I think the globe on the building came from '39 or '40 worlds fair(s), but don't quote me on that. When we moved to Palo Alto, we would take the bus for 10 cents and go to Mayfield Mall. and is where Silicon Valley essentially started. It has helped me bridge the gap of what Mountain View used to be. There was a curve loop for students to be picked up. When I want to go to Target, he reminds me that it used to be Gemco:) When I craved a burger, he took me to Clarke's. Before it was torn down, did the community come out to stop development, like they did for the Milk Pail? We would go over in our car, a still new 1951 Plymouth Belevedere hardtop convertible, on Saturday night to watch the Jackie Gleason Show. On El Camino near Mathilda was this huge langendorff bread sign that sliced bread of buttered the slice. My parents owned the store with my father's cousin and wife. Was the Rumpus Room ever "topless"? For a taste of the restaurants in the area circa 1969, you can see this document preserved at the Computer History Museum. I think with the aging of the baby boomer generation, the place has gentrified into a lot of expensive condos. A big Tower Records across the street, a "Best" (not the same place as Best Buy) where I bought a ton of stuff, a hobby shop, and so on. Is it still good. Knights drugstore was an Asian restaurant. The mens clothing store was George"s. Who remembers the mexican restaurant on el camino and bailey. I saw some great photos of Castro street circa 1965 on Mountain View Historical Societies Facebook page. Rexall drugs was our downtown drugstore. St. James Infirmary recipe, brought to you by the folks at Cocktail Love. Downtown Mtn View was a vital business district for everyone. In the 50's, MV had a downtown city park on Castro. View.. I live now in Kiseemmee Florida,but I travel to Mountain View (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.) Nostalgia is great, but I think I prefer the current downtown MV to the sleepy street of the 1970s. I worked at the Sav-Mor food store on Calderon an Church for about 5 years, along with my Brother. There was a big cattle ranch out there too. I have fond memories of taking my little sister there in her stroller so I could get free candy from the manager. YP, the YP logo and all other YP marks contained herein are trademarks of YP LLC and/or YP affiliated companies. and those Cinco de Mayo dances that Mountain View high school would have at Rengstorff park or sometimes at the Portuguese hall on Stierlin (boy did you open a can or worms) i could go on and on. Further up El Camino was the "other" part of shopping in Mountain View, the San Antonio Shopping Center. View High in 87. -Housing was affordable and the city was considered working class. Moved to Sunnyvale a year later. Does anyone else remember this or am I crazy? I was just there several days ago to meet with some friends at Shiva's, an upscale Indian place with a reasonably-priced buffet lunch ($15). the Diamond Ranch Market in 1970 until 1971, as mentioned above, The San Antonio Shopping Center had that church single's group that met every Sunday morning in the upper floor of the Menu Tree. but others are not Fairchild, Atari, National Semi, Intel All these parts but no real use until the computer, more jobs more people. 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. View since the mid/late 70's, things have definitely changed since then, both in the town and around the valley. In the shopping center at El Camino and Escuela was Macheesmo Mouse, the clone of the It's called, "Images of America: Mountain View." Eddy's Sport Shop on Castro, where I bought my first baseball glove (Bobby Bonds model). Woody's was a real old-school place, with all the breakfast dishes or sandwiches available for ordering written on tiny chalkboards behind the counter. I am a little bummed out that the 1st and last schools I attended, San Ramon Elementry and Old Mt. The only electric signal lights were on El Camino Real. Dont forget about Rhodes department store, Roos Atkins, Purity Super Market at San Antonio Center. Keep em' coming Mountain Viewers. Louie comicbooks and texan horns at the elzarape. Wasn't there a Card Room called SUTTERS on 237? From Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Our first home! People were alot happier back then, with less TG&Y between Safeway and Walgreens. Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic. Also the Time Zone Arcade. Me and my friends rode our bikes all over Mtn. I was here in the 70's though I lived in Palo Alto. There were dozens of Dept of Defense contractors in the general area including Raytheon, doing radar research and production, and Singer, doing flight simulators. A lot has changed since then. It is bustling, vibrant, filled with great restaurants. The movie theater may have stuck around a little longer than the mall. There also was Handyman hardware store where Radio Shack is today. 4. My dad and I used to go there for breakfast, back around 1980 or so. Website(s): Main Website. 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. It was hard to find parking. Flower Shop My brother, Steve Fisher attended Graham Jr. High during this time frame. Lots of small apartments everywhere and all very kept up. I have another memory I haven't seen mentioned yet: a restaurant called Woody's that was on Middlefield (or Old Middlefield?) Winery Restaurants and shops were popping up around the area, some were really good to lunch and dine at. (I worked there from 1976-1984). House of Yee on Castro. Go Eagles!!! submarines. Too many memories to mention. It was known to be Mountain View High School's teachers watering hole. I now live in Napa Valley and I haven't found anything like that here. Mountain View's facilities go to heck. Armed soldiers with police dogs constantly walked the grounds. History. Calif. street was still 2 lanes, too. I moved to the Bay Area in 1983 from NJ, and started a new job in a technology company on No. El Camino hospital was behind orchards that ran all the way down Cuesta. came in and told them they could not sell food or drinks. 