To fictionalize it, using the real name and placing it exactly where it was John Steinbeck wrote of La Ida’s in his novel Cannery Row. Moore’s restaurant was frequented by celebrities such asĬlint and Maggie Eastwood, as well as Kim Novak and Dizzy Gillespie. Moore, who was called the Queen of Cannery Row, her restaurant kept the memory The California attorney general, Earl Warren, closed all of the known brothelsįrom 1958 to 2007 this was the location of Kalisa’s restaurant. Ran her brothel out of the five upstairs bedrooms. Edith managed the downstairs as a restaurant, bar and kitchen. In the mid 1930’s, La Ida’s brothel was operated by Edith Luciani out of thisīuilding. You will see these all along Cannery Row. The street which was connected to the cannery by an elevated conveyor called aĬross over. Money to rebuild and expand his operation. However it happened, David used the fire and resultant insurance In 1927, Edward David took over the reduction and canning operation and openedĭisaster struck in 1936 and the entire complexīurned to the ground, a story that mysteriously occurred time and again here onĬannery Row. In the reduction plant,įish scraps, waste and even edible fish would be ground in a centrifuge intoįishmeal, poultry feed or fertilizer. Process which was relatively simple, was highly profitable. In 1916, the Japanese run Bayside Fish & Flour CompanyĮxcept during wartime, when canning was a maximum priority, the reduction Originally this area was part of the Chinese fishing village that extendedĪlong McAbee Beach.

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