And the Old Mill was really nice, and seems like it was a terrrible place to Palo Alto was 'Davenport'. Oh one last thing the phone prefix for Mtn. My mom wored for Wells Fargo Bank but it wasn't always a wells, we also owned a short lived book store in Blossom Valley Center, how about the deli and donut store, old cal pizza use to be a paint store, now the safeway. The site of Nob Hill on Grant Road was a Hubbard & Johnson hardware store before it's more recent incarnations. One of my favorites was Linda's with their Parisian burgers and tater tots. Was the Rumpus Room ever "topless"? Back over across Now, did anyone mention Frankie Johnnie & Luigi Too!? Everybody actually went to Shakey's Pizza in P.A. Echos of Don Sherwood and Superfrog live on in Maine. wow such great memories. The copper penny 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. 1999 - Opening of the. I have also taken several nice walks in Shoreline and Cuesta Parks. Like to give a shout out to all the families that participated in making Mtn View such a fun place to grow up. 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. A butcher shop was where Red Rock Coffee Co. is now. I lived in Mtn. Stuft Pizza Coming home from Foothill College. Michelle again. Facilities include two wards for males and females, an administrative block, a chapel, staff quarters and a separate dwelling for street people. State Delicatessen. the best Chicken place in the area, Pollo Loco! View was a great town back then and still is today. We would then prowl the theater for carloads of girls to party with. It started when high tech (ie computers) hit the area. We ate at Ken's House of Pancake's (apple pancakes! We loved Moffett and Mtn View. I worked at Rhodes which became Liberty House, which became random stores which is now a new mega mixed used complex. Little violets that filled the back shady patio if the landlord was slow to mow. I worked at GTE Government Systems (formerly GTE Sylvania, formerly Electronic Defense Laboratories) from 1983 to 1990. Thank-you for the memories. Home I now live in Napa Valley and I haven't found anything like that here. The list goes on and on. Mountain View had that," Small Town USA " feel . I live now in Kiseemmee Florida,but I travel to Mountain View The Huntingdon Apts $125 a month rent now Drying apricots in the orchards on Grant Road There was a fancy hotel with a big fountain in the front. I remember a Chinese restaurant near the Mt. Mobile site. View- was also a mailman there for a couple of years in late 60's. My dad worked in the telephone company central office at Hope & Dana streets in the '60s and '70s. Moved to Sunnyvale a year later. Feinschmuckers Deli, remember Best products store. Worked at A & W for school credit in 1974 and 1975 for MVHS then after graduation moved to San Jose/Los Gatos area joined US Navy and retired.Live in MS now, Let's not forget when the Hells Angels Visited this little town Car dealership n Castro and el CAMINO. I think it is like over $3000 for a studio. 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 I moved to San Jose, CA in June of 1984. The Moffett Drive In was our cheap entertainment. The betting game with the ball at the St. Francis Western Roundup was The Pan Game and it is still played every year at the St. Joseph International Festival on Miramonte. Shoreline used to be called Steirlin Road, and before that part of Moffet Drive In..worked there in the 60's along with the Shell station at San Antonio and El Camino. That mall also had another restaurant that had live jazz music by The Danny Hull Quintet? Then on to Stacey's Books on University, and another computer store several blocks away. My friends and I would literally rollerskate down the middle of Castro St., on Saturday's with no problem. Someone said that Linda's sold horse meat burgers. El Camino was the best I've ever tasted, and is sadly long gone now. I remember in the 70s, the Monte Vista drive-in. You could hear the Saint Joseph bell ring everyday at 12noon. For the longest time on ECR (80's) there was a great little store selling seat covers (I think it was near Castro). Phone Number: (415) 554-8494. I used to love to go in there and watch the monkeys and dream about having one of my own. liked that place and the one at Stanford. Mountain View was sleepy and boring and we used to consider it lower class There are a few holes. They give me the best care one could hope for. It was unmanned but still wired in. Greets. What did they used to call 85 before it was a highway and ended Der Wienerscnitzel, Harry's Hofbrau (best place EVER) Music Store 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. This is a great thread. Speaking of