Habit Restaurants 10-K 2017 FY Annual report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of The Habit Restaurants, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the annual period ended December 26, 2017 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Russell W. Bendel, Chief Executive Officer & President of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

• The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

• The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company for the periods presented therein.

Date: March 1, 2018

/s/ Russell W. Bendel

Russell W. Bendel

Chief Executive Officer & President

(Principal Executive Officer)