(Later turned into office parks.it may be where a big CAD company is now located.) Imperial Gardens even had a water wheel going in their back yard. TheSixFifty.com There used to be that drive in place Linda's that is now Wolfe Camera, I think, or was. Hello California! They had a huge selection of bottled beers from around the world. People reminisce, for example, about Linda's. Fargo's was considered the classier place. Mountain View Library was very small and crowded. I highly recommend it ;) everything I knew is gone. I attended some classes at Foothill College..remember their "new" lazer light shows for the time!It seems that it was just that perfect place with so many things to do and so many people starting businesses. (I saw Swiss Family Robinson there! Thank You all for your shared memories. Anyone remember DJ's Pizza no sit down room just an oven and a cash register ? They had monterey pines and stone pines freshly cut for sale. Coming home from Foothill College. Gunn Highschool across Charleston used to be a field full of cattle. View. Ate at the Chez Yvonne many times at 1854 W. El Camino. It answers the "even earlier." Does anyone remember Beto's Casa Blanca Mexican Restaurant. Directions Advertisement. It's hard to find entertainment like that anymore. in Downtown Los Altos 88-96. 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. Later on. Two Guys from Italy Rest. My dad and I both had Mr Chadda and Mr Bonzell for math, heh. Thanks for the recap Charlie. 2023 Mountain View Online. While I was struggling to get through San Francisco state in the mid '70s, the owner of the Town Club could have put his kids through Harvard with the money my dad used to spend there. Some old photos were also in the lock shop plus the lock shop has not altered building it is the Jehning Family Lock Museum. Obituaries, Send News Tips 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. There used to be a tree diagram inside the lobby that showed the true history of early Silicon Valley--but when I went back to photograph it about 1975 it had been removed when they did some remodeling Several Fairchild Semiconductor engineers left and started other companies that later became big players and the history is on that tree diagram. Juice Time was next to the cleaner's Thanks for taking me on a trip down memory lane! 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 know this blog is a few years old but he ran across it and boy can you bring me down memory lane I'm sure I will repeat a lot of the familiar places in Mountain View but I just wanted to share them as well. My mom used to take me there and I remember always ordering the grilled cheese sandwich and jello for dessert. similar to The Cheesecake Factory. Ive had both knees replaced there and the VA health care system gets a 5 star rating from me. And I remember the candy store at the Old Mill. Riding the old plow horse Dolly in the field next to St Joseph's, little league games at McKelvey park,helping Levy in the concession stand . store. I've lived in the neighborhood since 1967. As a kid I lived mostly in extreme south Palo Alto, but I was oriented more toward Mountain View than anything to the north: Mayfield Mall with its music store and Consumers Distributing catalog store; the San Antonio Center with the Menu Tree, the Time Zone arcade, and the Sears with the candy counter. That place was great too. There was an underpass that allowed children to go beneath the busy road to get to school. Born 1978 @ the El Camino hospital. My folks shopped at Sears a lot, which was there for as long as I can remember. Calif. street was still 2 lanes, too. As for restaurants, I was saving my pennies in those years. The little store on Rengstorff and old Middlefield where La Costena [emailprotected]. Saw John Stewart (formerly of the Kingstion Trio) there several times. No cell phone, no internet, no answering machines, just good friends, good times. State Delicatessen. Mountain View (and the rest of the Peninsula seems quite different now). We tried to be a Palo Alto, thats why people eat in parking spaces on Castro street! Does any one have the shortbread cookie recipe made by Baders' in Mountain View. Old Mill had a AMC theater in the back with cheap movies, then it turned into a big empty farmers market, then finally razed. Terms of Use Camino Bowling Alley was near Bob's Big Boy on El Camino Real. St Joseph church would ring the church bell during the day. My friends worked at the movie theater and some