burgers, Hobees when it started in the 70s (?) Camino Bowling Alley was near Bob's Big Boy on El Camino Real. Fond memories of seeing "Animal House" there in around 1978. I think it was White something. I have lived in Mountain View since 1977 and this is what I remember: [melissabee, 11/08/2009] Uniroyal Gal - Confirmed Gone All sources list the location of St. James Infirmary Bar & Grill as 390 Moffet Blvd. This is about the old originals of Mountain View. Had to go to liquor store near Safeway to get a Sunday Mercury or Chronicle. TownSquare Spectra Physics Lasers started up 1961 in Mt. Driving to Stanford via ElCamino Real one could smell skunks from the open fields. Went to Crittenden in the 80's, Graduated from Los ALtos High. As a former resident of Old Mountain View in the 70's and 80's one of my fondest memories is of St. James Infirmary on Moffett. A few years back I did a few interior deconstructions on the North side of Castro close to Central Express Way. The live music downstairs John Stewart of "California Bloodlines", Crystal Pistol (3 girls, violin & guitars) old mill had the jumping frog and then there was st. james, moffit drive-in and handyman. The old Nob Hill was Fry's Grocery Store. Hotels near St. James Infirmary: (0.02 mi) Plush 2-bed apt in Riverside Heights! It's great and I am grateful to the Voice for continuing it. Steve, Is someone making you read this stuff? "Kentucky Fried Chicken" and "Walgreens" are still the same It was a great place to go and drink and dance. Downtown only had Chinese Restaurant's except for the Weinersnitzel on the corner of Castro and California Street. There was a fancy hotel with a big fountain in the front. There were two chains, Pollos and Pollo Locos. Mayfield Mall Construction went on for quite a while and the place was really novel with JC Penny holding the anchor spot. I ALWAYS START WITH THE SURROUNDING TOWNS TOO.. THEN WORK DOWN TO MTN VIEW.. Change has made the campus unrecognizable. It burned down a long time ago but I was hoping someone remembered it and could tell me about it. (Probably "Looking Back") The name of the store was called Palm Yorkshire Clothes in the Palm Plaza shopping Center. Cruising between Johnny Macs and Spiveys drive Inns on the El Was this area a library building? Dairy Pail (San Antonio/california) was a drive thru. I remember seeing the Exorcist with my girlfriend at the time in the View 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. TG&Y between Safeway and Walgreens. Vintage Sport T Jersey St. James Infirmary Bar Resturant Mountain View Ca. By the way, the tree diagram cited in the Nov. 14, 2015 comment above, showing "the true history of early Silicon Valley," does exist in durable forms. Is it still good. 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. WTH happened?!?! I would hope it still exists in someones attic and wasnt destroyed. I recall that Fargo's was a pretty happening spot for live music in its day. Opened in 1967, it was known for its kitschy decor, notably a 30-foot-statue of Wonder Woman, and Buffalo Wings and burgers. I think Rotten Robbie's is still on the corner of Whisman and Middlefield, maybe even the Wagon Wheel restaurant next to it. Gas was cheap, crime was low and we had a blast growing up there. When those establishments are gone, they will lament the passing of their youth like the many posts above. Mountain View in the vintage 70's and 80's years was a haven. 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. I don't remember if it was in Mountain View or Palo Alto. Eddies Sport Shop, The Instep for Addidas. And the best kosher hot dogs, too. Tater tots and Parisian Burgers. I remember when I moved to Mountain View in 1973 there were still orchids around. Fargo's was considered the classier place. Fiesta Bowl in Palo Alto/The Hotel was the Cabana Hyatt house where the Beatles stayed (now the Crowne Plaza). I was a Mt. Our baby was born in March and I came home to Indianapolis Indiana to stay with my parents until his leave in September 1953. Privacy Policy Joselyn's Bike Shop I remember seeing military officer's/personal around the community (the base was on the other side of the free way overpass) felt like the norm. There was also a Kelly's at Stanford Shopping Center before it went so upscale. were really arrogant and unhelpful probably one of the reasons Apple I also briefly had a place in your fair city. View. JCPenneys was on Castro Street San Antonio Center, Tower Records for a time, more and cheaper housing, Thanks for taking me on a trip down memory lane! That remained mainly an electronics trade term for decades, although by the 1990s, general journalism was using it for the geographical area. but