"Hippo hasn’t been open very long, but it’s already become a Highland Park neighborhood hangout. You’ll find people popping in for a drink or solo meal at the bar, families from Pasadena seeing what’s going on a little closer to LA proper, and a bunch of people who just bought a fixer-upper down the street catching up with friends over pasta. The menu is long, so you’ll probably order too much, but the servers will tell you when you’re being over-the-top and help you cut things down (as long as you get the sweet corn cappelacci)." - amy clark, brett keating
