Castro St. was quite run down in the early '80s--it seemed like the poor man's Palo Altowhat a transformation! That's the closest address my childhood brain can come up with. 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. Was it part of 237? View and Sunnyvale at all times day and night and never had a worry. Great place to grow up. I did in 1978 and broke my arm on the monkey bars. every year.GO EAGLES. 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? I lived there 24 years and Neal lived there 30 years. I have lived in Mountain View since the mid 70's. It was Treasury for a while, and Drug Barn, now vacant. The train to Santa Cruz rail bed is a jogging trail now. I was born in Lost Altos and lived there until 1971. Carr's Pet Shop. I would hope it still exists in someones attic and wasnt destroyed. Everybody actually went to Shakey's Pizza in P.A. 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. 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. were a lot less photos of people's lives back then. 1089 Mission Street. Later on. Two Guys from Italy Rest. Key points were Shoreline Park, Century Theaters, Downtown renovation. It was more laid back and had more friendly and fewer conceited image conscious people. My husband was stationed at Moffett Field and worked in Hangar One daily. I've recently moved here from Louisiana, married, and bought a lil condo. Gregg's Pharmacy (After returning from two rainy years near Portland, a few times. in the San Antonio Shopping area. I fetched that post by typing O'Malley's in the Search box (toward upper right on this page). Frankie, Johnnie & Luigi Too! They never cleaned or bothered to inspect Highway School had large wood paned windows, oak floors, wide halls, and huge cloakrooms! This was such a great place in the mid to late 70's - the Baylands Park, the old white house near Shoreline. Does anyone remember the name of this place? and going to Old Mountain View's Castro Street felt soooooo far away! Wow, I read every response. 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 . Jocelyn's Bike shop, Movie Rental Place next to the post office, and Jack "n" Jill kids clothing store was there, I think close to the Vacum Cleaner sales and repair place. It was off of Castro Street by the RR Tracks near the alley. They had a neat fish tank inside. I truly felt at home. Stuft Pizza Currently being remodeled and replaced with Wachovia Savings. Here is the link to one of the photos. It is a lovely thread to read and I am pleased to see it is still getting new posts after 5 years! I believe they also had live music and entertainment from Greek/Mediterranean culture. Where the amp. Bob's Big Boy, When did the Old Mill and Fargo's Pizza close. I wish I A few notes: On one side, there was a collection of large satellite dishes. ----Great Western Savings/Home Savings/ Westwood Childcare Center BIG difference. I'm trying to remember where the beauty college was located at, fond memories of downtown. Left in 68 to join the USMC. We got our pumpkins from a farm stand on grant road (near el CAMINO hosputal) 85 was Central Expressway Someone mentioned it closed in about 1980, but I say it hung on a few years longer than that, maybe till about 1985. It is bustling, vibrant, filled with great restaurants. VB, I think the diner at Mayfield Mall was called Kelly's. The Army Surplus store on San Antonio was a cool place to find war fashion and boots. Loved the tater tots at Linda's. One of my favorites was Linda's with their Parisian burgers and tater tots. on Castro back before that. Just a few things I didn't see mentioned. I moved to San Jose, CA in June of 1984. yes,st. My wife was on-call as a dietitian at the nursing home there in the early 80s. My folks moved to Mountain View from San Bruno in 1962 when I was 4. -San Antonio Center was a mall (yep, three malls!) Also, Chef Chu's nearby, my first exposure to high-end Chinese food. The Old Mill shopping center was kind of cool. I swam for the Mountain View Dolphin's swim team, at Mountain View High School which was on Castro Street in the 1960's. Camino. Songroth Brothers (gravel & cement) next to the railroad tracks near Alma & San Antonio? View for a bit over a year, but that is one memory of mine. When did the Old Mill close down and whateve happened to the best pizza place that I knew of Fargo's? The only things going in the downtown were Printer's Inc. and a few restaurants like Szechuan Gardens, Dynasty, Fu Lam Mum and Florentine. I just wonder if anyone from the 70's can remember the name of the bakery that was located on San Rafael Avenue off of Terra Bella in Mountain View. OK,I THINK WE'VE COVERED ALL OF MT. I used to love to go in there and watch the monkeys and dream about having one of my own. It was known to be Mountain View High School's teachers watering hole. Our Mom would send us to Hap's Grocery on Calderon with a quarter to buy a loaf of bread and tell us to keep the change! It was later disclosed that this was one of two centers where the US controlled their defense satellites, and downloaded intelligence. It had a 50 foot tall Wonder Woman, a stage coach on the ceiling and peanut shells on the floor. Change has made the campus unrecognizable. 