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

Bolivian cuisine Bolivian cuisine stems from the combination of Spanish cuisine with indigenous ingredients and Aymara traditions, among others, with later influences from Germans, Italians, French, and Arabs due to the arri ...

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,

empanadas An empanada is a type of baked or fried turnover consisting of pastry and filling, common in Spanish, other Southern European, Latin American, and Iberian-influenced cultures around the world. The name comes from the Spanish (to bread, i.e., ...

, pisco sours, wine, a Bolivian Andean beer called

Paceña Paceña is a Bolivian beer produced in La Paz, hence its name that means ''the one of La Paz''. The beer is produced by CBN (Cervecería Boliviana Nacional S.A., an AB InBev company) a company that dates back to 1877 and that controls 80% percent ...

, and a

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berry soda from the Amazon called

Bawls Bawls (marketed as BAWLS Guarana) is a non-alcoholic, highly-caffeinated soft drink. Created in 1996, the citrus-and- cream soda-flavored beverage leans heavily on the caffeine and natural flavor of the Amazonian guarana berry. Packaged in uni ...

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. Alyssa Therrien included the restaurant in the ''

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'' 2021 list of "7 places to get perfect paella in Seattle".

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