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Casablanca's interior and famous mural |
As for its history, owner Sari Abul-Jubein started working at Casablanca as a waiter in 1971 and became the owner in 1976. “Owning a restaurant in Harvard Square is sort of like being a university professor, I’ve been working with younger people for all these years and loving it, but it’s also madness, and I am ready to move on,” Abul-Jubein states on the restaurant's site.
Abul-Jubein opened a casual Middle Eastern concept, the Casbah at 26 New St. in North Cambridge in 2011, which shuttered within a year.