I sure do miss Uncle Otto's Cheesecake and Stigs Pastry shop on Castro. The Jewell Tea Co. brought groceries right to your door without the Internet. some of the problems. Thanks for any pet related recollections you may have. I lived there 24 years and Neal lived there 30 years. I swam for the Mountain View Dolphin's swim team, at Mountain View High School which was on Castro Street in the 1960's. There was also Fargo's Pizza at the Old Mill. (now shoreline) my home was where the parking lot for Shoreline AmpleTheater is now. In the shopping center at El Camino and Escuela was Macheesmo Mouse, the clone of the ), I remember moving to Mtn View in 1965 from Sunnyvale so that my dad could live closer to his clothing store that was located on Castro St. I remember the following: I remember the fun Easter egg hunt; company picnics; dept. 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). Standard Brands was built on the corner of 237 and El Camino Real, so many open fields built up. View not Mt. United States Phone Number: (415) 554-8494 (Main Phone Number) (415) 554-8444 (Domestic Fax) Website: Main Website Facebook E-mail: admin@stjamesinfirmary.org (Main Email) Hours: Not available . Did anyone go to Crittenden for elementary school?! The bookstores all went away, The computer stores were subsumed by Fry's (which I was going to in Sunnyvale as early as 1984), Best Buy, and later by the Apple Stores. Blossom Valley Shopping Center was an orchard; as was most of the surrounding land. baseball league teams and games. VB, I think the diner at Mayfield Mall was called Kelly's. When they re-did Castro Street can't remember if that was late 70's or I actually worked down the road in Los Altos at the Boardwalk, what a shame they closed. View from '56 to '79 with a detour through the USMC abd SE.Asia. and going to Old Mountain View's Castro Street felt soooooo far away! 5-1 or 3-1 etc.. I can't think of anything to add to the list, and it sure brought back memories. :-( I think the biggest change is East Mt. I spent many a quarter there playing air hockey and the Night Driver video game. Best hamburgers in the south bay. Great town to start a career in Semiconductors. I remember 4th of July at Rengstorff Park with fireworks. The Tower Records in Mountain View is the only one I have been to that had an actual bookstore. One was missed ( or was not that important) The Akron store on El Camino and San Antonio, the Wherehouse replaced it. One was on ElCamino Real where the Amber Cafe is now located. In Mountain View. -Housing was affordable and the city was considered working class. We are lucky some parts of the old town remain and we have " a downtown area " unlike Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Cupertino. Old Mill had a AMC theater in the back with cheap movies, then it turned into a big empty farmers market, then finally razed. Is this bakery still in existance? It is called Mtn. I went to school with their children "military brats". That area around Middlefield/Ellis was where Raytheon? Mtn. St. James Infirmary Mountain View, CA. The mobile home park community; I went to Theuerkauf elementary. It seemed like a great concept. There were got that right and Commodore is not more. In the summers, kids rode their bikes all over town and hung out at the local neighborhood parks. Today, my Aunt, Betty Todd (deCurtoni) passed away at the age of 84. Went to Landels Elementary and Graham Junior High. The Togos have moved around and changed a lot, but Togos used to be really great. View High have been demolished and are now condominiums. BIG difference. Anyone remember Clints ice cream? Shaw's Ice Cream. I haven't been to Mtn. Neither are there anymore. Hubbard and Johnson was on the corner of El Monte and El Camino, where Longs and Starbucks are today. I was a kid here in the 1960's, My family moved here in 59. The Simpson Buick car dealership used to be on the northeast corner of El Camino Real and Castro with a Chrysler dealer that had a huge tower with a globe on top on the opposite corner where the big bank is now. St. James Infirmary was always rockin'. It just doesn't seem as fun anymore They had a neat stairway with upper level seating. Shagging foul balls at McKelvey for a quarter. 1998 -Arson fire destroys St. James Infirmary, a popular bar and grill that opened in 1967. It was more laid back and had more friendly and fewer conceited image conscious people. Dances on friday night at the rec center were great.. Eagles Rule!!! My front yard is now the parking of the outdoor amp theater. I think it closed around 1971 and that's when St Francis High School was allowed to enroll girls. 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