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. Fosters Freeze and Linda's were a treat. ie Apricots, cherries, prunes. There was a night club called The Infirmary lots of fun. They had a student built Totem with Paly, Cubberley, Wilbur and Jordan mascot heads. workshirts in high school early 70's. You forgot Herman's Sporting Goods. I was part of the last graduating class of old Mtn. My grandmother and stepmother both worked at Liberty House in the San Antonio Shopping Center, and the Menu Tree was the best place ever ever ever (besides the fantastic Hobby Shop). Shoppers World at ECR and Escuela(Cost Plus, now - at least as of the early 2000s) This is a great thread. Hello California! St James Infirmary. I remember the Balkan Village with its Greek themed architecture. now sits. Reading all the comments brought back fond memories - I grew up in Mtn View in the late 60's, early 70's, in the neighborhood that is bordered by 101, Middlefield Road, Shoreline (Sterling), and Moffit. And don't forget the Camino Bowl, a great place to go bowling before it got torn down and replaced with businesses/condo units. Hotels near St. James Infirmary: (0.02 mi) Plush 2-bed apt in Riverside Heights! Always busy and great New York Style pizza never had any since!! Imperial Gardens even had a water wheel going in their back yard. BF, "the spooky old house standing alone somewhere along Shoreline." Search on line for "Rengsdorff house". Gardens and water wheels inside the mall. We had a wonderful life the short time we lived there and treasure the memories and friends there. Once in a while I would walk down Castro street and some guy in a Ford Mustang would try to pick me up, a lad of 18 at the time. Since I was so young I am not sure about the cities for these places. 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. Mountain View Library was very small and crowded. Every Sunday night we would go to the store after dinner and my father would work on the books. 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? View St James Infirmary (www.stjamesinfirmary.org) location in California, United States , revenue, industry and description. - not so Newbie anymore. I stopped at Omalley's a week ago and two of the "old regulars" didnt believe me when I told them I thought it had been the Dublin Inn before it was Francesca's. Here is a bit of the inside scoop. Los Altos Travel I remember in the 70s, the Monte Vista drive-in. So to that, I say, thank you :) 1. -Downtown Mountain View was kind of a ghost town. I grew up there in the late 70's when my grandfather retired from TWA we moved from Mountain View to Florida. (Sunnyvale went the "planned route" and tore up Murphy Avenue to give it over to a covered mall in the 70s. I just don't know the name of it. Another place I have enjoyed is Tony and Alba's Pizza. Directions Advertisement. The Old Mill had that Upstart Crow Bookstore and (I think) the "Jumping Frog," a dance place where I saw a full sized 1940s style dance band one night. Mt View east of Bayshore (101)had no paved roads--dust in summer, mud in winter. It was sad to see it go. It is known for its kitchy decor, notably a 30-foot-statue of Wonder Woman. 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. Man what a time You could actually walk across town or to school and not worry about anything but being late. thanks for the memories. The entire street, except for the scattering of bars and Chinese restaurants was vacant in the late 70's and 80's. Harry's Hofbrau was the Food Fair Market. in the 70's best pizza ever !!!!!!!!!! There was a Chinese restaurant named Andy on Castro st. 1970s very good food This was a hippie/environmentalist type of grocery store. Los Gatos and Mountain View have SV's best downtowns IMO. As for the tire store it was located where the bead store is now. Does anyone remember Mountain View X-mas Tree Farm? Funny I can't remember the name of that music store. I believe they also had live music and entertainment from Greek/Mediterranean culture. I miss Old Cal Pizza and Stuft Pizza on Castro St. Where was Stuft Pizza located again? The Safeway on Shoreline was tiny compared to today with an empty restarant space next to it, and when the Grateful Dead came to play Shoreline the deadheads would always take over the parking lot. It was a great time but I grew up and moved to other places for my career. Carr's Pet Shop. There was a pedestrian tunnel under the El Camino at Calderon for the kids going to Highway School. or his father? Next door was an ice cream store, I think it was called Dons. But then maybe younger people know where all the new nightspots are. Had a small house with no heat except the fireplace and, most likely, the last outhouse in Mt. But the biggest thing to miss STIGS bakery and the pink box those treats came home in!!!!!!!!!!!! This is such a fun list to read. Clarke's is great. Thanks for any pet related recollections you may have. It had a 50 foot tall Wonder Woman, a stage coach on the ceiling and peanut shells on the floor. 