Copacabana Restaurant (also known as Copacabana Café, or simply Copacabana), is a restaurant at

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, in the U.S. state of

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. The business has been described as "one of the oldest Latino restaurants in Seattle", as well as "one of Pike Place's most offbeat eateries".

Description

Copacabana is located in the

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. The restaurant serves

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and has a patio lined with red chairs. The menu has included

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, pescado a la Espanola, aji de cordero (lamb in spicy

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), shrimp soup and corn pie,

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s, pisco sours, wine, a Bolivian Andean beer called Paceña, and a

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berry soda from the Amazon called Bawls.

History

The business opened in the

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in 1964, before relocating to the Triangle Building (1910) in the late 1970s. Copacabana was described as Seattle's only Bolivian restaurant in 1999. According to

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, "Much of the strategy that preserved Pike Place Market in the 1960s was hatched at this small Bolivian café."

Reception

In ''Northwest Best Places'' (1985), David Brewster said "Copacabana is one of the Pike Place Market's best attractions". In 1999, ''

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'' magazine said the restaurant's deck "gives patrons one of the best market views". In 2016, Naomi Tomky of

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wrote, "A gem that’s been hiding in plain sight for 50 years, this Bolivian restaurant is a Market treasure that shouldn’t be overlooked." In 2017, the '' Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle'' has recommended the deck for people-watching.

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