It started when high tech (ie computers) hit the area. I loved their apple and blueberry pankcakes. Rengstorff Park had our swimming pool and great summer programs like Archery class and Tennis lessons among them. Thank you Marlene Koers and everyone above for contributing your memories of the Mountain View of yesteryear. The St. James Infirmary is located about 5 minutes drive from downtown Montego Bay. Mailing Address PO Box 426788 San Francisco, CA 94142 When MVHS was still on Castro St. Could hear the Friday nite football games from where I lived. Pretty spooky and not for the weak. Web Link That page includes comments from the new owner. total expenses. Fond memories of seeing "Animal House" there in around 1978. I remember my mom and grandma shopping at the Purity grocery store where Golden Wok now sits, it was one of the first grocery stores in town and had smaller shopping carts for the kids to use. Graham middle school is known as Graham junior high. 2. I will be 79 in November 2013. My folks moved to Mountain View from San Bruno in 1962 when I was 4. His GF dies, which leads him to tell us how great he is and then plan his own funeral.. I just heard that Sono Sushi has closed too, and I really used to like that place There was a huge barrel of pickles there does anyone remember that? I bought my first maternity clothes at JC Penney's near the drugstore on Castro. ), 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 think it was It was a beautiful spanish style building which should of been restored and named a historical landmark. They are planning to move soon to San Jose area. My uncle had a Moped (gas powered scooter) club. A lot has changed since then. I lived briefly in Mtn View from September to December 30, 1952. Facilities include two wards for males and females, an administrative block, a chapel, staff quarters and a separate dwelling for street people. Recipes . Ferry Morse Seed Company She was married to Cpt. Michelle. Drying apricots in the orchards on Grant Road The car dealership on El Camino with the globe on the pole was Mancini Motors. Families. Remember Gregg's Pharmacy and Los Altos Travel at the current Bossom Valley Shopping Center? No one in my family can remember the name of this bakery! I remember The Beer Garden having a very old, tall, date palm tree in the parking lot. ( In door food court ) St James Infirmary Organization Address: 1089 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94109. Thank you anyone and everyone for any info. Uncle Otto's Cheescake where I went nearly every day for lunch takeout, and they were the best!Mountain Mikes Pizza..I believe it is still there. 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. I used to go to the menu tree for a bite to eat. Now it is El Charro's Mexican Restauraunt. The Super Duper Grocery store and the Rexall Drugs and the Barbershop rounded out the corner of Rengstorff and Centeral Expressway (Alma St originally). Does anyone know what was at the northeast side of the Moffett and W. Middlefield intersect? I think I have to quit now my brain hurts cheers to all who recall the peace and joy of growing up amidst the orchards and of our once sleepy little town keep the faith and go Eagles. "Our" red painted wood duplex and the big empty field inside the block disappeared when the block "went condo" (in '76?). Anyone remember DJ's Pizza no sit down room just an oven and a cash register ? In the median of Castro in front of the city hall was a huge redwood? and going to Old Mountain View's Castro Street felt soooooo far away! Then there was over where the medical center is the Emporium clothes There were dozens of Dept of Defense contractors in the general area including Raytheon, doing radar research and production, and Singer, doing flight simulators. I went to Chucks for entertainment and the Tarr & Feathers in Palo Alto. everything I knew is gone. San Antonio Center, Tower Records for a time, more and cheaper housing, came in and told them they could not sell food or drinks. I have noticed revisionist articles that claim their "whatever" was first. Andys and Qui Hing Lo were the two best restaurants. 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. I I remember the Old Mill theaters and seeing Return Of The Jedi. I grew up there in the late 70's when my grandfather retired from TWA we moved from Mountain View to Florida. The Wunderman house is there still. View high building is gome butGo eagles !s31ZJ. People came from miles to have New York style pizza/dinners. The Scuitlebutt on El Camino Real. I remember the Balkan Village with its Greek themed architecture. The live music downstairs John Stewart of "California Bloodlines", Crystal Pistol (3 girls, violin & guitars) (After returning from two rainy years near Portland, a few times. The original Emporium at Stanford was taken over by Bloomingdales. There was an appliance store in town that had TV in their window and it was on after they closed. Nothing here to do about old places in Mtn. I also have very fond memories of the Variety Store at Blossom Valley Shopping Center where we all got candy for a nickel, the Galaxy Gift Store where we got every Christmas Present for my mother for about a decade, I think, and Tots-to-Teens where my mom took me for school clothes (and I had to get size "6x" which meant I was not skinny enough :/). More like this Route 66 Oklahoma Route 66 Road Trip Historic Route 66 Travel Route Tulsa Oklahoma Old Neon Signs Vintage Neon Signs Old Signs Metro Diner This is the website of Frank Romeo. It was later disclosed that this was one of two centers where the US controlled their defense satellites, and downloaded intelligence. Munson's Drugstore on El Camino and Castro It was a hofbrau or road stop kind of place. 