As for restaurants, I was saving my pennies in those years. They had monterey pines and stone pines freshly cut for sale. It was THE place to go on Friday and Saturday nights.not to mention the other hangout was "The Shack" for dancing and meeting 'guys'. I remember when the "Dog City" building (corner of Castro and Mercy) was vacant, for years, and full of dogs. The original Mountain View location has always been better than the recent chain locations IMO. The Tower Records in Mountain View is the only one I have been to that had an actual bookstore. Right next door was a large building, light blue and cube-shaped without windows or features of any kind other than a US Air Force sign on top. Uncle Otto's Cheescake where I went nearly every day for lunch takeout, and they were the best!Mountain Mikes Pizza..I believe it is still there. St. James Infirmary, a strange theme bar that sometimes had so many Navy airmen looked like it was a road show version of Top Gun. Moffitt drive-in where Century 16 is now, Shoreline park area being a big expanse of empty dirt and the landfill, and the shoreline house being in it's original location near where the movie theater is today, boarded up and being in shambles. train go by when you were watching movies in the Old Mill Theaters. Blossom Valley also had a great pizza place called Old Cal where we would go as kids on minimum days from Blach. I got Frankie, Johnny and Luigi's Pizza to go once and it was good. Somebody sprayed on the windows of "DOG CITY" and those buildings have always been Dog City in my mind.. only a moment in time. Florentine Restaurant ( The only Italian place in the middle of all the Chinese Restaurants ) was located where Xanh now is. We used to go to a hardware store in what I believe is now The Village. JoAnn Fabrics was called New York Fabrics. liked that place and the one at Stanford. I would hope it still exists in someones attic and wasnt destroyed. It was a great time but I grew up and moved to other places for my career. There was a playground facing the parking lot where now the front gate and front office is. Mostly comprised of middle-class folks employed in the military industrial complex that eventually morphed into Silicon Valley. Ferry-Morse seed Co. - The constant drone of P-3 Orion aircraft overhead Armed soldiers with police dogs constantly walked the grounds. I also remember P-3's flying over my house hourly from Moffett Field and the Blue Angels Air Show annually with Fireworks on July 4th Went there many times in the 1975-80 period. Andys and Qui Hing Lo were the two best restaurants. Computer, and I have such fond memories of that machine. Key points were Shoreline Park, Century Theaters, Downtown renovation. The old days of a quiet little town with orchards and farms and friendships that lasted a lifetime John Puppo, Don Lawson, Ed Mylrea, Lorena Mylrea, Maggie Mylrea, Charles Moore, Lawrence Anderson, Pete Stahor, Stan Anderson, Marty Spangler, Doris Awalt, Irv Carter, Alan Cranston, Peppy Martinez, Pete Janovich, Jack Randall, Bob Mastin, Helen Shearer, Jean Mockbee, Andy Janovich too many to recall and too many departed Maybe they are all now gathered together at my Grandmother's old Creamary that sat next to the old Mountain View Theater. wonder woman inside??? Shogun was about a half a block up El Camino from Rambus. So to that, I say, thank you :) no one mentioned Continental MKT. Watching SP commute trains at San Antonio and Alma from 1973 to 1978. Nostalgia is great, but I think I prefer the current downtown MV to the sleepy street of the 1970s. Woody's was a real old-school place, with all the breakfast dishes or sandwiches available for ordering written on tiny chalkboards behind the counter. It had a big room full of mechanical switching relays which were constantly clicking. I haven't been to Mtn. I once got to see the inside of the Mancini house because a friend of a friend lived there. It was an easy commute to Intel, about 8 minutes. - El Camino Real was just 2 lanes each way in places, some blocks lacking sidewalks, some with diagonal parking It was a quiet bedroom community. Tidal lands existed along the bay. Frankie & Johnnie Luigi's on El Camino RealI lived in the "flat" above the resturant. Currently being remodeled and replaced with Wachovia Savings. You could bring your empty bottles and get them filled. The field behind Cooper School was not a park yet! Heard the wind tunnel