Restaurant in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Copacabana Restaurant (also known as Copacabana Café ,
[1]
[2]
[3] or simply Copacabana ), is a restaurant at
Seattle 's
Pike Place Market , in the U.S. state of
Washington . The business has been described as "one of the oldest Latino restaurants in Seattle",
[4] as well as "one of Pike Place's most offbeat eateries".
[5]
Description
Copacabana is located in the
Triangle Building at
Pike Place Market . The restaurant serves
Bolivian cuisine
[6] and has a patio lined with red chairs.
[7] The menu has included
paella ,
[8] pescado a la Espanola, aji de cordero (lamb in spicy
peanut sauce ), shrimp soup and corn pie,
[9]
empanadas ,
pisco sours ,
[10] wine,
[11] a Bolivian Andean beer called
Paceña , and a
guarana berry soda from the Amazon called
Bawls .
[12]
[13]
History
The business opened in the
Sanitary Market in 1964, before relocating to the Triangle Building (1910) in the late 1970s.
[14] Copacabana was described as Seattle's only Bolivian restaurant in 1999.
[15]
According to
Fodor's , "Much of the strategy that preserved Pike Place Market in the 1960s was hatched at this small Bolivian café."
[16]
Reception
In Northwest Best Places (1985), David Brewster said "Copacabana is one of the Pike Place Market's best attractions".
[17] In 1999,
Sunset magazine said the restaurant's deck "gives patrons one of the best market views".
[18]
In 2016, Naomi Tomky of
Thrillist 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."
[10] In 2017, the
Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle has recommended the deck for
people-watching .
[19]
Alyssa Therrien included the restaurant in the
Daily Hive 's 2021 list of "7 places to get perfect paella in Seattle".
[8]
See also
References
^ Chatelin, Ray (2005-06-07).
Explorer's Guide The Seattle & Vancouver Book: Includes the Olympic Peninsula, Victoria & More: A Great Destination . The Countryman Press.
ISBN
978-1-58157-027-4 .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^ Yaeger, Michael (1999).
An Insider's Tour of the Pike Place Public Market: Featuring Profiles of Market Personalities . Studio Solstone.
ISBN
978-0-931693-24-3 .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^ Anderson, Barry C.; Anderson, Hilda (1988).
Pacific Northwest, 1989 . World of Travel.
ISBN
978-1-55707-051-7 .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^ White, Sid; Solberg, Sammy Edward (1989).
Peoples of Washington: Perspectives on Cultural Diversity . Washington State University Press.
ISBN
978-0-87422-067-4 .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^ Dickey, J. D.; Jepson, Tim; Lee, Phil (2004).
The Rough Guide to the Pacific Northwest . Rough Guides.
ISBN
978-1-84353-285-9 .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^ MURAKAMI, KERY (2007-05-29).
"Pike Place is a two-newspaper Market" . Seattle Post-Intelligencer .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^
"5 Pike Place Patios for a (Hopefully) Sunny Afternoon" .
Seattle Metropolitan .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^
a
b
"7 places to get perfect paella in Seattle | Dished" .
Daily Hive .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^ Cook, Samantha; Ward, Greg; Perry, Tim; Guides (Firm), Rough (2004).
The Rough Guide to USA . Rough Guides.
ISBN
978-1-84353-262-0 .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^
a
b
"The 50 Best Things to Eat and Drink at Pike Place Market" . Thrillist . 15 September 2016.
Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^ Satterfield, Archie (1994).
The Seattle Guidebook . Globe Pequot Press.
ISBN
978-1-56440-402-2 .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^ Richard, Terry (2007-06-21).
"Happy 100th birthday, Pike Place Market" .
The Oregonian .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^ Aarons, Felice; Johansen, Heidi Leigh (2006-12-01).
Alaska Ports of Call 2007 . Fodor's Travel Publications.
ISBN
978-1-4000-1720-1 .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^
"HistoryLink Tours — Copacabana" . historylink.tours .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^ Smith, Giselle (1999).
Best Places Seattle . Sasquatch Books.
ISBN
978-1-57061-155-1 .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^
Fodor's Seattle, 2nd Edition . Fodor's Travel Publications. 2002.
ISBN
978-0-676-90148-1 .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^ Brewster, David (1985).
Northwest Best Places: Restaurants, Lodgings, and Tourism in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia . Sasquatch Books.
ISBN
978-0-912365-06-0 .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^
Sunset . 1997.
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
^
Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle 2017 . Simon and Schuster. 2016-10-18.
ISBN
978-1-5107-1063-4 .
Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
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