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Un Bien Will Open a Second Location in the Former Home of Paseo Ballard

A complicated tale with a happy ending—more sandwiches.

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Un Bien’s original location, complete with diehard fan base.

After their father shuttered Paseo in late 2014, Julian and Lucas Lorenzo struck out on their own; they took over a former burger shack on Ballard’s northern edge, christened their takeout restaurant Un Bien, and started slinging the Caribbean Roast sandwiches and other menu favorites they had assembled in Paseo’s kitchen for so many years, using their father’s original recipes, retained when the business was sold in bankruptcy court. 

No surprise, Un Bien had an instant fan base. Now the Lorenzo brothers are opening a second restaurant, bringing their glorious, massive sandwiches to an awfully familiar location—the 6226 Seaview Ave NW address that was once home to Paseo’s Ballard outpost. It’s been standing unused since Paseo’s new owner reopened the original location in Fremont.

The new Un Bien will hopefully open this spring, according to the Lorenzo family; stay tuned for more details on this most exciting sandwich development.

 











Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion has spent a decade at Seattle Met, arriving as food and drink editor, and expanding her role over the years. She served as the magazine’s editor in chief until moving into a newly created executive editor role in 2021. She spearheads Seattle Met’s food and drink coverage and oversees home design content. Allecia’s writing has earned her multiple journalism awards and two James Beard Award nominations over the years. A native of Portland, Oregon, Allecia began her writing life as a newspaper reporter in the Chicago suburbs before making a grateful return to the Pacific Northwest. She has an English degree from Washington University (no, the one in St. Louis) and a masters in journalism from Northwestern University. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.