. I think everyone attended some sort of function there at some point in their lives. There was a curve loop for students to be picked up. Red Barn for a Barnbuster YP, the YP logo and all other YP marks contained herein are trademarks of YP LLC and/or YP affiliated companies. I worked at Rhodes which became Liberty House, which became random stores which is now a new mega mixed used complex. in downtown Castro, where the landmarks have shifted dramatically!). View native. was a Union 76 (I worked there when I was 16) And great memories. where Heritage Bank is on El Camino So many memories attached to them from those whose formative years were spent there. View St James Infirmary (www.stjamesinfirmary.org) location in California, United States , revenue, industry and description. OK,I THINK WE'VE COVERED ALL OF MT. The little store on Rengstorff and old Middlefield where La Costena I worked just a short distance away on Middlefield towards San Antonio and Palo Alto. We lived in a trailer park just going north on 101 from the main gate at Moffett. That night I learned people yelled "Where's The Beef!" Mayfield Mall where HP had offices and now is empty. were really arrogant and unhelpful probably one of the reasons Apple I remember the small TV store on El Camino and I think Castro where I bought my first Mayfield Mall was where The Crossings condos were buildt. 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. now sits. A few notes: Mountain View (and the rest of the Peninsula seems quite different now). But as for Mountain View, it is better than ever. The Tower Records in Mountain View is the only one I have been to that had an actual bookstore. There was a "Variety Store" at Blossom Valley shopping center on the corner nearest to St. Francis. mmm) on El Camino. was a great a place to do one's laundry and occasionally meet people. 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. Mountain View Hight was located in downtown M.V. Here is a bit of the inside scoop. A good pizza place next to the movie theaters. I attended Eastbrook Elementary. The redwood in front of city hall wasn't merely damaged, but actually accidentally cut down and then someone said "whoops!" Stings bakery was my walk to bakery yum yum Amazons live to be 50~60 years so he may still be alive. 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. Those days of MV being a quiet, bucolic suburb are over. El Camino hospital was behind orchards that ran all the way down Cuesta. I saw some great photos of Castro street circa 1965 on Mountain View Historical Societies Facebook page. I heard that Tai Ming Lo was a really good restaurant. It once comprised 7 buildings, of which only two still stand. Arby's at San Antonio and California My Mother, brothers, and I moved to Mtn. Many people used the train in those days to commute to "The City (San Francisco)". For some, the 70's kicked off in Mountain View with a homecoming float featuring a huge EAGLE. It was the site of the old Highway School. now. Mountain View was a working-class town back in the 60s and 70s, and while I still love living here, I'm sad that high-tech has made it so hard to afford to live here. 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! Tour buses would take visitors on tours to see all the trees in blossom that were a sight to behold. Or, taking a local bus home from San Francisco Airport, down El Camino to my street (View), and rolling the bag home. Does anybody remember the Sunnyview Family Club, down on Esceula? My kindergarden classroom was the 1st near the entrance, I remember feeling excited and part of an elite school that invested in Apple computers. for me. the MV Eagles ruled What got me into computing was the Commodore Vic-20 8 bit 6502 I remember the P-3s flying over, often with a prop feathered for training. I helped the owner fix his truck once. In the shopping Center was the Oasis Laundry that started out with popcorn and treats Theatre is now standing. (Probably "Looking Back") I still can't believe it's gone! Was it part of 237? 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. Mt View east of Bayshore (101)had no paved roads--dust in summer, mud in winter. Oh, how I long for the old days!!! We were the group the released the Peacocks and Peahens into the community when our properties were sold and converted to Industrial! I also worked at the Ferry Morse Seed Co. in 74-77. It might have been called Samurai, but I can't recall. It did not have a good reputation in Palo Alto. They had the best selection of cheesecakes The Monte Carlo Restaurant was the Movie theater for the town Speaking of burgers, Hobees when it started in the 70s (?) My apartment($125/month) at 515 Central looked out over onion fields in 1966. Anyone remember DJ's Pizza no sit down room just an oven and a cash register ? TG&Y, the Red Barn (country Gourmet now). Dairy Bell restaurant had burgers at 5 for $1 and some really good greasy deep fried taco's. similar to The Cheesecake Factory. Some of the best people and food ever. VIEW HISTORICAL SPOTS IT TIME TO MOVE ON. Dear Community, It has been quite an exciting year full of activism and progress toward the full realization of sex worker rights. Heard the wind tunnel