The Marrakech Cafe is smelling better and better

You don’t need to tell Noure Kamal, the owner of the six-month-old Marrakech Cafe, about the stinging aroma of mothballs that still vaguely lingers around the entrance to his restaurant at 4116 Broadway. “We’re working on it,” Kamal says. “Soon it won’t be a problem at all.”

To Kamal’s credit, the fragrance of parfum de mothball emanating from the Oriental carpet shop next to his restaurant, has been toned down quite a bit since last September, when the stench from the costly carpets drove another restaurant in this location — Taqueria Bautista — out of business. Well, at least out 4116 Broadway.