It was only late September that it was announced Casablanca restaurant was for sale after 56 years in Harvard Square, but owner Sari Abuljubein and and his son, Jason, have already opened a Casablanca-like restaurant in Fresh Pond.

Casbah, described as having similar food but being “a little bit cheaper, and bit more casual” than Casablanca, is at 26 New St., off a rotary behind the Fresh Pond Mall and Best Western Tria hotel — once the Persian restaurant Basha.

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