Thursday, June 4, 2026

Question: Monterey’s famous Cannery Row wasn’t always called that. The waterfront street was officially renamed in 1958 to honor which California author’s novel?

Answer: John Steinbeck. The street was called Ocean View Avenue until Monterey renamed it Cannery Row in 1958, after Steinbeck’s 1945 novel about the town’s sardine-packing district. Steinbeck was born just up the road in Salinas.