All across the Bay Area, 49er football fans gathered around television sets to watch the season opener in Seattle. But there was one location in Redwood City that has a history with the team that's pretty hard to beat. Modern sports bars are bigger, fancier and even have more fans on 49er game day. But when it comes to sheer authenticity, nothing beats the Canyon Inn.

"You're walking into a museum that is actually functional as a restaurant," said owner, Tim Harrison.

When he talks about the Canyon Inn, the business itself seems to take a back seat to the memorabilia on the walls.

"It just accumulated and I just started putting pictures up on the wall," he said.

The room is covered with photographs, tracing the journey from 1981 when, as a new business owner, Harrison made the team an

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