Headquarters France Founded 1968, Paris, France | Founder Christian Guignard | |
CEO Vincent Lemaître (Sep 2014–) Profiles | ||
Hippopotamus is a chain of grill restaurants primarily located in France, with a hippopotamus as its logo, owned by Groupe Flo. It is open daily from 11:00am to 1:00am.
As of November 2013, it has 170 locations. It also has locations in Ivory Coast, Morocco, Algeria, Portugal, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Thailand, and Tunisia.
History
In mid-1968, Christian Guignard opened his first grill restaurant near the Champs-Élysées in Paris where prime rib, served on a thick wooden board with matchstick fries. Without conforming to gastronomical tradition, changes such as vegetarian dishes, Braille menus, and sides of green beans were later added.
In February 1992, Group Flo (led by Jean-Paul Bucher) bought the assets of Hippopotamus.
References
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