Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/20-04:00/2016
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Habit Restaurants, Inc. [HABT]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
200 WEST STREET
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10282
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Shares 1,559,435
I
See footnotes (1) (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Call Option (right to purchase)   (3) 05/20-04:00/2016 Common Shares 1,300 $ 18 I See footnotes (1) (4)
Call Option (right to purchase)   (3) 05/20-04:00/2016 Common Shares 100 $ 20 I See footnotes (1) (4)
Call Option (right to purchase)   (3) 05/20-04:00/2016 Common Shares 100 $ 23 I See footnotes (1) (4)
Call Option (right to purchase)   (3) 05/20-04:00/2016 Common Shares 500 $ 19 I See footnotes (1) (4)
Call Option (right to purchase)   (3) 09/16-04:00/2016 Common Shares 500 $ 12 I See footnotes (1) (4)
Call Option (obligation to sell)   (3) 06/17-04:00/2016 Common Shares 2,900 $ 20 I See footnotes (1) (4)
Put Option (right to sell)   (3) 05/20-04:00/2016 Common Shares 600 $ 17 I See footnotes (1) (4)
Put Option (right to sell)   (3) 06/17-04:00/2016 Common shares 200 $ 24 I See footnotes (1) (4)
Put Option (obligation to purchase)   (3) 09/16-04:00/2016 Common Shares 700 $ 10 I See footnotes (1) (4)
Security Based Swap (call equivalent)   (5) 12/29-05:00/2025 Common Shares 44,653 $ (5) I See footnotes (1) (4) (5)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
200 WEST STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10282
       
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO
200 WEST STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10282
       

Signatures

/s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact 04/22-04:00/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact 04/22-04:00/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) This statement is being filed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group") and Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs," and together with GS Group, the "Reporting Persons"). Goldman Sachs is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
(2) Goldman Sachs beneficially owns directly and GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 1,559,435 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock") of Habit Restaurants, Inc. (the "Company"), and Goldman Sachs holds open short positions of 156,288 shares of Common Stock.
(3) Immediately exercisable.
(4) The securities reported herein are beneficially owned directly by Goldman Sachs and may be deemed to be beneficially owned indirectly by GS Group.
(5) Goldman Sachs International ("GSI"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the GS Group, entered into a security-based swap agreement under which GSI is obligated to make payments to its counterparty, or GSI's counterparty is obligated to make payments to GSI, as the case may be, based on changes in the price of the Company's common shares. In addition, the counterparty is obligated to make floating rate payments to GSI based on the notional size of the transaction.

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