twin Cities Issue
(Food for Thought: A wish list for Twin Cities dining by Rachel Hutton).
December 26, 2007: Heartland's Wine Bar is featured in City Pages ( Best Dishes of 2007 by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl ).
December 26, 2007: Heartland's Wine Bar is featured in the StarTribune
( 2007 Restaurants: UnforgettablecDishes by Rick Nelson).
January 4, 2008: Heartland is featured with the Twin Cities only other four star eateries in the StarTribune
(Hot Five by Rick Nelson).
February 28, 2008: Heartland Executive Chef Lenny Russo is named a James Beard Foundation Award Semifinalist
for Best Chef Midwest (James Beard Foundation)
March 1, 2008: Tune in the see Heartland on the Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
Click here: (Bizarre Foods Minnesota ) for scheduled air times.
April 1, 2008: Heartland is featured in Minnesota Monthly, (No-Guilt Dining by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl)
April 1, 2008: Heartland is featured in Saveur, (State Plates: Minnesota, Northern Star, Latest Greatest
by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl)
April 23, 2008: Heartland is named "Best Restaurant-St. Paul" by City Pages.
May 1, 2008: The editors of the Robb Report and dozens of elite vinters from around the world
name Heartland one of their "100 Favorite Restaurants": Heartland excerpt; full article.
May 5, 2008: Heartland and Executive Chef Lenny Russo's efforts to help eradicate invasive gar;lic mustard
are featured on Minnesota Public Radio; interview by Brandt Williams cookinginvasives.
June 18, 2008: Heartland is named "Best of City " by the International Restaurant and Hotel Awards
in the category of "Luxury Restaurants- Most Organic/Sunstainable" IHRA
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Special Menus Special Menu New Year's Eve, 2007 Special Menu Vegetarian Menu Heartland welcomes the Cunnigham-Munson Wedding Celebration (January 5, 2008) Special Menu Wine Bar Menu Valentine's Day, 2008 Special Menu Vegetarian Menu Heartland welcomes the Bonneville Wedding Celebration (March 22, 2008) Special Menu Heartland welcomes the 3M Latin American Conference (April 7, 2008) Special Menu Heartland welcomes Tyler Thomas of HdV Wines (April 13, 2008) Special Menu Heartland welcomes the Al Mendoza Groom's Dinner (April 25, 2008) Special Menu Heartland welcomes Open Arms of Minnesota & the John Frey Party (May 15, 2008) Special Vegetarian Menu Vegan Menu Heartland welcomes the Rojas Wedding Celebration (May 17, 2008)
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