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. I lived in Mtn. The sign for the shop was misspelled as "Sheespkin House", and as a teenager I giggled every time I drove by. The California Street area and Cuesta Park has become a gang area. I remember Sakura Gardens at 2116 W. El Camino and it did have some beautiful Japanese gardens inside. Another pizza place I remember was Boswell's Pizza Company on Castro near California, probably more 80's than 70's. The moved down Sterlin Rd toward the dump (which much later became Shoreline Park). St James Infirmary Moffett Blvd and Mariner Dr Mountain View Alas. Rite Aid was called Thrifty then Payless with Alpha Beta Gocery Store next door. Does anyone remember the gas station on evelyn and casto back in the 60's shoreline was two lanes. Man what a time You could actually walk across town or to school and not worry about anything but being late. 730 Polk St San Francisco CA 94109 (415) 554-8494. Anyone remember the drive in theaters? It was an easy commute to Intel, about 8 minutes. I remember the cookie factory well. then. -The North Bayshore area was still farms. And the Navy was the major employer of the city, at least when I was in elementary school. Frankie & Johnnie Luigi's on El Camino RealI lived in the "flat" above the resturant. Somebody sprayed on the windows of "DOG CITY" and those buildings have always been Dog City in my mind.. only a moment in time. YP advertisers receive higher placement in the default ordering of search results and may appear in sponsored listings on the top, side, or bottom of the search results page. 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. not too far from San Antonio. some of the problems. There were a few other places in Sunnyvale, but Friday night at the Jack in the Box parking lot on El Camino by Grant Rd was where me and my gearhead buddies stopped to watch the show and surreptitiously quaff a brew or two. I'd appreciate some help. The Eagle was simply left at the old MV High football field. He liked my sister, but never gave my friend and I candy if we came by ourselves. It's was a PayLess the last time I noticed. Does anyone remember the helicopters flying overhead (every Monday evening, if I remember correctly) spraying Malathion? The Handyman store on Grant road Even our long time neighbors can't recall the name. Now its an India restaurant. Claim this business (415) 554-8494. I'm still digging through old family photos trying to find a pic of the big tree of birds and clocks. It is the second left turn from the Cornwall College playground and is erected on the Albion property. Eddy's Sport Shop on Castro, where I bought my first baseball glove (Bobby Bonds model). I saw some great photos of Castro street circa 1965 on Mountain View Historical Societies Facebook page. Still had the bumper sticker "Can't read? I remember when there was a break between Sunnyvale-Mountain View. Then I moved to the Monterey area working for an educational publishing company, but try to enjoy Mountain View on occasion when I visit friends and family in the area. When we moved to Palo Alto, we would take the bus for 10 cents and go to Mayfield Mall. My brother, Steve Fisher attended Graham Jr. High during this time frame. Antipasto salad to die for, (Hold the anchovies please) Ken's House of Pancakes on El Camino Real (great for breakfast) I think Rambus occupies that site now. So, though I now live about 50 miles away, downtown MV has become a kind of Mecca for me. My co-workers and I would go to lunch on Castro St. every day--we loved Florentine (great pizza bread), Mekong (run by a former Vietnamese diplomat), and the Blue Sky Cafe, where I believe I had my first tofu sandwich. Blossom Valley also had a great pizza place called Old Cal where we would go as kids on minimum days from Blach. View in 1975. Thank you anyone and everyone for any info. mmm) on El Camino. Did anyone here work for HandyMan in the 1960's or 1970s? Steve - It's pretty obvious that the Voice's website is designed to place links to the three Town Square threads that have the most recent posts. How about the California Bakery and the Beauty College right in town and how you always took out of town visitors to Andy's restaurant for the best chinese food or Linda's for the magnificent Perisian burgers and tater tots. Wow, so much has changed. I guess you could call me a true Mtn. Mountain View was obviously a bigger