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P Polynesiac Tiki Socialite San Pedro, CA Joined: Jan 29, 2004 Posts: 2099	P Polynesiac Posted posted on Wed, Nov 30, 2005 7:12 PM want fresh seafood in an old restaurant (been on the docks since 1949) and eat it with real fishermen and longshoremen (the old timers who used to actually carry the stuff off the ships before everything was containered?) Canetti's Seafood Grotto 309 E. 22nd Street San Pedro, CA 90731 It doesn't look like much, but it's got history, man...history. For the full canetti's experience be sure to bring an empty stomach, an open mind and an inspiration to discuss. Taken from this page: http://www.italianlosangeles.org/index.php?1&222 "It's easy to spot the fishermen. Their faces are deeply lined and tanned, their fingers calloused and gnarled, hardened by nylon ropes and the sting of sea salt, their nails ragged. […] In the late 1940s and 1950s, my grandfather and my great-uncle fished together out of San Pedro's harbor on creaky diesel-fueled boats, using nets they crafted and mended by hand. Even now, DiMassa cousins pull the nets and work the docks. […] Old World San Pedro gathers at Canetti's, as always, by groups. At one table, the village gossips sit; at another, city employees. Once a month, the firefighters stop by. But most of the action takes place at the center, where a long table is reserved for the fishermen.... Inside, where 20 tables fill the crowded main room, pale blue walls are lined with fragments of San Pedro's history: a model of an old schooner, the kind of boat on which Italians first arrived in Los Angeles; black-and-white photos of fishing boats from the 1940s; a framed Los Angeles Times screaming, in a banner headline, "Sub Attacks Southland"; posters admonishing the regulars to buy war bonds; a packing crate from the Catalina Fish Co., headquartered in San Pedro."

want fresh seafood in an old restaurant (been on the docks since 1949) and eat it with real fishermen and longshoremen (the old timers who used to actually carry the stuff off the ships before everything was containered?)

Canetti's Seafood Grotto
309 E. 22nd Street
San Pedro, CA 90731

It doesn't look like much, but it's got history, man...history. For the full canetti's experience be sure to bring an empty stomach, an open mind and an inspiration to discuss.

Taken from this page: http://www.italianlosangeles.org/index.php?1&222

"It's easy to spot the fishermen. Their faces are deeply lined and tanned, their fingers calloused and gnarled, hardened by nylon ropes and the sting of sea salt, their nails ragged. […] In the late 1940s and 1950s, my grandfather and my great-uncle fished together out of San Pedro's harbor on creaky diesel-fueled boats, using nets they crafted and mended by hand. Even now, DiMassa cousins pull the nets and work the docks. […] Old World San Pedro gathers at Canetti's, as always, by groups. At one table, the village gossips sit; at another, city employees. Once a month, the firefighters stop by. But most of the action takes place at the center, where a long table is reserved for the fishermen.... Inside, where 20 tables fill the crowded main room, pale blue walls are lined with fragments of San Pedro's history: a model of an old schooner, the kind of boat on which Italians first arrived in Los Angeles; black-and-white photos of fishing boats from the 1940s; a framed Los Angeles Times screaming, in a banner headline, "Sub Attacks Southland"; posters admonishing the regulars to buy war bonds; a packing crate from the Catalina Fish Co., headquartered in San Pedro."

Post #200933 by Polynesiac on Wed, Nov 30, 2005 7:12 PM