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The menu is clearly a bit scattered, but then again, so are the tastes of the Lower East Side crowd. Hippo's one of those safe places to go when you're not sure what you'd like to eat. Not everything's outstanding, but it's tough to complain about any restaurant in New York with prices so low, a three-course meal for two totals under fifty bucks. How comforting. --Andrea Rosen