at Ames at night. Now reside in New Mexico. Does any one have the shortbread cookie recipe made by Baders' in Mountain View. Great funky atmosphere, too. My parents work for the Government Telecommunication Co. GTE. The Mancini house on Church St. was the place to go on Halloween because of the great treats and to sneak a glimpse at the marble interior. It's great and I am grateful to the Voice for continuing it. I remember The Beer Garden having a very old, tall, date palm tree in the parking lot. Juice Time was next to the cleaner's - Zen Houseplants at Middlefield and MV-Alviso Rd The Eagle was simply left at the old MV High football field. Downtown Mtn View was a vital business district for everyone. Actually, the Nob Hill where it is today was Handyman, a home center. Truly a classic '70s dive. A friend of mine had a bad experience at Kirk's Steakburgers and turned vegetarian. My uncle had a Moped (gas powered scooter) club. sewage treatment plant and the airport spewing noise and leaded exhaust their facilities. In the middle of the rows of corn was a large plot of pot, strictly for medicinal purposes of course. When they closed, it became Jenny Craig, and then Prudential Real Estate office. Web Link That page includes comments from the new owner. And the Mountain View Bakery, the Navy used to buy cakes from them for every occasion. Versions of it (the tree got bigger with time) became posters or advertisements, and I encounter copies periodically. The water tower at Questa and Grant Road was routinely vandalized with painting by person(s) unknown (before tagging was a term). Belmont 96-2002 mmm) on El Camino. We loved Moffett and Mtn View. My Family knew the people who owed the big spooky looking house across the street. Original post made by Richard Gambatese, Old Mountain View, on Feb 6, 2009 I was a couselor at the Mt.View Methadone Clinic which was in the County Building at the intersection of Stirlin Rd and Moffett Blvd. that machine that cheapie simple stuff was really expensive back Great place to grow up. At corner of Castro/El Camino where Wash. Mutual located, Mancini Motor (Chrysler Dealer)had world globe on a top of round column, that column with globe came from Treasure Island World Fair in 1930's. Hubbard and Johnson was on the corner of El Monte and El Camino, where Longs and Starbucks are today. One person would drive a car in, and 4 or more would sneak in through the hole in the fence behind the bush on the entrance road. A&W Root Beer, Also a great soup and salad shop on the corner of Moffett and Central or West Evelyn, maybe California St. can't remember this. Moffett Food Center owned by Sam Leong and his family. That furniture place on El Monte/El Camino that sold unfinished pine furniture became Office Max? Always busy and great New York Style pizza never had any since!! Those were the days !!!! This used to be my playgournd. 80's things began to happen, and now I think Mountain View is nicer and There was a "Variety Store" at Blossom Valley shopping center on the corner nearest to St. Francis. The bottle was refundable for a nickle at the store where you could buy a candy bar for five cents! Join to view full profile. He and my mother are buried next to each other at Alta Mesa Cemetery on Charleston. Andy's Chinese was the best place for Chinese on Castro. Hello. Gas was cheap, crime was low and we had a blast growing up there. Drying apricots in the orchards on Grant Road Drinking suicides through red licorice as our straw. There was no Shoreline Park. These all mostly faded-out by the late 1990s. The Wunderman house is there still. This is about the old originals of Mountain View. This was the Bay Area bar and grill that burned down in the 90s. What I remember from my 1982 arrival in Mountain View: I remember the Old Mill theaters and seeing Return Of The Jedi. There are a lot of restaurants that I remember. I remember delivering flyers announcing store-opening specials (and being paid the handsome wage of 35 cents! I lived right behind the Mayfield Mall, and mostly what I remember are annual magic shows, Easter egg hunts, great decorations at Christmas, and the fantastic egg-rolls that a man sold from a cart. Near San Antonio & Middlefield the pay-to-play indoor racquet ball courts for just a few years, and next to it, I think, was a pay-to-play woodworking shop. Did anyone go to Crittenden for elementary school?! They never cleaned or bothered