Hippo Cafe

Restaurant owner Scott Feller with his longest-standing employees, Lily (left) and Gina.

Restaurant owner Scott Feller with his longest-standing employees, Lily (left) and Gina.

Hippo Cafe a resilient spot in Hutto

“There’s a legend that a circus train was passing through Hutto on the train tracks that you can see just outside our window,” said Scott Feller, owner of Hippo Cafe. “The circus stopped to get water for the steam engine and the hippo broke out of his pen and got into the creek.