Ballard’s new Brazilian restaurant opens

Ballard has a new Brazilian restaurant – Paratii is now open at 5463 Leary Ave NW (originally we called it Paraty, the name on the liquor license.)

According to Seattle.eater.com, “owner Samir Hassan says Paratii is the only place in town to find vatapa, a Brazilian dish of shrimp and fish atop a blend of bread, cashews, shrimp broth and coconut milk. The menu also includes other rare-in-Seattle Brazilian fare, like moquecas and seafood feijoada, a stew Hassan says is considered the national Brazilian dish. Chef Kal Gellein, who previously owned Kallaloo in Columbia City, is in the kitchen and developing the menu along with Hassan.”

Seattle Metropolitan says the place will have an all-you-can-eat happy hour menu of a selection of meats sourced from Chicago. “Despite all his talk of food, Hassan cautions that Paratii is not, first and foremost, a restaurant. It is, rather, ‘an imbibing palace,'” writes Seattle Met.

MyBallard reader Jeremy spoke with the other owner. “I mentioned to Gary that two restaurants have closed within a few months of opening (Ballard’s Best BBQ and 5 Corner Market) and asked him if they were prepared to stick around Ballard,” Jeremy writes. “He responded ‘absolutely, this is our retirement’ and ‘we’re in this for the long haul.'”

You can read more about this new spot in Seattle.eater.com and SeattleMet.com. (Thanks Jeremy for the tip!)

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10 thoughts to “Ballard’s new Brazilian restaurant opens”

  1. I have been to Samir’s former restaurant in Greenwood called All Nations. The food was DIVINE and the service great! Will definitely go to this new one! And since I am Brazilian, I know what I am talking about ;)

    Boa Sorte Samir!

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