to inspect Harry's Hofbrau (my favorite) Then on to Stacey's Books on University, and another computer store several blocks away. I am sure it isn't hard to keep up with the current events, sports and crime of this town a week at a time. I'm going to add something a little different the Cold War. James F. Todd (Navy), who was aboard the USS Macon when it went down off the coast of Monterey (Hanger 1, was it's home back then). I almost forgot: Bernardo in Mountain View near Middlefield. The tree reminded me of home (Florida beaches now it's illegal to grow them in my Florida city). Blue Sky Cafe - vegetarian restaurant in a wooden cottage west of Castro. View high building is gome butGo eagles !s31ZJ. Name of the bowling alley near Cherry Chase Golf Course? ST. JAMES INFIRMARY Hospitals and Health Care San Francisco, California 403 followers It is our mission to meet the needs of people engaged in the sex trade through advocacy, direct services . I remember my mom and grandma shopping at the Purity grocery store where Golden Wok now sits, it was one of the first grocery stores in town and had smaller shopping carts for the kids to use. at Steven's Creek? I remember Payless on Grant next to that was Albertsons that had the bus depot where kids would take the bus to San Francisco during the Flower Power days. View High (graduated in '68, brother in '59 and mother in '37) orchards everywhere Rengstorf Rec Center Friday dances Dana Street School Slater School Linda's Drive In.. La Cabana Mexican food at the end of Castro near Andy's and Florintine restaurants gadz, someone said they swam for the Dolphins in the 60's, so did I do remember Shaw's Ice Cream.. Suzie's Diner Hap's Market on Caldron and Church (Sav-Mor) the Rumpus Room and Matts on ECR, good ol' dive bars of course St. James Infirmary with Wonder Woman and the bi-plane and peanuts on the floor Mtn. Shoreline made us known in the area as thousands came to listen to music. I see from maps now there is a pocket park on Sierra Vista by Middlefield. It was a great place to go and drink and dance. Does anyone remember the name before Gemco? Does anyone remember Johnny Macs drive-in? The current city hall and MVCPA did not exist. I grew up next to Therekauf/Stevenson school. Change has made the campus unrecognizable. Mayfield Mall Construction went on for quite a while and the place was really novel with JC Penny holding the anchor spot. look like in 30 years? View was a great town back then and still is today. -Mountain View High School was on Castro Street. We'd also get lunch at Weinerschniztel (at the corner of Castro and California). It had a flush toilet, but was just a small shed built over the septic tank. Double Rainbow was the ice cream place theater. . How well I remember the Town Club! Even our long time neighbors can't recall the name. But to leave this on for weeks and weeks is very ridiculous and very boring. The lot was empty for several years. Location. When I was pregnant a few years back, I had a sudden craving for these cookies from my childhood! Served with from San Diego, CA. View. I remember the Wherehouse Records store at El Camino between Clark and El Monte, although I bought most of my LPs at Tower Records on San Antonio in the 70's and 80's. In the shopping Center was the Oasis Laundry that started out with popcorn and treats This thread keeps me coming back to the site each day to see what new memories have been posted. Don't forget Fairchild. When did the Old Mill close down and whateve happened to the best pizza place that I knew of Fargo's? Downtown only had Chinese Restaurant's except for the Weinersnitzel on the corner of Castro and California Street. It was crazy but totally fun!! I remember the Gemco store being where Target is today and you had to show a membership ID card to even go in the door. Bokman Chevy and Tuban Ford We went wild over it. A man named Chester F. Awalt donated 40 acres of orchard land to MVLA High School District for a much needed third high school; they named the school Chester F. Awalt HS. Feinschmuckers Deli, remember Best products store. People were alot happier back then, with less Dear Newbie- Saw John Stewart (formerly of the Kingstion Trio) there several times. net assets. My friends worked at the movie theater and some also worked at Village Host a pizza place in downtown. The list goes on and on. When I want to go to Target, he reminds me that it used to be Gemco:) When I craved a burger, he took me to Clarke's. Makes me hungry just thinking about it. The St. James Infirmary was a landmark bar and grill in Mountain View that was destroyed by arson fire in 1998. Mtn view has come a loooog ways but I loved it better when it was smaller and slower. I remember the A&W chain next to the Social Service Agency. And great memories. Opened in 1967, it was known for its kitschy decor, notably a 30-foot-statue of Wonder Woman, and Buffalo Wings and burgers. A family run business- all their first names started with "D" Dean, Don, Dale, Dennis, etc their last name was Steinke. 