at Ames at night. I think it was The mens clothing store was George"s. Who remembers the mexican restaurant on el camino and bailey. Mtn View Dolphins swim team, coaches Sehlmeyer, Perry, and Bosmans. The owner had a old pick-up. arrive, but school was being led out at the same time, i remember seating to face the damage. I've lived in the neighborhood since 1967. The moved down Sterlin Rd toward the dump (which much later became Shoreline Park). It was a great time but I grew up and moved to other places for my career. Oddgothgirl was the ice cream place you were thinking of Coldstone Creamery by chance? Shoreline Blvd was Sterlein Rd the entire length. Frankie & Johnnie Luigi's on El Camino RealI lived in the "flat" above the resturant. So sad to see all this go away.. Perhaps one day they will some how rebuild things.. You never know.. They never cleaned or bothered to inspect Other notable Mt. Mountain View Library with great new book selections inside the entrance usually getting no farther than that to stop and read. Liberty House department store at the old San Antonio Shopping Center. In the 70's, the shopping center went belly-up, stood vacant for years I recall a Frye's market and Cost Plus in there. train go by when you were watching movies in the Old Mill Theaters. Now -- this one may be way in my imagination, but I remember as a child that at the corner of Escuela and ECR there used to be a shoestore in the shape of a house (before the Cost Plus moved in there). Blossom Valley also had a great pizza place called Old Cal where we would go as kids on minimum days from Blach. Does anyone remember the little italian restaurant right across the street from Graham. Gardens and water wheels inside the mall. View across the street from Get used to it. I use to walk over to buy cookies there too. ------ 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. There also was an ElZarape Resturant on San Antonio Road. Waitresses in shorts; orders placed in car windows, fantastic. -The Mayfiled Mall "site" was actually Mayfield Mall It is a lovely thread to read and I am pleased to see it is still getting new posts after 5 years! More. Watched movies at the old mill and don't forget the Moffett Drive in (shoreline blvd) It was near the road into Alviso, home of the first Yacht Club in Calif. [melissabee, 11/08/2009] Uniroyal Gal - Confirmed Gone All sources list the location of St. James Infirmary Bar & Grill as 390 Moffet Blvd. 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. His GF dies, which leads him to tell us how great he is and then plan his own funeral.. (Sunnyvale went the "planned route" and tore up Murphy Avenue to give it over to a covered mall in the 70s. Registering a complaint with the City of MV when my landlord (1904 Bates house at California & View Street - next to the little home in the orchard tower) planned to cut down his 2 story tall Australian Pine (Casuarina equisetifolia ) because it dropped too much "mess." Mobile site. Does anyone remember the name of the diner on the lower level of the Mall? Not it seems mostly prepared food, but it used to be they cut the meet and did their As for restaurants, I was saving my pennies in those years. I have lived in Mountain View since the early 70's. When one of the Hispanic neighbors would host a party, everyone was invited! I think with the aging of the baby boomer generation, the place has gentrified into a lot of expensive condos. ), 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. ' Linda's was my favorite place for take-out as a child (I LOVED the tator tots!) 3. 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. My sister worked at Handy Man and also payless donuts. Washboard Leo does St. James Infirmary as a novelty number, inventing a different story line in which St. James Infirmary is not even mentioned, and the emphasis is on his own funeral. My folks moved to Mountain View from San Bruno in 1962 when I was 4. MV was specifically preserving the Casuarins - had a special one in a ramp right-of-way (Central Expressway andEl Monte?). Who remembers Frankie, Johnnie and luigo too, before major expansion, on Friday and Saturday nights the line to get was so long. View memories of that era: Dog City on Castro, Linda's Drive In, a favorite from the early 60's when I attended high school in Palo Alto, Susie's Diner, and next door- Art's Chili Bowl- where you could get 5 way chili while Art snoozed in his recliner in the middle of the room, and for pizza, Frankie, Johnnie and Luigi too- the only place still in business after 50 years! Home St James Infirmary . Handyman was over by the Oasis Laundry and had tons of hardware stuff. The World Famous St. James Infirmary .. Mt. St. James Infirmary Mountain View, CA. I am kind of amazed at how many people get that wrong. despite the rude owners great sushi. Hello. Walking to the pet shop by the laundry where the lpressing shirts would wave at us. It's such a great town still, very expensive but it holds my childhood memories, love MV!! We also went to Country Gourmet on El Camino (I think it's still there), and of course the food court in the Old Mill. St James Infirmary, Attn: Development PO Box 426788 San Francisco, CA 94142 Donate