The house is the birthplace of John Steinbeck, the Nobel Prize-winning author and Salinas native. The house was opened as a restaurant on Feb. 27, 1974 — which was Steinbeck’s 72nd birthday.

After a tough year, the Steinbeck House and Restaurant in Salinas is looking to re-open by mid-summer or early fall. “The thing that we love best is showcasing John [Steinbeck] because his ...

The John Steinbeck House in Salinas, Calif. on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. The house was built with a Queen Anne Architectural design. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group) ...

Built in 1898, the house at 132 Central Ave. became the birthplace in 1902 of the novelist. He grew up here, leaving at the age of 19 for Stanford University.

Soon the lights at the Steinbeck House Restaurant, a mainstay of the Salinas community, will go out. The historical building is the birthplace and childhood home of the famous author.

Earnest said the earliest the Valley Guild could realistically reopen the Steinbeck House would be next year. The nonprofit is raising money online at bit.ly/33eE4sK in hopes of making that a reality.

There's the John Steinbeck most Californians know, the bard of the Salinas Valley and Cannery Row, the chronicler of the common man's plight, the acclaimed author of such towering works as "The ...

"Words and Music: The Art of the Rock Poster": The National Steinbeck Center in Salinas hosts an exhibition of vintage psychedelic rock posters and handbills from the '60s to mark the 40th ...

His stepdaughter and heir Waverly Scott Kaffaga is expected to attend, and if she likes it, the Stage just might get permission to stage a full production — the first in 60 years — four blocks from ...

NATIONAL STEINBECK CENTER Salinas, Monterey County It is always a challenge to commemorate a life, never mind a writer’s life. Unlike museums devoted to sports legends or war heroes, a museum ...