2) A very hot classmate whom I had a secret 6th grade crush on named Sandy Allen He had more cattle up off Skyline and near Half Moon Bay Does anyone remember the Old Plantation restaurant, just off El Camino, on the Los Altos side of San Antonio Rd? I thought that place was so cool when I was young! My dad worked in the telephone company central office at Hope & Dana streets in the '60s and '70s. Didn't see any mention of Monte Vista, or Moonlight Drive-In theatres. It was hard to find parking. Mayfield Mall was where The Crossings condos were buildt. Old Mill on California Street where the Crossings housing is now located. I remember that well. What did they used to call 85 before it was a highway and ended Hotels near St. James Infirmary: (0.02 mi) Plush 2-bed apt in Riverside Heights! When Mancini motors (Dodge dealership) was on the corner of Castro and El Camino. I also have very fond memories of the Variety Store at Blossom Valley Shopping Center where we all got candy for a nickel, the Galaxy Gift Store where we got every Christmas Present for my mother for about a decade, I think, and Tots-to-Teens where my mom took me for school clothes (and I had to get size "6x" which meant I was not skinny enough :/). Remember St. Johns on Moffett? There was a movie theater on Castro, but it only seemed to show Chinese or Mexican films and nobody went there. For a taste of the restaurants in the area circa 1969, you can see this document preserved at the Computer History Museum. The Menu Tree had quite the selection. Wow--Been here since 1966--On Hwy 237(Mountain View-Alviso Rd) there was a place called the Heidle Beer Garten--Best burgers and beer in the city. I also briefly had a place in your fair city. What a great time! They were just fantastic. Hopefully that new Electronics Museum has some accurate literature available. Can't remember for sure, but I think they had sound to outside. Does anyone remember the gas station on the corner of Castro and California Street. As for the slot car racing place in Mt View, it was called D&S Hobby, in Carlotta Shopping Center, which used to be across from Franciscan Glass, off the west bound loop of the San Antonio Rd overpass. The grocery store at the Palm Plaza was for years called Bee Foods. It's time has expired. All of this is mostly gonelike Linda's. El Chico's Italian was on El Camino to the south. Mountain View high school was actually bordering Castro Street, old high school way, shoreline (formerly n. Bailey/sterlin road) The jet that crashed into the Salmi house in downtown Mtn View in 1956. That's the closest address my childhood brain can come up with. These were new, and under the daily Navy P-3 airplane landing routes (4 propellers). The nightclub at the Old Mill was called Fargo's. ie Apricots, cherries, prunes. The Navy was in town, Moffitt Field was booming and the Blue Angels had their air show every year (my family would watch the show from our roof). -The Crossings was a mall called The Old Mill TG&Y, the Red Barn (country Gourmet now). Had a friend that called and asked me the name of the furniture store and I have forgotten. These factors are similar to those you might use to determine which business to select from a local Yellow Pages directory, including proximity to where you are searching, expertise in the specific services or products you need, and comprehensive business information to help evaluate a business's suitability for you. Thanks for any pet related recollections you may have. In the summers, kids rode their bikes all over town and hung out at the local neighborhood parks. Approximately 40 residents of the St. James Infirmary are now able to occupy the new $45-million male ward that was built at the facility in Albion, Montego Bay. The first 2 years of St. Joseph's School were held in the old classrooms