May 07, 2004

At Last--An Actual Rick's Cafe


Casablanca has seen its first real Rick's Cafe open its doors.

The restaurant is named after the cafe from the 1942 classic film "Casablanca" which starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.

The cafe is owned by Kathy Kriger, a former US diplomat and entrepreneur who worked at the US Embassy in Morocco's capital, Rabat.

Ms Kriger said she studied the famous film extensively to get the details depicted in the fictional cafe so she could work them into her real one. She's even got a piano player.

In my opinion, the piano is more important than the food! Hope his name is Sam.

Posted by: Lawrenkm at 10:14 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 I love love love Casablanca - the movie

Posted by: t at May 07, 2004 10:20 AM (tNznv)

2 I'm sure they will call him Sam whether it's his name or not.

Posted by: M@ at May 07, 2004 10:47 AM (f2jsN)

3 I'm Kathy and I own the place. Our pianist, Moroccan, is Issam - pronounced eye-sam! So you're right.

Posted by: Kathy Kriger at June 01, 2004 07:14 PM (8zn0e)

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