There would be like 50 bikes out front on those days. fast food place in Palo Alto on University. Grant Road was only 2 lanes with no sidewalks! Didn't see any mention of Monte Vista, or Moonlight Drive-In theatres. On California there was a Best (Service Merchandise?) Thanks to all your memories of place & business names I had forgotten. There was no Shoreline overpass you would cross the railroad tracks. Ya Luv these comments.. BIG difference. I worked nights when I was in high school (Awalt on Bryant)at the DerWienerschnitzel in 1972 and '73, does anyone remember getting one of my special versions of the polish sandwhich where I deep fried the polish sausage? I delivered San Francisco Chronicle and Mountain View News Herald papers along Thompson Ave and Alvin St as well over in Del Medio area. There was a motorcycle suspension shop on Leghorn called Simon's it later morphed into Roxshox. I have lived in Mountain View since the early 70's. probably know this--unless two Irish Pubs at same location is just a coincidence--I have emailed a couple of old friends who may remember if it was once the Dublin Inn. Middlefield Mall My front yard is now the parking of the outdoor amp theater. .25 cents for mixed drinks. Dad used to spend major portions of his paychecks there, a practice which ultimately destroyed his marriage to my mother. 10 8 8 comments Best Add a Comment LaoFuSi 2 yr. ago organizations filed purposes: st. james infirmary provides comprehensive and non-judgmental healthcare including but not limited to mental healthcare; and, social services for all sex workers while . I spend a lot of time and money in Mountain View, used to live there All the neighbors would then come out and talk. Little violets that filled the back shady patio if the landlord was slow to mow. The Camino Medical Group building at El Camino and 85 is on the site of the defunct Emporium-Capwell store. The original Mountain View location has always been better than the recent chain locations IMO. St James Infirmary. People reminisce, for example, about Linda's. As a kid in the 70s, we would go there in the afternoon with our parents and get a match box car from there extensive collection. Thanks for the memories people. And all the great air shows at Moffett and yes when the Blue Angels came to town one place they would hang out was St. James. Terms of Use They Tater tots and Parisian Burgers! . This was before 237 was an expressway. -----Brentwood Grocery Store/Safeway First gourmet burgers for me the Hawaiian with pineapple.. and the friendliest of owners. I seem to be the only one in my family that remembers it and I can't find a picture or any other information. In 1999 we took a nostalgia trip back to San Francisco and Mtn View and then on to San Diego. They took their hard earned allowance and bought an ice cream. Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic. Dairy Pail (San Antonio/california) was a drive thru. 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. Mountain View Surplus sold all the clothes I needed at the time old surplus blue jeans Ive had both knees replaced there and the VA health care system gets a 5 star rating from me. He liked my sister, but never gave my friend and I candy if we came by ourselves. The painting behind the altar of the Holy Family was still there. ------ THE VINTAGE MOUNTAIN VIEW SHOP features items from LINDA'S (1956-1985) * CLARKE'S CHARCOAL BROILER (1945-2020) * THE BOARDWALK (1975-2013) * SPIVEY'S * ST. Nothing here to do about old places in Mtn. I have just returned to Sunnyvale after ten years in L.A. 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. store. 3. It later moved to El Camino and lost an "l" to become Pontilo's. View High in 78 and remember all the places mentioned. the MV Eagles ruled Sometimes I don't even recognize the downtown area. And seeing their adds at the drive-in during intermission? I've spent my lunch hour - and beyond - catching up on the memories and history of the city I now call home. (These two are still there, but the Byte Shop bit the dust by the late 70s.it was first opened around 1976, and I visited it often.) Saw John Stewart (formerly of the Kingstion Trio) there several times. Charlie. fatality. Lived in Mtn View on Nilda Ave from 1957-1969.Went to Bubb for kindergarten, St Joseph's for grade school, Holy Cross fot high school. Had to go to liquor store near Safeway to get a Sunday Mercury or Chronicle. Does anybody remember the Sunnyview Family Club, down on Esceula? Walking the underground runoff tunnels that go next to now "Shoreline" my friend and I started at Stevenson School culvert up to almost el camino avenue under ground. i remember mayfield mall, with jc penneys and world mart. Frequented San Antonio shopping center, mayfield mall and old mill. That area around Middlefield/Ellis was where Raytheon? The mall where the Crossings is now was The Old Mill. The parks would take us on a tour to the downtown firehouse and police station where we got to slide down the firepole! It was my grandpas