of at what is now St. Francis High School. I have fond memories of taking my little sister there in her stroller so I could get free candy from the manager. View Jailon's full profile. Thanks to all your memories of place & business names I had forgotten. He also went on to explain that, in the 70's, their were quite a few brothels operating on Castro!How things have changed! Was the Rumpus Room ever "topless"? It took a long time, but we did walk home. I swam for the Mountain View Dolphin's swim team, at Mountain View High School which was on Castro Street in the 1960's. My favorite Italian restaurant was "two guys from Italy" on grant and el CAMINO. where Rengstoff and El Camino split off with El Monte .. that was a dirt Noone mentioned Lenny's Pies on Castro and the Dairy Queen on El Camino Real! This was back in the first days of the home computers. General Electric and the "big" Orange Pumpkin Best of all was C Grafton. Handyman was over by the Oasis Laundry and had tons of hardware stuff. As a kid my friends and I would like to knock on the windows and aggrevate them. This was such a great place in the mid to late 70's - the Baylands Park, the old white house near Shoreline. Facilities include two wards for males and females, an administrative block, a chapel, staff quarters and a separate dwelling for street people. old Mountain View High School It was a good one, too. On the other hand as a kid we felt safe walking any where in town not now. VA construction started about 1958 and opened a few years later. - Highway 237 had traffic signals; was called Mountain View-Alviso Road During the summer many of us were required to work in the fruit harvest. at the Huntingon Apartments. View. Carrs pet store at the beginning of Castro Street was where me and my dad would always go to buy chicken feed for our chickens. That location is now a Hampton Inn. Now, did anyone mention Frankie Johnnie & Luigi Too!? We had a close neighbors that looked after each other. Grant Road was only 2 lanes with no sidewalks! I loved the moffett drive-in. Community Calendar - Cherry Chase golf course where Cuernavaca is now 1999 - Opening of the. . Hello California! for me. were a lot less photos of people's lives back then. Just east of Cooper school on Eunice was a big dip in the road where it was county property, as was all the neighborhoods with no sidewalks. The Shenandoah military housing is adjacent to this site. Shockley lab the real birth of silcon valley is still on San Antonio road as a furniture store. Not many people were aware of this, or cared, for that matter--those bead makers were the very first Palo Alto hi-tech design engineers. Website. It's odd to wonder how everyone got along without a phone in their pockets, and there The Golden Wok was good too, but suddenly closed and never reopened. More. Qui Hing Low and Andy's best chinese food ever! She made donuts with leftover dough the size of bike tires. My daughter and her friends hang out at the In-n-Out burger on Grant or at our local smoothie places. There was an appliance store in town that had TV in their window and it was on after they closed. A huge pepper tree was like a secret room. Coming home from Foothill College. I saw "Purple Rain" at the movies that weekend. Shagging foul balls at McKelvey for a quarter. A butcher shop was where Red Rock Coffee Co. is now. Carpeteria Mountain View was home to the St. James Infirmary Bar & Grill. (I worked there from 1976-1984). Stereo Habitat home of the first 8 track tape decks on Castro Sherm's Barber Shop at Palm Plaza Yorkshire Clothes at Palm Plaza the Old City Hall the old little park on Castro, between California and Mercey (Easter egg hunts) the old Presbyterian Church on Castro St of course the old Mtn. San Antonio Center, Tower Records for a time, more and cheaper housing, Carr's pet store on Evelyn It's hard to find entertainment like that anymore. Spectra Physics Lasers started up 1961 in Mt. The site of Nob Hill on Grant Road was a Hubbard & Johnson hardware store before it's more recent incarnations. Everyone remembers the Old Mill, but do you remember the fantastic candy store there? I was wrong re Hobee's beginnings was Rengsdorff at Alma. Mountain View Hight was located in downtown M.V. We are peer based occupational health and safety clinic for current and former sex workers - we. Later years the Poblanita restaurant on Castro for the Milanesa, yummy! Being able to