Exclusive: Highland Grounds Tuning Out, Changing Name

When it opened, Highland Grounds featured poetry nights, Shakespeare on the Patio, the Actor’s Gang doing a mock radio show, art openings, a storyteller night, a Jack Kerouac night and a nurturing home for the then-burgeoning acoustic music scene.

But success breeds success and the owners ended up partnering with Hugo’s in West Hollywood, opening a second Hugo’s in Studio City and a Hugo’s Tacos last year.