That might be the birthday dinner you planned weeks in advance, an emergency night out on the patio with your kids because there are only half-empty containers of olives in the fridge, or a casual date. Especially when you want an excellent meal, and you don’t want to have to give up your cheese-of-the-month subscription to pay for it. Hippo is a place you can use for almost any situation. But overall, this restaurant is serving interesting versions of things you already want to eat. Not all of the food works - the barbecued quail is overly sweet, and the griddle’d cauliflower is just another giant roasted vegetable you don’t need to order. The pastas (all under $20) are excellent too, especially the sweet corn cappellacci that comes with a rich mushroom sauce. If you order the “cool summer wax beans” mostly because you want to find out what makes a bean cool and summery, you’ll end up with one of the best dishes here. One of those crudos is a fantastic ceviche served with housemade tortilla chips. On a closer look, the menu is way more interesting than it seems - and for a semi-upscale restaurant, also pretty affordable. But it’s worth remembering that pendant lights and walls painted with flowers look nice, and almost everyone likes to eat crudos and pasta. And if you’ve eaten anywhere new in LA recently, the menu of crudos, pastas, and meats cooked on a grill will look very familiar. The room is industrial, with high ceilings, lots of wood, pendant lights, and a wall painted with a graphic flower pattern that someone will probably take photos in front of. Walking into Hippo, you might think you have enough of this kind of restaurant in your life already.
This place is easy to overlook, but once you know it’s there, you’ll want to use it all the time. Hippo, the sort-of-Italian, very LA restaurant in Highland Park, is similar. But, as any stay in an even slightly-fancy hotel will tell you, these inside-only coats improve whatever time you spend in them. Regular towels work just fine, and if you want to hang out on the couch, that’s why sweatpants were invented.
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