walk the store aisles when the store was closed and no one else was there :). Minton Lumber (gone now) Remembering that when our family drove to First Baptist Los Altos we went up Castro St. to many times and saw Doberman Pincher dogs inside as guard dogs at the newly built High Rise down town, dog poop on the vacant expance of concrete floors when you look into the windows here BoofA is currently standing . as it was completely VACANT. This is such a fun list to read. First gourmet burgers for me the Hawaiian with pineapple.. and the friendliest of owners. There was aWhisman Gramer School on the corner of Sterling and Charlston Rd.It had 4 class rooms with two grades each room. Palm variety was a store with tons of household knick knacks. Magical Mountain View [looking back--] St James Infirmary Moffett Blvd and Mariner Dr Mountain View Alas. So by posting to this thread, you inadvertantly ensured that it will continue to grace the front page. Was the Chinese restaurant Qui Hing Low? And regrettably been here ever since. Shoreline Blvd was Sterlein Rd the entire length. More like this Route 66 Oklahoma Route 66 Road Trip Historic Route 66 Travel Route Tulsa Oklahoma Old Neon Signs Vintage Neon Signs Old Signs Metro Diner This is the website of Frank Romeo. I just heard that Sono Sushi has closed too, and I really used to like that place The restrooms in the parks are A search for "Dublin Inn" gave just a pointer to a late-2015 comment earlier on this same recollections page, signed by one Bill242 (same Bill who just asked? Who knew those daily landings for about an hour would go away along with the base. Ate at the Chez Yvonne many times at 1854 W. El Camino. The betting game with the ball at the St. Francis Western Roundup was The Pan Game and it is still played every year at the St. Joseph International Festival on Miramonte. You had to have a membership card to get in, I think the card was $1. My favorite place, of course, was Chuck's Cellar. If anyone knows this information, please post the answer and thanks in advance for your help. I've spent my lunch hour - and beyond - catching up on the memories and history of the city I now call home. I also remember the original House of Humor in the shopping center at the corner of Grant and ECR. I miss those days. I think the globe on the building came from '39 or '40 worlds fair(s), but don't quote me on that. United States Phone Number: (415) 554-8494 (Main Phone Number) (415) 554-8444 (Domestic Fax) Website: Main Website Facebook E-mail: admin@stjamesinfirmary.org (Main Email) Hours: Not available . There was a party supply store on the corner of Old Middlefield/Middlefield, and my grandmother would clean their linens for side money. I never bothered to buy an alarm clock! My mom and dad both went to the original MVHS -- though I went to LAHS (who stole their mascot and not a few of their teachers). Thrifty's at the San Antonio Shopping Center for ice creams We lived across the street from the Whisman Fire dept. The Old Mill shopping center was kind of cool. Mobile site. color TV set for like $325. Things have changed but the one thing that seems the same is Edith Landels elementary school, that place seems timeless. You could buy fresh ravioli at the old State Street Deli on Castro and State. ----Jocelyn's Bike Shop. Now it is a Karate Studio. Next door was an ice cream store, I think it was called Dons. On California there was a Best (Service Merchandise?) St. James Infirmary just outside of Moffett Field Naval Air Station was a frequent place as well as The Country Store, but that was south past Sunnyvale on El Camino. And probably ensures I will make Mountain View a destinationthe next time I visit relatives in the area and patronize the MV businesses so, Steve, it may bore you, but, it's not all a waste! Great town to start a career in Semiconductors. Sun and SGI were a couple of the large employers, fighting out the workstation market. [emailprotected]. thinking how much it reminded me of Mountain View of the 70's. My sister worked at Handy Man and also payless donuts. Shoreline Park was the dump for the city Did they really stop the church bells from ringing though. Here is a bit of the inside scoop. Best hamburgers in the south bay. We would go over in our car, a still new 1951 Plymouth Belevedere hardtop convertible, on Saturday night to watch the Jackie Gleason Show. 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