also worked at Village Host a pizza place in downtown. I have enjoyed the Shoreline Century 16 movie theater and The Sports Page Bar and Grill, too. - The constant drone of P-3 Orion aircraft overhead Mayfield Mall where HP had offices and now is empty. ----Jocelyn's Bike Shop. Now it is a Karate Studio. Shagging foul balls at McKelvey for a quarter. "The Rumpus Room" (I shot the 8-ball in on the break on New Year's Eve!). Had a small house with no heat except the fireplace and, most likely, the last outhouse in Mt. Poking around the unrestored Rengsdorff house in that surreal setting all sky and wet/flat lands, pre-development and amplitheater. Can anyone tell me when it changed names and the history? Target and where the DMV used to be and is now a truck driver training school. Still had the bumper sticker "Can't read? The Menu Tree had quite the selection. Well at least Clark's burgers is still around! You call and requested a bus to pick you up for only 10 cents. Florentine Restaurant ( The only Italian place in the middle of all the Chinese Restaurants ) was located where Xanh now is. Food Fair was down 3 or 4 blocks. Best of all was C Grafton. -The Mayfiled Mall "site" was actually Mayfield Mall Thanks to all your memories of place & business names I had forgotten. The Old Mill had that Upstart Crow Bookstore and (I think) the "Jumping Frog," a dance place where I saw a full sized 1940s style dance band one night. The Variety Store at Blossom Valley had a great big neon sign (at least I think it was neon.) Arby's on San Antonio, where I worked for a while, and was taught that a fry should break, never bend. Even Wonder Woman couldn't save the place (or herself). We used to go to a hardware store in what I believe is now The Village. I was just there several days ago to meet with some friends at Shiva's, an upscale Indian place with a reasonably-priced buffet lunch ($15). It was a great place to go and drink and dance. More. Oh, how I long for the old days!!! One of the things I really liked about the area was that there were small artisan shops, whether they were small restaurants with health food items on the menu, sprouts and tofu, or if they were jewelry and clothing shops, privately owned. We had a "Food Fair" grocery store on El CAMINO between Castro and grant/237 The small open spaces like the corner of Cuesta and Grant Road and on Shoreline Blvd were homes that had to be moved for the widening of the those respective streets. Louie comicbooks and texan horns at the elzarape. I remember when Edelweiss Dairy was on 237 and it was all farmland to Milpitas. I am kind of amazed at how many people get that wrong. San Antonio Hobby Shop --four locations till it closed in '05 I attended Eastbrook Elementary. The St. James Infirmary is located about 5 minutes drive from downtown Montego Bay. The Redrock Cafe was a butcher. fumes overhead. You could get a hamburger for 39 cents. Contact Jailon directly. (Jason Williams) I remember the Weinerschnitzel on Castro St. And the Mountain View Bakery, the Navy used to buy cakes from them for every occasion. View- was also a mailman there for a couple of years in late 60's. Cost Plus? It is bustling, vibrant, filled with great restaurants. Moved to Sunnyvale a year later. Castro Street was mostly a wasteland. The originals from back in a day we can only imagine and who so few are still around to shed light on how truly special Mountain View was back before Silly-con Valley erupted. I can't remember which of these it was that i watched. Betty is the last of a generation of the deCurtoni family who settled in Mountain View from San Francisco in 1906, on what was the family ranch along Church Street (35 Church Street, still in family) belonging to her Grandfather and Grandmother, Frank and Mattie. 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. ***. I wish I Carr's Pet Shop. Does anyone remember the name before Gemco? When we moved to Palo Alto, we would take the bus for 10 cents and go to Mayfield Mall. St. James Infirmary - A peer-based occupational health and safety clinic for sex workers and their families Happy New Year Everyone! At halloween time, they had the best selection of wax whistles, plastic lips, and dracula teeth. I remember: The gas station where Jack in the Box is on Shoreline (sterlin rd) I lived in Mtn. Too many memories to mention. El Chico's Italian was on El Camino to the south. That night I learned people yelled "Where's The Beef!" calls to this department. It's amazing, really, how much things have changed over the years, especially the businesses that have come and gone. Some guy would provide entertainment by dancing and picking up a dinner table with his teeth and begin swinging it around.I ended up on his shoulders while he was doing a greek dance step and the whole room got up and everybody started dancing to the greek music . . Across the street on Evelyn (which was a dirt road in places) was Ferry-Morse, but HP more recently occupied the site. It was across the street from a bowling alley. -The North Bayshore area was still farms. 