today and ensure that sex workers of all genders continue to have access to quality non judgemental care as well as build in our advocacy programs to center those most marginalized in our community and meet the needs of our community. I do not know what the atmosphere is now. Phone Number: (415) 554-8494. Shoreline Park was the dump for the city Man what a time You could actually walk across town or to school and not worry about anything but being late. I have fond memories of the Mountain View Movie theater and remember Palm Plaza, long since torn down. Mayfield Mall, Old Mill, Rhodes department store. Get introduced. The only hardware/nursery store was on the north side of the tracks, on Castro Street. There was also a Kelly's at Stanford Shopping Center before it went so upscale. Chuck's Cellar on El Camino near San Antonio. There was a Penneys store (now Meyer's), Sim's Shoes, Veglia's Store, Arminini Drugstore and two popular Chinese restaurants: Andy's and Qui Hung Low (?). Brentwood Market After the station was gone. There were two chains, Pollos and Pollo Locos. Linda's on El Camino was the place to go for lunch Paresean burgers $.25 View high. Mountain View in the vintage 70's and 80's years was a haven. In around 1982-86 I was living in The Americana, a large apartment complex at Highway 85 and El Camino Real. When Pacific Press was still in town. 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. I've been her since 1952 (Sunnyvale, actually). Double Rainbow was the ice cream place From Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Great funky atmosphere, too. The first job I ever had was scooping ice cream in THAT Thrifty's Drugs, when cones were 5, 10, & 15 cents. High Way Elementary School on El Camino; it was closed and became the temporary Foothill College; closed and left empty; later developed into a mixed use project; there was a pedestrian tunnel crossing under El Camino there. Mountain View was home to the St. James Infirmary Bar & Grill. There was so much land there before, and it devastates me to only have fragments of memory.. Wow, it great to read about MV in the 60's and 70's..I was born and raise in MV. Slot car racing at a small shopping mall on san antonio road. I saw "Purple Rain" at the movies that weekend. We used to go to the Mexican Restaurant there that was in the middle of the mall (La Posada???) Across the street from the tire store was a five-and-dime store. Mountain View Library was very small and crowded. The hobby shop was really packed on weekends from 1966-1968. It had a 50 foot tall Wonder Woman, a stage coach on the ceiling and peanut shells on the floor. I also remember the original House of Humor in the shopping center at the corner of Grant and ECR. Shaw's Ice-cream on El Camino My friends and I would literally rollerskate down the middle of Castro St., on Saturday's with no problem. Old California Pizza Galaxy Gifts, the Variety store, Archies Couffures, and Tots to Teens at the Blossom Valley shopping center where Mayfair Market was. Since I was so young I am not sure about the cities for these places. But so did Thousands of Deadhead fans, noise complaints and traffic jams. I now live in Hanford CA. I remember in the late '60's entering my cat in the local "pet parade". Maybe if we had renamed it "Peking buisness district" it would still be there. The Boardwalk is a good burger and beer place on the El Camino with a friendly vibe. My memories of this time are somewhat faded by time and the fact, my Mother didn't drive, so my mobility around the area was limited to foot and my Schwinn bicycle. My brother, Steve Fisher attended Graham Jr. High during this time frame. 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. Also, does anyone remember Otto's Cheesecake downtown MV? Remember St. Johns on Moffett? mortuary, all you can eat (pre-mega buffet) Chinese buffet near middle field road/San Antonio rd) Link to California State Website. 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. Nothing here to do about old places in Mtn. You are correct Emporium, I used to shop there all the time. Steve, Is someone making you read this stuff? 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. And Mountain View Surplus where I used to get my blue jeans and blue I might be the youngest and recent entry here. VA construction started about 1958 and opened a few years later. The only things going in the downtown were Printer's Inc. and a few restaurants like Szechuan Gardens, Dynasty, Fu Lam Mum and Florentine. It was farmland with a few ranch homes. The Camino Medical Group building at El Camino and 85 is on the site of the defunct Emporium-Capwell store. We used to go to a hardware store in what I believe is now The Village. (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.) PT, I don't think it was a library. It was the best place to grow up, My first job was at the Best store in the San Antonio center, then at Rogers deli on middle field and whisman. Dear Newbie- Does anyone remember the old building along the Mountain View-Alviso Road (237) that was on the corner of either Maude or Middlefield? Yes? Stewart recorded his "Lonesome Picker Rides Again" album there. The Old Mill shopping center