The land placement allows for three facades: a distinctive streetfront entrance with heavy wooden doors that depict that of the film a port-oriented façade that looks to the Atlantic and a narrow dead-end access which was the former main entrance but is now the service entrance.īecause of the age of the structure and proximity to the sea, the mansion was totally restored and renovated. The restaurant is housed in a traditional Moroccan grand mansion with a central courtyard or a Riad, built in 1930. Rick’s Café Casablanca was developed by Kathy Kriger (1946–2018), a former American diplomat in Morocco. Owned by The Usual Suspects company, this Casablanca landmark is usually described as the real Rick’s Café, finally bringing the legendary “Gin Joint” of cinema fame to life in today's Casablanca. There is an authentic 1930s Pleyel piano and As Time Goes By is a common request to the in-house pianist. Set in an old courtyard-style mansion built against the walls of the Old Medina of Casablanca, the restaurant – piano bar is filled with architectural and decorative details reminiscent of the film: curved arches, a sculpted bar, balconies, balustrades as well as beaded and stencilled brass lighting and plants that cast luminous shadows on white walls.
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Opened March 1, 2004, the place was designed to recreate the bar made famous by Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in the movie classic Casablanca. Rick’s Café Casablanca is a restaurant, bar and café located in the city of Casablanca, Morocco.