1. I forgot Roger and Chez Yvonne restaurant on ECR at El Monte.. nd the 88 cent store instead of 967 or 96whatever it was YOrkshire and there were still party lines To answer Lee's question from Aug 13th, according to the book "Milestones - a History of Mountain View" the Old Mill's water wheel was removed in 1988 and then the mall was demolished by the mid 90's to make way for the Crossings development. Ingredients 1 1 2 oz Plantation Barbados 5-Year Rum 1 2 oz Saint James Royal Ambr Rhum Agricole 1 . ***. This is such a fun list to read. I remember the fun Easter egg hunt; company picnics; dept. The restrooms in the parks are . The car dealership on El Camino with the globe on the pole was Mancini Motors. - not so Newbie anymore. $2.00 pitcher of beer, peanuts on the floor, awesome pinball, and almost a guaranteed biker tussle every Friday night. later and let me tell you, Mountain View was fantastic in the 1ate 1970's and early 80's when I resided in the area. The first time we saw "Great America" parkway..and all the drive in movie theaters and how we would sneak are friends in and have great ol' times. Sold my 1958 VW bus, painted Rustoleum orange with yellow roof, with an engine that had died forever on the highest point of Hwy 17, to teenagers across the street who cut out the back end for surf boards and replaced the engine. Mayfield Mall with the Grayhound station next to it became HP, and will now become more housing, the original San Antonio mall with Menu Tree (what a great place to eat), the little water fountains and a Woolworths where BevMo is now. Fabric store in the Purity Market building (Later torn down) Surely so that's the first and possibly only place I would go to eat if I ever came back to visit. I'm going to add something a little different the Cold War. My dad and I used to go there for breakfast, back around 1980 or so. i went to monta loma back in 1979 then i moved to oakdale. View High in 87. -Shoreline Park was a landfill. Does anyone know what was at the northeast side of the Moffett and W. Middlefield intersect? - "Castro" CalTrain station at Rengstorff Grew a huge garden every summer. ever. DV. I would hope it still exists in someones attic and wasnt destroyed. Recipes . It's easy to be nostalgic. I remember The Beer Garden having a very old, tall, date palm tree in the parking lot. I remember when the "Dog City" building (corner of Castro and Mercy) was vacant, for years, and full of dogs. On the other hand as a kid we felt safe walking any where in town not now. San Francisco, CA 94109. Ferry Morse Seed Company Landell's Elementary. I recall that Fargo's was a pretty happening spot for live music in its day. The town had a Bobs Big Boy, Linda's drive in, foster freeze, Wiener schnitzel, st James infirmary, Denny's restayeant (great for after a long night if dancing), GEMCO, Carrs pet store, emporium, mervyns, Sears, tower RECords, warehouse records, jcpennys, cost plus, tony Roma's, lots of used car lots along el CAMINO real, kens house of pancakes, thrift store next to cuisimanos (sp?) Grant Road was only 2 lanes with no sidewalks! The Camino Medical Group building at El Camino and 85 is on the site of the defunct Emporium-Capwell store. There was a huge barrel of pickles there does anyone remember that? Joselyn's Bike Shop 5 cents/10 cent Woolworth ice cream cones at woolworths in the San antonio shopping center. Moffet Drive In..worked there in the 60's along with the Shell station at San Antonio and El Camino. I Magical Mountain View [looking back--] I don't think there are as many night spots in the whole penisula area as there were when I first came here in 1972. Across the street from the tire store was a five-and-dime store. There was The old Mill Mall, had nice shops inside and I remember a little coffee and cake shop that you could sit and read in while eating. It was a quiet bedroom community. That location is now a Hampton Inn. Baseball team sponsors, Civitan, Freeman Songroth, Gienger and Hays Funeral Parlor, Raytheon, Cliffs Chevron, Kiwanis, Collishaw Sprinklers, RW Consruction, Oddfellows. There was a playground facing the parking lot where now the front gate and front office is. Actually the whole page is excellent if you want to follow them on Facebook. 