The hugely popular Paseo Caribbean Restaurant, famous both for its sandwiches and the ’round-the-block lines they drew, 
has shut its doors. “We were put in a position where we had to close,” the restaurant’s account coordinator, Ornella Bardinelli, told Seattle Weekly. “I cannot disclose why.” Paseo has been featured in just about every Seattle publication and broadcast, and received raves in Food & Wine and Esquire, which named its Caribbean roast sandwich the Best Cuban Meat Sandwich in America. Bardinelli said a lawsuit filed by employees in September, alleging wage theft, played no role in the decision to close.