restaurant!!!! Shockley lab the real birth of silcon valley is still on San Antonio road as a furniture store. My grandpa and I would go through in our funky station wagon. Original post made Man what a time You could actually walk across town or to school and not worry about anything but being late. There was a Red Barn Hamburger place on El Camino @ Rengstorff The Infirmary was destroyed by an arson fire in 1998. . General Electric and the "big" Orange Pumpkin There are several stains scattered on the shirt. hand towels of a working hand air dryer for almost year despite my 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. Preferred listings, or those with featured website buttons, indicate YP advertisers who directly provide information about their businesses to help consumers make more informed buying decisions. Now, did anyone mention Frankie Johnnie & Luigi Too!? Mountain View Library was very small and crowded. were really arrogant and unhelpful probably one of the reasons Apple I think it is like over $3000 for a studio. Double Rainbow was the ice cream place Does anyone remember the old building along the Mountain View-Alviso Road (237) that was on the corner of either Maude or Middlefield? People moved alot slower , talked a little slower . We used to go to a hardware store in what I believe is now The Village. the best Chicken place in the area, Pollo Loco! I used to ride my bike on the dirt trails where the old Highway school used to be. It was replaced by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Ming Pan Florist and the Moffet Drive-in Theatre too! Find related and similar companies as well as employees by title and much more. There was also a pizza place called Fargo's that had live music on weekends. Fotomat Drive Up I of course remember: the hobby store near The Menu Tree, the Pacific Stereo/Sound Goods down San Antonio (which had in the 1950s been the site of Shockley Semiconductor), Tower Records, Best Products, the fabric store next door (because an old girlfriend used to buy fabrics there), the shopping center with the water wheel and gardens inside (saw "Animal House" there in 1978), Gemello's Winery off of ECR, the Heidelberg Beer Garden where some high tech buildings are now located (Daisy Systems, now Synopsis, I think), Eddy's Sport Shop (where I bought some nice guns), and the first Byte Shop, a few doors down from Frankie, Johnny and Luigi and also from Mel Cotton's Sporting Goods. I ALWAYS START WITH THE SURROUNDING TOWNS TOO.. THEN WORK DOWN TO MTN VIEW.. He also went on to explain that, in the 70's, their were quite a few brothels operating on Castro!How things have changed! I remember the wonderful Chinese bakery on Castro that had the best black bean buns..I still haven't found any to rival them. Here is a bit of the inside scoop. I thought that place was so cool when I was young! was a great a place to do one's laundry and occasionally meet people. I sure miss that restaurant. $3,128,456. It has the peanut shells on the floor and it was a great singles dive. The hobby shop was really packed on weekends from 1966-1968. Linda's was my favorite place for take-out as a child (I LOVED the tator tots!) 85 then what did they call it? Hope that you find something on the internet about it? And the Mountain View Bakery, the Navy used to buy cakes from them for every occasion. up to complain, is the manager of the City recreational facilties has let DV. Trying to locate a Amazon parrot that was left at a store in that time frame. The Cellar was in the 4900 block of El Camino, on the Los Altos side and operated from 1969-85. Me and my friends rode our bikes all over Mtn. It was a nice time and if I could, I would go back; maybe in the near future! The downtown was 2 narrow lanes with no parking and there was nothing going Not just the Gemco in Mountain View, but all the stores in the Gemco chain across California were bought out by Target. We got our pumpkins from a farm stand on grant road (near el CAMINO hosputal) Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic. I still can't believe it's gone! I do i do i do boy do I. ! I graduated from Mtn. The place was torn down when 237 was rebuilt years ago. Blue Sky Cafe - vegetarian restaurant in a wooden cottage west of Castro. I grew up next to Therekauf/Stevenson school. What a great time! Had the best ravioli anywhere. It is the second left turn from the Cornwall College playground and is erected on the Albion property. And San Antoinio Mall where Menu Tree was located. Old Mill had a AMC theater in the back with cheap movies, then it turned into a big empty farmers market, then finally razed. They had a neat stairway with upper level seating. Even Wonder Woman couldn't save the place (or herself). Unfortunately, Moffett had been closed. So sad to see all this go away.. Perhaps one day they will some how rebuild things.. You never know.. If anyone knows this information, please post the answer and thanks in advance for your help. By then, St. James and Fargo's had both closed, but Mountain View had really developed an impressive downtown that I have enjoyed (especially considering it is a suburb of Silicon Valley). 