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"The Sardine Factory celebrated its 45th anniversary on Wednesday in Monterey as the restaurant known around the world.Before it was a restaurant, it was many things.\"It was a ballet studio, it was a Spanish hall, it was a boxing ring, it was the first YWCA. It's a wonderful place with a lot of memories,\" co-owner Ted Balestreri said.The Sardine Factory's namesake stems from the historical Cannery Row. The building was a canteen for factory workers. There's still an old menu hanging on the wall, if you know where to look.The Sardine Factory of today wasn't always so glamorous. When co-owners Balestreri and Bert Cutino first opened on October 2, 1968, there were only 72 seats and the famous captain's room.\u00A0 The conservatory and wine cellar were just a distant dream.In 1971, Clint Eastwood's \"Play Misty For Me\" was released. The film, about a disc jockey stalked by a female listener, featured a few scenes shot right in the bar.\"Clint, since this was his first movie and he was doing it with his own money, he was only going to shoot one scene, but we talked him into doing more than one and fortunately, we did get those scenes,\" co-owner Cutino said.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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