La bodega de Casablanca is
loud, untidy, haram, antichic and incredibly fun. Split in two
levels, at the groundfloor you find a tipical “taverna” style
restaurant, with wood tables, low lighting, some candles and some
couples holding hands that come for the nice vibe and the more than
edible food at reasonable prices. Very close to the Marché central,
they don't have any excuse not to be getting the best ingredients,
but let's face it, no one comes here for the food. La bodega is one
of those places that is always packed and always fun, everyone in
their 20's has come at least once to celebrate someone's birthday and
has fueled a memorable hangover here. Then there is the basement,
that they call something like the bar Latino. This is the interesting
place to be, you can also get the tables and the same food and the
ambiance, but all doubled in intensity. Girls are often drunk and end
up dancing on top of the tables, romantic exchanges are common and
widely accepted and even drinks are generous in proportion and very
well done specially by one barman I forgot his name but that has a
beard. It is advisable to come here for dinner around 10 never later
since it gets very crowded and the security man limits the entrance
unless you're Gatsby. You can come only for a drink but as I said,
never come after 23h or entrance will be complicated unless you have
boobs. Age is not really important, everyone mixes here from 18 until
40 you're on the safe, if you're older..shouldn't you be married and
at home?
Of course it works as a
nice hub for soccer fans during the rest of the week, showing all the
matches and is generaly a good place to take someone visiting the
city that wants to know how local people have fun in Morocco.
129, rue Allal Ben Abdellah, 20.000 Casablanca, Morocco
tel. 05225-41842