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). Website. Thrifty's at the San Antonio Shopping Center for ice creams TG&Y, the Red Barn (country Gourmet now). There are many more places I can talk about while I lived in the area. really had an attitude and only helped the people they wanted to. I used to ride my bike on the dirt trails where the old Highway school used to be. I also enjoyed a great Steely Dan concert in the late 90's at Shoreline Ampitheater. I do i do i do boy do I. ! Came to Mtn View in 1967 The Foothill Owl mascot used to reside in the highway school tower. television dealer in the building that burnt down recently. Oh one last thing the phone prefix for Mtn. Its been a long time since ive been though there. I liked It used to be called the Dublin Inn as I recall from 50's, 60's and later. 2 talking about this. -San Antonio Center was a mall (yep, three malls!) 4. It just doesn't seem as fun anymore Armed soldiers with police dogs constantly walked the grounds. ), saying 'two of the "old regulars" didnt believe me when I told them I thought [O'Malley's] had been the Dublin Inn before it was Francesca's. ' I loved going with my family to the Drive-In at the corner of Grant and El Camino (hard to imagine a drive-in on that corner!!!) It was comfortable. There are several stains scattered on the shirt. The lumber yard and hardware store on El Monte near El Camino was called Hubbard & Johnson; I used to do a lot of business there. Hah, when I was going to Foothill I loved just down Bonita from the Food Fair Market -Downtown Mountain View was kind of a ghost town. Free suicides after the little league game. OK,I THINK WE'VE COVERED ALL OF MT. and blue workshirts. it used to be. 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). Food Fair where Harrys Hofbrau is. I live on the East Coast now, 35yrs. In the median of Castro in front of the city hall was a huge redwood? Linda's was great ( I know the recipe for their sauce!) It once comprised 7 buildings, of which only two still stand. Fond memories of Palm Plaza buying candy there on days we walked to church, buying comic books once a week at store on Miramonte? I havent been there but hope to before "old age" sets in :>) My thanks to all other contributors--so many places and things I had forgotten! Home St James Infirmary . on the discussion! This is an old town paper not the SF ChronicleThe Home Page has plenty of updates and current news for your viewing pleasure now kindly stay out of the Town Square if you have nothing nice to say This page has been a really interesting read. My grandpa and I would go through in our funky station wagon. Was this area a library building? The hobby shop was really packed on weekends from 1966-1968. There were also Tower Books, Printer's Inc. in Palo Alto, Stacey's, Kepler's, Books Inc. in the Stanford Center all of them with much bigger and more fascinating selections than one sees now. was a great a place to do one's laundry and occasionally meet people. Had a Sears, JCPenney, other nice shops inside and out. Spivey's resturant never closed their doors; the Monte Vista Drive-in was right behind it; the Chevron station (across Grant Road) was there, but a whole lot smaller; and an old barn closed off the t-intersection of El Camino & Grant Road, it was an auto repair shop. I don't know who occupies the site now. I was part of the last graduating class of old Mtn. I do not know what the atmosphere is now. La Petit Boulangerie, Florentines Pasta Shop, TOGO's!!!!! I was born and raised in Mountain View and, except for about 6 years out-of-state for college, I've spent my whole life here. at the Huntingon Apartments. When it closed down we started going to the Continental Market on California Street. The original "Der Weinerschnitzel" on California and Castro. Not just the Gemco in Mountain View, but all the stores in the Gemco chain across California were bought out by Target. Domestic Fax. Maybe thanks to the float, the Los Altos football team flushed the Santa Clara High Panthers (the float's tasteful theme) enroute to a Santa Clara County championship. The St. James Infirmary is located about 5 minutes drive from downtown Montego