success.) Lived on the east side of 101 for many years in the 1970's- rent was cheap and neighbors were weird (imagine they said the same about us). Welcome to THE VINTAGE MOUNTAIN VIEW SHOP, your one-stop shop for apparel and gift items commemorating long-gone spots in and around Mountain View, California! So many memories attached to them from those whose formative years were spent there. look like in 30 years? If it's boring you, CHANGE THE CHANNEL! Music Store i worked at rhodes and lunched at the menu tree. - not so Newbie anymore. Any recall/information about the Mountain View Ice Company? We had one of our early department picnics at a a hamburger joint in an orchard, near where the old Route 237 crosses Central Expressway. I went to Fremont Hi, but met lots of students from Mt. What a story that was. We frequented Bourbon Street night club in the Old Mill Mall which had again great food and night life. And the center's hobby shop was a fun place to browse. near NW corner of Middlefield at Rengsdorf. There was a movie theater on Castro, but it only seemed to show Chinese or Mexican films and nobody went there. Der Wienerscnitzel, Harry's Hofbrau (best place EVER) Best of all was C Grafton. The car dealership on El Camino with the globe on the pole was Mancini Motors. - "Castro" CalTrain station at Rengstorff You might also look at Web Link. .25 cents for mixed drinks. Linda's was my favorite place for take-out as a child (I LOVED the tator tots!) The little lady in the kitchen i think her name was "short" best tacos for 25 cents. There is a Historic marker in front of a small building on Charleston just before it crosses San Antonio. I grew up there, and spent a great deal of time in Mountain View. In around 1982-86 I was living in The Americana, a large apartment complex at Highway 85 and El Camino Real. I've been her since 1952 (Sunnyvale, actually). Old Mountain View High was diagonally across the street from St. Joseph's church, one of my sisters was one of the last graduates from that high school before it got tore down (what a shame). entrusted to live and work for such a with-it city? It was the site of the old Highway School. You could get excellent fresh artichokes at a reasonable price back then. After the Mac was introduced in 1984 I often went to Computerware, on California Avenue in Palo Alto. Dreamed of a jet in a small group colliding with a tree, a few days before the Blue Angels had their first (?) Moffett Food Center owned by Sam Leong and his family. Web Link. There was also a pizza place called Fargo's that had live music on weekends. It was hard to find parking. Dad used to spend major portions of his paychecks there, a practice which ultimately destroyed his marriage to my mother. Mountain View Library was very small and crowded. St James Infirmary's headquarters are located at 730 Polk St Fl 4, San Francisco, California, 94109, United States What is St James . My front yard is now the parking of the outdoor amp theater. Watched movies at the old mill and don't forget the Moffett Drive in (shoreline blvd) I also remember the original House of Humor in the shopping center at the corner of Grant and ECR. Rexall drugs was our downtown drugstore. I remember the Menu Treeall you can eat. Blossom Valley Shopping Center (Cuesta and Miramonte) now sits. I remember walking through the construction site where the new Mtn View Police Department is now standing, picked up spent shell casings in the basement level, before it had a roof over it. I remember the pre Gemco store named White something, was it White Castle? Casa Maria also and there was a nice steak and ale type restaurant on the corner of El Camino and Castro St., but I cannot remember the name of it.It did have great steaks and baked potatoes with all the salad you could eat, and wine carafes. There are still some very good bookstores in DT Mountain View. I think it was White something. I remember the funnn cinco day mayo parties there everyone had fun, not all the politicle chaos its become. They had the best selection of cheesecakes Most neighborhood streets were without roundabouts (as they are now) My grandpa and I would go through in our funky station wagon. I wonder what businesses we have today are worth fighting for. Hah, when I was going to Foothill I loved just down Bonita from the Food Fair Market where Rengstoff and El Camino split off with El Monte .. that was a dirt Always busy and great New York Style pizza never had any since!! Anyone remember the Community School of Music on California street. I remember Dog towers,A very cozy public library with a fireplace, A big fire at Mountain view high school in 1974 and spending every day at Fairmount park.The city had a great summer recreation program that gives me some of my best childhood memories.Especally going up to Deer hollow farm in