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Article: Casablanca Finally Gets a Rick's Cafe

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NICOLAS MARMIE, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
05-08-2004
Dateline: CASABLANCA, Morocco


Rick's Cafe's pianist Issam plays Friday May 7, 2004 in Casablanca, Morocco. In homage to the 1942 movie "Casablanca," a former U.S. diplomat spent two years of work and a million dollars in investments to bring Rick's Cafe to Morocco's largest city. The elegant nightclub where Humphrey Bogart pined for Ingrid Bergman was just a set on a Warner Bros. sound stage in California, the film crew never got anywhere near North Africa. (AP Photo/Jalil Bounhar)

There's a new gin joint in town, and now everybody comes to Rick's. In homage to the movie "Casablanca," a …

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