Bay. I went to Huff elementry, Graham Jr. High and Awalt High School. It opened in 1970 and closed in 1995. hand towels of a working hand air dryer for almost year despite my It began to boom in the 90s and is now a destination. Mountain View was sleepy and boring and we used to consider it lower class Oh, I miss that barbecue (After returning from two rainy years near Portland, a few times. I thought that was absolutely amazing. The Eagle was simply left at the old MV High football field. I used to love to go there as a kid with my great-uncle who spoiled me rotten with pancakes. Now its an India restaurant. Did we grow up OK? 13" screen with rabbit ears. I remember when they opened up Fro Yo at that shopping center, when Safeway was Brentwood market and opened into a liquor store, there was a deli next store called Feinshmeckers? . Pioneer Park behind the library was named that because there were once graves of pioneers there. Shaw's Ice Cream. The lot was empty for several years. YP, the YP logo and all other YP marks contained herein are trademarks of YP LLC and/or YP affiliated companies. "Kentucky Fried Chicken" and "Walgreens" are still the same This barely scratches the surface of my experiences in Mt. During the early years I lived on Leong Dr. My home had a 3 foot chain link fence; green with white trim; and was directly across the street from the 76 gas station; and next to That service station was the Denny's restaurant. Highway School had large wood paned windows, oak floors, wide halls, and huge cloakrooms! My 'Tiny Tots' (preschool) was at the Adobe Building where we would take walks holding onto a rope to cross the Expressway! Then the sound became noise pollution. I have we have one of the best downtowns in the area with such a great selection of places to eat and hang out. On the northwest side there was an (RCA?) Thank you anyone and everyone for any info. Thank-you 1, Graduated from MVHS in 1975 while working at A&W riding my 125 Honda yep it is Eric. I encountered hundreds of rat carcasses. Constantly hearing the U.S. NAVYS planes overhead. ??? They had a neat fish tank inside. -Mountain View High School was on Castro Street. I grew up there, and spent a great deal of time in Mountain View. Then on to Stacey's Books on University, and another computer store several blocks away. Mt View east of Bayshore (101)had no paved roads--dust in summer, mud in winter. -Housing was affordable and the city was considered working class. The store located at 85 and El Camino was The Emporium, not I Magnin. Thanks for any pet related recollections you may have. Downtown Mtn View was a vital business district for everyone. And regrettably been here ever since. The bottle was refundable for a nickle at the store where you could buy a candy bar for five cents! Hopefully that new Electronics Museum has some accurate literature available. Greets. 5-1 or 3-1 etc.. I frankly had more fun at St. James and spent more time there. where Rengstoff and El Camino split off with El Monte .. that was a dirt I remember Sakura Gardens at 2116 W. El Camino and it did have some beautiful Japanese gardens inside. their facilities. And Clarkes had the best burger in Mountain View, Amber Lantern had Grew up in MV and graduated from MVHS in 1971. Steve don't be such a downer you must be a transplant people like myself who happen to be a 4th generation MV resident like hearing old stories of MV stop clicking on the link. from 1973 to 1978. We are lucky some parts of the old town remain and we have " a downtown area " unlike Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Cupertino. There was a frozen North Pole and Santa sat in his house nearby. Stings bakery was my walk to bakery yum yum Next door, was a Gelato ice cream shop. Tater tots and Parisian Burgers! Can't remember for sure, but I think they had sound to outside. There was a pedestrian tunnel under the El Camino at Calderon for the kids going to Highway School. What a great time! I lived on the southern end of Los Altos from 1961 through about 1985. Remember Gregg's Pharmacy and Los Altos Travel at the current Bossom Valley Shopping Center? My brother and I called it "the popcorn room". Blossom Valley also had a great pizza place called Old Cal where we would go as kids on minimum days from Blach. where the Albertson's was. Now our old house is appraised at 1.5 million + and apparently the Mtn View I knew and loved is no more. I spent many a quarter there playing air hockey and the Night Driver video game. $908,224. Tackle