Another thing you might not expect to find in Syria: a coffee shop themed after Marilyn Monroe.
It's in the Christian Quarter of Aleppo, and it is apparently THE place to see and be seen. At night you need to have a reservation or know someone to get a table outside.
The chairs all have leopard print fabric on them, and one wall has a number of posters of old movies with Marilyn. The other wall has a number of bizarre modern art-ish pictures with nearly naked models wearing nothing but strategically placed coffee shop accoutrements (saucers, espresso cups, etc). One girl is stepping out of some sort of pool, wearing only a teaspoon bikini. Artistic!
Dan and I went there a couple of times with Fares and Hasam (more on these two later. the short version: our syrian best friends). We drank mint cappuccinos and cinnamon roll lattes. We did not partake of the giant 'american style' subs, which are covered in mayo and ketchup and served with doritos.
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