2023 Mountain View Online. Seeing Whitesnake at Shoreline Amphitheater and then being there when they had to close it down to clean all the methane (because flicked lit cigarettes were flaring up) lolgood timesgood times, Thank you everyone for the 60's memories my family and I lived on stierlin rd. The first 2 years of St. Joseph's School were held in the old classrooms of at what is now St. Francis High School. 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. When Pacific Press was still in town. But the biggest thing to miss STIGS bakery and the pink box those treats came home in!!!!!!!!!!!! road on the one side where the shopping center is now, and the it was My favorite place, of course, was Chuck's Cellar. i sure spent a lot of money on books and cartridges for And the Navy was the major employer of the city, at least when I was in elementary school. It's not still there, is it? Free suicides after the little league game. I grew up there, and spent a great deal of time in Mountain View. theater. Lockheed was designing and building spy satellites, as well as the submarine based Polaris nuclear missile. View since I was about 6, went to Slater elementry, then Graham jr. High and graduated Mtn. A block down from Printer's Inc. People were alot happier back then, with less I put a few of those little mosaic tiles in the cougar face, in Mrs Johnson's art class when it was being built . On the corner of ECR & 237?? Great place to grow up. 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 . It burned down a long time ago but I was hoping someone remembered it and could tell me about it. I remember the following Blossom Valley Shopping Center (Cuesta and Miramonte) Central Expressway stopped at Castro. However, I have not found anyone who remembers the name of the company and when they closed it no one seems to know where they went or if they just went out of business. Two a&w's in town (frequented the one on el CAMINO air) 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 . near NW corner of Middlefield at Rengsdorf. I thought that was absolutely amazing. There was an A&W Root Beer, Bob's Big Boy Hamburgers, Bowling Alley, Gelato ice cream, Foster's freeze ice cream, Mike's Pizza, were on El Camino Real. The entire street, except for the scattering of bars and Chinese restaurants was vacant in the late 70's and 80's. Go Eagles!!! ever. I don't think this service lasted long. Theatre is now standing. And the Old Mill was really nice, and seems like it was a terrrible place to My mom used to take me there and I remember always ordering the grilled cheese sandwich and jello for dessert. View.. Vintage Sport T Jersey St. James Infirmary Bar Resturant Mountain View Ca. Baileys Pharmacy, The Menu Tree had that awesome place to get the BEST fish and chips I have EVER had (seriously), Round Table Pizza, The Boardwalk bar and grill -Housing was affordable and the city was considered working class. Miramonte Avenue had NO traffic after 5:30 PM, at Sladkey (later Questa Drive). 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. Juice Time was next to the cleaner's I miss those days. Hello. Fond memories of Palm Plaza buying candy there on days we walked to church, buying comic books once a week at store on Miramonte? San Antonio Hobby Shop --four locations till it closed in '05 Actually the whole page is excellent if you want to follow them on Facebook. It once comprised 7 buildings, of which only two still stand. Dear Community, It has been quite an exciting year full of activism and progress toward the full realization of sex worker rights. BF, "the spooky old house standing alone somewhere along Shoreline." Search on line for "Rengsdorff house". View High in 87. And I second the notion of Web Link being a AWESOME place on the web to see the rich history of Mountain View. I haven't used it, but you might be able to find some helpful resources there. There are a few holes. 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!!!) I lived in a complex of yellow apartment builings on Montecito Ave. That street seems relatively unchanged. calls to this department. I also remember the spooky old house standing alone somewhere along Shoreline, even after the golf course was set up. It was farmland with a few ranch homes. Its been a long time since ive been though there. Neither are there anymore. I attended Eastbrook Elementary. The Menu Tree.. spent many days there.. (Jason Williams) I remember the Weinerschnitzel on Castro St. Chez Yvonne was at 1854 W. El Camino, although I never went there. Camino Bowling Alley was near Bob's Big Boy on El Camino Real. I use to walk over to buy cookies there too. Lets not forget The TownClub, R-Club, Cottage, The OakRoom, Mervyns. The water tower at Questa and Grant Road was routinely vandalized with painting by person(s) unknown (before tagging was a term). S.R. 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