Pizza Maroc?
While I was in Morocco much later than all of you (at least, so it seems…I was there from 1971-1973) there is a Moroccan (from Kenitra, believe it or not!) who owns a pizza place just off the boardwalk here at Virginia Beach. Most of the people who work there are family/friends of his from Kenitra. At first, he didn’t believe me when I told him I’d lived in Morocco…but you should have seen his face when I started describing Kenitra! (“…go to the clock, go 5 blocks down Mohammed V, take a right…”)
It’s amazing how I walked in to get pizza one day and I’ve grown quite a friendship with him and his family (they’ve even made couscous for myself and my girlfriend!) … all because of my days in Morocco!
If you’re ever in Virginia Beach, it’s Bella Pizza on Atlantic Ave (runs along the boardwalk) between 14th and 15th Street…Actually, it’s the best pizza in town! Tell Ahmed (“Ed”) you lived in/around Kenitra and Dean sent you…he’ll talk to you for hours!
Anyone out there from the early ’70’s?? We stayed at the Ambassador Hotel when we first got there…there was a coup attempt on the 3rd/4th day we were there…in fact, there was one a year later when the King’s airplane had to make an emergency landing at the base! We were locked down for quite a while then…
Dean Longo