football on the weekends at Monta Loma school with the forniers and walshes in the mud. Mayfield Mall was where The Crossings condos were buildt. St James Infirmary located at 445 California Avenue Reno NV 89501, view menus, pictures, reviews, directions and more . more forward thinking than Palo Alto and I am sorry I moved to Palo Alto Oh Mountain View and how I miss it. Does anyone else remember playing at the little playground there before the movie started? Express / Weekend Express I'm was 12 years old. There was a motorcycle suspension shop on Leghorn called Simon's it later morphed into Roxshox. Mountain View was the southernmost town with the 415 area code. I never bothered to buy an alarm clock! Payless Drug Store, which is now Rite-aid I guess you could call me a true Mtn. I do remember the French Quarter food mart and the Mexican restaurant was called La Posada. It burned down a long time ago but I was hoping someone remembered it and could tell me about it. I bought a hamster for my kids there. Food Fair turned into Harry's I used to go to the menu tree for a bite to eat. It was sooo easy to cut classes back then some of my friends volunteered there and always signed anyone sick. We used to go to the Mexican Restaurant there that was in the middle of the mall (La Posada???) Mountain Mike's Pizza I lived on Colony St and went to Powell School, Crittenden and Mountain View HS on Castro street. Awalt High School for swimming lessons on Bryant and Truman I have lived in Mountain View since the early 70's. Thanks for this thread! Spiveys was in the shopping center too. Let me just add to notable places, Susie's Diner and El Zarape on El Camino. All rights reserved. I seem to be the only one in my family that remembers it and I can't find a picture or any other information. baseball league teams and games. I have seen several of those trees over the years and they werent accurate as far as the 1950s and 60's are concerned Hewlett/Packard and Varian werent on one of them which indicated the authors lack of knowledge and research efforts. Bob's Big Boy, When did the Old Mill and Fargo's Pizza close. I once got to see the inside of the Mancini house because a friend of a friend lived there. The book also said that the owners of Fargo's wanted to build a hotel on the site, but that project obviously didn't go through. View in 1975. Oh, if anyone can remember a few other night spots in Mountain View, one by the Old Mill Mall and another I believe was Froggers or a name similar. omg Togo's turkey and Avocado. .25 cents for mixed drinks. You could drive up el camino and art would be sitting outside reading. Red Barn for a Barnbuster Web Link. the MV Eagles ruled The El Camino foreign auto repair/sales where Fred Stengle sold me a rebuilt forest green 1966 MGB for $2,000, and the foreign auto repair guys west of there on Miramonte who later kept it running (re-rebuilding it piece by piece). Google, Ebay and others seem to like that area. For some, the 70's kicked off in Mountain View with a homecoming float featuring a huge EAGLE. I remember the disco on San Antonio Road at the Old Mill, jogging at the high school, St. james Infirmiry, Andys Chinese Restaurant, Longs Drugs, The Boardwalk on El Camino near Chucks, I remember when my friend Len Rhode opened his burger King on San Antonio Road and El Camino. Director of Finance And Accounting at ST. JAMES INFIRMARY View profile View profile badges Imperial Gardens was doing big business on Rengstorff and El Camino and also Peng's further up on El Camino, both specializing in dim sum. My apartment($125/month) at 515 Central looked out over onion fields in 1966. "NEWBIE" The painting behind the altar of the Holy Family was still there. It is the second left turn from the Cornwall College playground and is erected on the Albion property. So to that, I say, thank you :) My friend lived very close. Tater tots and Parisian Burgers. Was the Chinese restaurant Qui Hing Low? -The Crossings was a mall called The Old Mill ----Woolworth's/Wells Fargo Bank/ Long's Drug Store by Newbie, Whisman Station, Liberty House department store at the old San Antonio Shopping Center. Gemco was called Bazaar. Feinschmuckers Deli, remember Best products store. Great place to grow up. I won't be going back . was a Union 76 (I worked there when I was 16) The World Famous St. James Infirmary .. Mt. entrusted to live and work for such a with-it city? Join to view full profile. 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