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. Go Eagles!!! Print Edition/Archives The store located at 85 and El Camino was The Emporium, not I Magnin. Oh, and back when 85 was only 2 lanes where I got my first Join to view full profile. in Downtown Los Altos 88-96. This was such a great place in the mid to late 70's - the Baylands Park, the old white house near Shoreline. Today, my Aunt, Betty Todd (deCurtoni) passed away at the age of 84. Carr's Pet Shop. Thrifty's at the San Antonio Shopping Center for ice creams Mountain Mike's Pizza 503 were here. Did anyone go to Crittenden for elementary school?! Ferry-Morse seed Co. TownSquare Came to Mtn View in 1967 the Library, the City Hall area, Steven's Creek trail Mountain View is Ken's House of Pancakes on El Camino Real (great for breakfast) Domestic Fax. The little store on Rengstorff and old Middlefield where La Costena DO YOU REMEMBER SHAWS, EL ZARAPE, CHEZ YVONNE, RUMPUS ROOM, WAGON WHEEL, ANDY'S CHINESE REST, CLINTS, SPIVEYS, ST JAMES INFIRMERY, CHUCKS OF HAWAII SOME REALLY FAMOUS SINGERS SHOWED UP THERE.. Went there many times in the 1975-80 period. I just remembered "The Menu Tree" Does anybody remember The Menu Tree? I remember seeing the Exorcist with my girlfriend at the time in the View The train to Santa Cruz rail bed is a jogging trail now. St. James Infirmary - A peer-based occupational health and safety clinic for sex workers and their families Happy New Year Everyone! The owner had a old pick-up. It was officially opened by Portfolio Minister . ----Imagemakers Hair Salon/Vicky's Hair Salon. There was a curve loop for students to be picked up. -Whisman Station was a big industrial campus for GE. The parks would take us on a tour to the downtown firehouse and police station where we got to slide down the firepole! I don't remember if it was in Mountain View or Palo Alto. O'Malley? Thanks for this thread! 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. Chevy's occupies that site today. Find related and similar companies as well as employees by title and much more. St. James Infirmary recipe, brought to you by the folks at Cocktail Love. You could get your gas pumped by the attendant a the Texico station--- Skychief or SuperChief for you today? The 7-11 at the end of Alvin on Middlefield Rd brought us the Slurpee when it opened in the mid 60's. 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). Being wakened one Sunday morning each year by a strange sound - drums, cornets, and clarinets of a Portuguese fraternal band marching down Castro Street to St. Joseph's Church and marching back after a church service, with a parade of small children costumed as friars passing out miniature loaves of bread, teenage girls trudging along in formal gowns or robes, accompanied by proud mothers. Also worth noting but less strategic is NASA Ames research center, which was doing key research on human physiology and support systems in space and wind tunnel research. I actually worked down the road in Los Altos at the Boardwalk, what a shame they closed. Children can walk at night without fear. We left the Navy in 1955 after John made two nine month cruises on the Princeton. I have fond memories of the Mountain View Movie theater and remember Palm Plaza, long since torn down. VIEW HISTORICAL SPOTS IT TIME TO MOVE ON. I found a few shell beads and many small shells from their food scavenging at the bay. We didn't have our killer turf stadium at MVHS, Moved to Santa Clara in 1974 to work for Intel, a small company back then. I lived in Mtn. Dear Newbie- Their ad every Tuesday on the back page of the PA Times. There was a movie theater on Castro, but it only seemed to show Chinese or Mexican films and nobody went there. Mountain View has provided some good times and good memories. They had monterey pines and stone pines freshly cut for sale. I cannot believe I am reading this article still. And probably ensures I will make Mountain View a destinationthe next time I visit relatives in the area and patronize the MV businesses so, Steve, it may bore you, but, it's not all a waste! It answers the "even earlier." Whenever the free time I always like to revisit entire areas and scenes. Web Link Yes there were also the yearly Navy air shows. Lockheed was designing and building spy satellites, as well as the submarine based Polaris nuclear missile. We used to go to a hardware store in what I believe is now The Village. Another place I have enjoyed is Tony and Alba's Pizza. 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. Awalt High School for swimming lessons on Bryant and Truman I seen the fire dept. This done to promote the authors or owners agenda. On Saturdays I'd drive up El Camino. My friends worked at the movie theater and some also worked at Village Host a pizza place in downtown. We had to say indoors and make sure cars were in covered parking. Hah, when I was going to Foothill I loved just down Bonita from the Food Fair Market It was my grandpas restaurant!!!! [melissabee, 11/08/2009] Uniroyal Gal - Confirmed Gone All sources list the location of St. James Infirmary Bar & Grill as 390 Moffet Blvd. 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. (I lived in Old MV) And I have seen quite a few Tower Records; in the Bay Area, L.A., Orange County and even London. Blue Sky Cafe - vegetarian restaurant in a wooden cottage west of Castro. Was this area a library building? My mom was a single mother of 4 and she was able to afford to feed all of us occasionally at the Menu Tree and Bobs Big Boy. I was a kid here in the 1960's, My family moved here in 59. Try to find a gun shop in Mountain View today. and may again, but why don't people do their jobs when they are I never bothered to buy an alarm clock! So many memories attached to them from those whose formative years were spent there. Togo's was great, but I am not sure if it was toward Palo Alto or not. I remember going to both Fargo's (Old Mill Sh. I can't think of anything to add to the list, and it sure brought back memories. ------ 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 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. i worked at rhodes and lunched at the menu tree. I miss Old Cal Pizza and Stuft Pizza on Castro St. Where was Stuft Pizza located again? Downtown was a quest area with a few Chinese restaurant. We lived in a trailer park just going north on 101 from the main gate at Moffett. I left the area in 1986 and moved to the Santa Cruz/Aptos area, with only occasional visits. It opened in 1970 and closed in 1995. Oh, and back when 85 was only 2 lanes where i got first... 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