Kalisa La Ida's Cafe

KALISA'S LA IDA CAFE 

KALISA MOORE, KNOWN AS "QUEEN OF CANNERY 
ROW," WAS BORN IN LATVIA AND CAME TO AMERICA 
AFTER WWII. SHE BRIDGE THE ERAS, OPENING HER 
GOURMET RESTAURANT WHEN MOST OF THE 
CANNERIES HAD CLOSED.

OVER THE YEARS "KALISA'S" BECAME A BOHEMIAN 
COFFEE HOUSE WHERE ARTISTS, WRITERS AND POETS 
"HUNG OUT." HER WEEKEND CABARET WAS BUSTLING 
WITH MUSICIANS, DANCERS AND OCCASIONALLY 
CELEBRITIES FROM THE MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL. 

AS TIME PASSED AND CANNERY ROW WAS REBORN, 
KALISA BECAME A MAJOR FACTOR IN RETAINING 
MEMORIES OF STEINBECK'S ERA, PROMOTING 
TOURISM AND COMMERCE AS THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE CANNERY ROW FOUNDATION. 

FOR FIFTY YEARS SHE WAS A FRIEND TO THE 
FAMOUS AND A MOTHER TO THE NEEDY WITH A 
LOCAL FOLLOWING WHO KNEW AND LOVE HERE. 

KALISA'S LA IDA CAFE WAS A VERY SPECIAL 
TIME AND PLACE, AND KALISA WILL ALWAYS BE 
REMEMBERED AS "QUEEN OF CANNERY ROW."