was kind of cool. You could get excellent fresh artichokes at a reasonable price back then. I remember the Balkan Village with its Greek themed architecture. And seeing their adds at the drive-in during intermission? The recreation department was second to none. Dial-a-bus this was back in the early 70's. Nostalgia is great, but I think I prefer the current downtown MV to the sleepy street of the 1970s. Don't forget Fairchild. The others were demolished in the 1990s for the present-day Whisman Station development. Express / Weekend Express Lets make 2023 great! The crowds on Castro used to be nicer and more polite and drivers used to drive better. The list goes on and on. Then there was over where the medical center is the Emporium clothes the second crash in as many years. Michelle. 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. Downtown was a quest area with a few Chinese restaurant. at the Huntingon Apartments. I could go on forever on how much this city has changed. some of the problems. Dana Elementary School, at Dana and Bailey; closed and demolished. I remember the pre Gemco store named White something, was it White Castle? Then a few years later it became Ontilo's. My first job was at Menu Tree and after that I worked at Gemco. I spent my early childhood in Mountain view in the 1970s. Thank you anyone and everyone for any info. Mountain View was a very different place back then! What a great time! Opened in 1967, it was known for its kitschy decor, notably a 30-foot-statue of Wonder Woman, and Buffalo Wings and burgers. There would be like 50 bikes out front on those days. 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). Thanks for the link to the 1969 restaurant guide, Richard. View.. 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. 13" screen with rabbit ears. I grad Mtn. yes,st. Fiesta and Camino lanes on El Camino. Later years the Poblanita restaurant on Castro for the Milanesa, yummy! And San Antoinio Mall where Menu Tree was located. Feinschmuckers Deli, remember Best products store. Echos of Don Sherwood and Superfrog live on in Maine. -Mountain View High School was on Castro Street. I loved the moffett drive-in. We frequented Bourbon Street night club in the Old Mill Mall which had again great food and night life. Eddie's Gun Shop Foster's Freeze Ice Cream on El Camino Real A movie theater, not much else. There was a pedestrian tunnel under the El Camino at Calderon for the kids going to Highway School. my friends worked at foster freeze, red barn chicken (SJ), payless donuts, mcdonalds and arby;s in sunnyvale when i was in my high school fast food phase. We had to say indoors and make sure cars were in covered parking. The train to Santa Cruz rail bed is a jogging trail now. General Electric and the "big" Orange Pumpkin I remember the Rexall drug store on Castro and J.C. Penney's and if you now go to Mayer Electric it still has the squeaky floors Penny's had upstairs. Where Sterlin meets Moffet blvd there was an auto repair place where you could bu a Coke in a 6 1/2 oz bottle for a dime. McKelvey Baseball Field/Park I have noticed revisionist articles that claim their "whatever" was first. My uncle had a Moped (gas powered scooter) club. ***. They had a neat fish tank inside. -The Crossings was a mall called The Old Mill I don't remember if it was in Mountain View or Palo Alto. I remember seeing the Exorcist with my girlfriend at the time in the View The Indian lady who started that was a visionary, it Dreamed of a jet in a small group colliding with a tree, a few days before the Blue Angels had their first (?) disgusting, particularly the ones on Terminal Ave that went without Here is some details about the Mountain View I grew up in. color TV set for like $325. from the shopping center where Walgreens is at grant and el camino, Bobs Big Boy became a Japanese restaurant became another restaurant. S.R. First on Pear Ave, where we raised chickens and exotic birds. I remember the Menu Treeall you can eat. Crusin with Dave G and the Cuz Glenn. Ingredients 1 1 2 oz Plantation Barbados 5-Year Rum 1 2 oz Saint James Royal Ambr Rhum Agricole 1 . The old Highway school on the corner of El Camino and Calderon. Don't forget the Red Barn with 19 cent burgers, Taco Tico and I saw someone else mentioned El Zarrape (the best). Bubb Elementary School opened without asphalt pavement. Shogun was about a half a block up El Camino from Rambus. I remember the fun Easter egg hunt; company picnics; dept. I can't think of anything to add to the list, and it sure brought back memories. The Shenandoah military housing is adjacent to this site. I loved their apple and blueberry pankcakes. 2023 Mountain View Online. Ferry-Morse seed Co. The lot at Moffett and Middlefield held the temporary library while the one downtown was being rebuilt. Two a&w's in town (frequented the one on el CAMINO air) My wife was on-call as a dietitian at the nursing home there in the early 80s. I have another memory I haven't seen mentioned yet: a restaurant called Woody's that was on Middlefield (or Old Middlefield?) TV was black and white till them So to that, I say, thank you :) Castro Street was mostly a wasteland. 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