the Los Altos foothills.I was very lucky to be able to spend my childhood years in Mountain view. Many people used the train in those days to commute to "The City (San Francisco)". Renamed it La Problem Eata. And the "Generic Hamburger Stand" in the old Der Weinerschnitzel (which became Weinerschnitzel again after the generic place closed). We went to Mass at St Joseph Church and shopped at Bettancourt Grocery. road on the one side where the shopping center is now, and the it was Chez Yvonne was at 1854 W. El Camino, although I never went there. Mayfield Mall where HP had offices and now is empty. YP, the YP logo and all other YP marks contained herein are trademarks of YP LLC and/or YP affiliated companies. What an interesting question. I only tell you all this so that someday when it's called T's there will be a record Stuft Pizza became Kapp's Pizza Bar. And I remember the candy store at the Old Mill. Mountain View Surplus sold all the clothes I needed at the time old surplus blue jeans -The Crossings was a mall called The Old Mill In the meantime I'll ask my family that still live in there if they know the name. Search results are sorted by a combination of factors to give you a set of choices in response to your search criteria. Like to give a shout out to all the families that participated in making Mtn View such a fun place to grow up. The E.M. club at Moffett Field naval Base was a great place to go. Don't forget the Bickell Brothers Lumber on San Antonio and Freeman-Sondgroth Paving Company (the gravel factory) making noise and causing cracks in the windows and drywall of everyone's homes. Cruising between Johnny Macs and Spiveys drive Inns on the El I can almost remember their "3rd Annual Going Out of Business Sale" with 25 cent shots of Jack Daniels and 10 cent draft beers. Landell's Elementary. On El Camino near Mathilda was this huge langendorff bread sign that sliced bread of buttered the slice. MV is still a great place to live! 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 favorite Italian restaurant was "two guys from Italy" on grant and el CAMINO. Ya Luv these comments.. And this sort of group meets weekly at the Red Rock Cafe to talk about math and programming and physics. Gelato Classico, the best ice cream in the world in my opinion, was over by a bowling It is now The Village at San Antonio Center (Web Link. I remember the clinic on castro where alot of my friends got counceling and pills the cool thrift shop the gun shop lindas in 70s mvh alot of fun but also a bit of the wild west going on back then alot of fist fights not gangs and guns like nowdays and walkinggggg everywhere bein safe good old days. - Zen Houseplants at Middlefield and MV-Alviso Rd (I lived in Old MV) Some old photos were also in the lock shop plus the lock shop has not altered building it is the Jehning Family Lock Museum. Mountain View was and still is a great city. Redwood City Pulse, 2023 Mountain View Online ***. 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. I ALWAYS START WITH THE SURROUNDING TOWNS TOO.. THEN WORK DOWN TO MTN VIEW.. Was the Chinese restaurant Qui Hing Low? That remained mainly an electronics trade term for decades, although by the 1990s, general journalism was using it for the geographical area. Where else do you go to buy hot rodding parts. GTE's greatly reduced operation was moved to Santa Clara a few years ago. Next door was an ice cream store, I think it was called Dons. If anyone knows this information, please post the answer and thanks in advance for your help. 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. I know Mtn. St James Infirmary. The place was torn down when 237 was rebuilt years ago. "Kentucky Fried Chicken" and "Walgreens" are still the same The Cellar was in the 4900 block of El Camino, on the Los Altos side and operated from 1969-85. I lived on stierlin rd near the dumps lived next to the Capote family. As a community, Moutain View is far better off having had such people as molders of what we have today. Is the staff stagnant, lazy and amateur. It was worse than going to the Apple Store today though the geniuses El Camino hospital was behind orchards that ran all the way down Cuesta. I do not know what the atmosphere is now. Does Anyone Remember the La Cabana? Remember???? We always looked forward to the annual Pet Parade that would start in front of the downtown pickle factory and march down Castro to MV High. It answers the "even earlier." We used to eat at The Menu Tree and the kids got the $1 burger basket. Thanks to all your memories of place & business names I had forgotten. Thank you, this is definitely the place I remembered along 237 (The Beer Garden) but I'd forgotten about the old date palm. Truly a classic '70s dive. So, you see, we talked about earthquakes, but the real unexpected danger, now thankfully past, was nuclear attack. on Apr 13, 2008, There's a good DVD at the public library on the history of Mountain View. A plant nearby that sprang from nothing each year and was spectacular. Sold See item details Similar items on Etsy ( Results include Ads ) Christmas Gifts for Boyfriend - Video Game T shirt for Him - Boyfriend Gifts from Girlfriend - Funny Tshirts UnicornTees $19.99 FREE shipping Maybe this has been covered already but does anyone remember the bike shop, "The Bicycle Tree", that had a section of a large tree in the shop where the tree had grown around an old bike frame? I grew up there in the late 70's when my grandfather retired from TWA we moved from Mountain View to Florida. 