it's the gateway where you can find the kasbah which means fortress. it's what uncle bill burroughs called the last stop. the meeting place. the switchboard. reasons for settling in tangier diverge but everyone sooner or later since the beginning of memory comes to the cafe. johnathan dawson came to this city over 20 years ago as a journalist and never left. he live ace life not too distant from burrough's fantasy. cake and tea at 4:00 every day served by his man servant. he may not have a gazelle but a pet rooster will do. and every day he makes the rounds of the caves seeing all the old faces. ending up sooner or later here.