Last call for Cambridge’s Club Casablanca
Jason Abul-Jubein, a bartender and son of owner Sari Abul-Jubein, toasted the Casablanca restaurant, which is closing after more than four decades.
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Casablanca was a landmark Harvard Square restaurant and a home away from home for a Bohemian assortment of professors, artists, writers.
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Sari Abul-Jubein began working at Casablanca in 1971 as a part-time waiter only to buy the place five years later.
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“It’s been a very difficult year,” said Abul-Jubein, “with a lot of ups and downs.”
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The building’s owner plans to offer the famous murals to the Brattle Theatre at no charge.
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A group that included local restaurateurs has applied to take over the Casablanca’s liquor license.
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Now there will no more sipping martinis under the watchful gaze of Bogey, painted on the wall facing the bar. No more whispering, “We’ll always have Paris."
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