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. Mountain View high school was actually bordering Castro Street, old high school way, shoreline (formerly n. Bailey/sterlin road) 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. But so did Thousands of Deadhead fans, noise complaints and traffic jams. For the longest time on ECR (80's) there was a great little store selling seat covers (I think it was near Castro). There's a Residence Inn there now. Harry's Hofbrau (my favorite) View St James Infirmary (www.stjamesinfirmary.org) location in California, United States , revenue, industry and description. KEEP ALL THE GOOD MEMORIES COMING.. ONE OF THESE YEARS I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE A BOOK ON THE SCHOOL CAFERTERIA'S - FOOD I RECALL EVERYONE USE TO RAVE ABOUT THE FOOD ( LAUGH ) SOME OF IT WAS PRETTY GOOD ! I always loved Frankie Johnnie and Luigi too. The walls where filled with black and white pictures of actors and sport figurs from the 30' and 40's and 50's i think it was the bolkin village?? It was cool. JoAnn Fabrics was called New York Fabrics. There was also a Kelly's at Stanford Shopping Center before it went so upscale. . Tater tots and Parisian Burgers! The grocery store was Diamond Ranch in 1970 until 1971, before Diamond Ranch was Les Brothers grocery store since we moved to MV in 1951. View High. . Arby's had the best fries then. 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. There was always lots to do in the neighborhood- during summer, the owner of the little east side grocery store would have a monthly quick-draw competition in the side parking lot. What a place to hang-out in the 40's. [emailprotected]. The Japanese teppan place I was trying to think of was called Shogun, on El Camino west of San Antonio. Join to view profile ST. JAMES INFIRMARY . Embarcadero Media In the shopping Center was the Oasis Laundry that started out with popcorn and treats The house prices went up, $450,000. Mountain View was home to the St. James Infirmary Bar & Grill. And great memories. I will be 79 in November 2013. That Food Fair on Bonita and El Camino was a good place and I was sorry to see it I'm thinking across from old mill had the jumping frog and then there was st. james, moffit drive-in and handyman. Food Fair was down 3 or 4 blocks. mortuary, all you can eat (pre-mega buffet) Chinese buffet near middle field road/San Antonio rd) TG&Y, the Red Barn (country Gourmet now). Zone video game place. I remember seeing the Exorcist with my girlfriend at the time in the View Freedom. Walking to the pet shop by the laundry where the lpressing shirts would wave at us. I remember a Chinese restaurant near the Mt. The movie theater may have stuck around a little longer than the mall. It was farmland with a few ranch homes. Our baby was born in March and I came home to Indianapolis Indiana to stay with my parents until his leave in September 1953. It's such a great town still, very expensive but it holds my childhood memories, love MV!! I have another memory I haven't seen mentioned yet: a restaurant called Woody's that was on Middlefield (or Old Middlefield?) 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. D.V., when you mentioned Baeders cookies I knew it was you cuz. When the infamous 'dog house' was built. Never dreamed of planes before or since, despite having been a sky diver and knowing well of the Blue Angels. Anyone remember the Hell Angels' moving into the house on 237 and then filming in parts of Mountain View and Sunnyvale? St. James Infirmary - A peer-based occupational health and safety clinic for sex workers and their families Happy New Year Everyone! The jet that crashed into the Salmi house in downtown Mtn View in 1956. The Kaiser bldg was a shopping center with a grocery store Lucky and the best bakery. remember hanging out at rengstorff park alot, swimming every summer the vampire movies they would show every Ithink wednesday or friday after school (mvhs) for free in the auditorium. Didn't see any mention of Monte Vista, or Moonlight Drive-In theatres. View high. 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