2801 Leavenworth St
San Francisco, CA 94133 Fisherman's Wharf

In June of 1899, eighteen companies that made up over half of all the canning capacity in California, formed the California Fruit Canners Association. Tourists and visitors to San Francisco can still tour what was once the Association’s largest peach cannery, which is now The Cannery shopping plaza. After the 1906 earthquake destroyed the California Fruit Cannery Association’s canning plant, the Cannery was re-built in 1907 and renamed the Del Monte Cannery. The historic buildings that lined the block were built as a full-service food cannery and food production warehouse, later being coined “Del Monte Plant No. 1”. Shortly after, it became the largest fruit and vegetable canning plant in the world producing 200,000 cans per day and employing 2,500 people. In the summer of 1963, the historic brick Del Monte Cannery was transformed into a trilevel walled city of brick walkways and bridges with retail, restaurants, and entertainment venues, now known as The Cannery. Today, The Cannery is owned by the Academy of Art and houses an expansive art gallery space along with shops and restaurants. The courtyard has 130 year old olive trees and is used year-round for special events and street performers.