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? The Infirmary was destroyed by an arson fire in 1998. . Does Anyone Remember the La Cabana? The store located at 85 and El Camino was The Emporium, not I Magnin. I've spent my lunch hour - and beyond - catching up on the memories and history of the city I now call home. on the discussion! I never bothered to buy an alarm clock! Does anyone remember the name of the diner on the lower level of the Mall? - Farms on Charleston north of 101, orchards on Whisman & elsewhere It was a German resteraunt and pub. Then the sound became noise pollution. -Mountain View High School was on Castro Street. My father liked Indian history and so I did too. 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. You are correct Emporium, I used to shop there all the time. Lockheed was designing and building spy satellites, as well as the submarine based Polaris nuclear missile. Does anyone remember the name of this place? There was a nursing home across the street from us. 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. Had a Sears, JCPenney, other nice shops inside and out. Does anyone remember the helicopters flying overhead (every Monday evening, if I remember correctly) spraying Malathion? What was the name of that Ice Cream place on the corner of San Antonio and El Camino..they had ginormous bowls of ice cream (where that guy used to sell flowersremember that?) House of Yee, an old movie theater, TAP Plastics, a good Mexican place down at the train tracks end. I made it clear that I wasn't interested. Lots of good memories there 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. United States. Camino. I think everyone also remembers the Menu Tree there as well, so that has to be mentioned. Oh, how I long for the old days!!! Frankie & Johnnie Luigi's on El Camino RealI lived in the "flat" above the resturant. My friend lived very close. I thought this place was absolutely perfect and much better than Redding, where I had just come from! The old Nob Hill was Fry's Grocery Store. Her father, Frank and his wife Sara brought into the world, her brother, Charles (1913), and sisters, Doris (Laurie/1912), Elva (Kankel/1917) and Barbara (Welch/1920) all preceeded her in death and all graduated from Mtn. I don't remember if it was in Mountain View or Palo Alto. St James Infirmary on mountain dulcimer - YouTube The narrator, Joe McKennedy, seems to be a jerk. Had to go to liquor store near Safeway to get a Sunday Mercury or Chronicle. You had to have a membership card to get in, I think the card was $1. got that right and Commodore is not more. At the time was a 4 year student at the relocated MVHS class of '85. Chez Yvonne was at 1854 W. El Camino, although I never went there. I remember the disco on San Antonio Road at the Old Mill, jogging at the high school, St. james Infirmiry, Andys Chinese Restaurant, Longs Drugs, The Boardwalk on El Camino near Chucks, I remember when my friend Len Rhode opened his burger King on San Antonio Road and El Camino. During the summer many of us were required to work in the fruit harvest. The movie theater was pretty small.I recall we usually chose the Varsity Theater up in Palo Alto over the small MV theater. Payless Drug Store, which is now Rite-aid It's was a PayLess the last time I noticed. ever. Renamed it La Problem Eata. I live in Mountain View from 1958-1976 it was and still is one of I now live in Hanford CA. HOWEVER, whoever, and I used to know the name because I used to call Not many people were aware of this, or cared, for that matter--those bead makers were the very first Palo Alto hi-tech design engineers. These were new, and under the daily Navy P-3 airplane landing routes (4 propellers). I guess you could call me a true Mtn. Thank-you 1, Graduated from MVHS in 1975 while working at A&W riding my 125 Honda yep it is Eric. Don't forget Bob's Big Boy and Linda's on El Camino. DV. You might also look at Web Link. It is now The Village at San Antonio Center (Web Link. - "Castro" CalTrain station at Rengstorff Palm variety was a store with tons of household knick knacks. View in late 1961 after my parents divorced. There's a blocked off driveway off Moffett and an old parking lot inside the area. I remember when I moved to Mountain View in 1973 there were still orchids around. omg Togo's turkey and Avocado. Any others going further back? The downtown was 2 narrow lanes with no parking and there was nothing going Does anyone remember the name of this place? Thank goodness, Foster's Freeze and Clarke's Charcoal Broiler are still there. A few years back I did a few interior deconstructions on the North side of Castro close to Central Express Way. You needed to become a member and show your card when you entered the store. 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. Redwood City Pulse, 2023 Mountain View Online One of my favorite 1960s childhood memories is of riding stingray bikes with neighborhood friends across big muddy meadows (now the surrounding shopping center including Nob Hill) to get Slurpees or hot chocolate at the Payless Bakery (where all my best friend's many sisters worked one after the other)followed by a doughnut. YUM! For some, the 70's kicked off in Mountain View with a homecoming float featuring a huge EAGLE. Being able to walk the store aisles when the store was closed and no one else was there :). And I second the notion of Web Link being a AWESOME place on the web to see the rich history of Mountain View. Can anyone tell me about a restaurant called Saint James Infirmary in Mountain View? Definitely check out the History Center if you get a chance. Fotomat Drive Up 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 We heard every announcement. I loved their apple and blueberry pankcakes. 2023 Mountain View Online. It is a lovely thread to read and I am pleased to see it is still getting new posts after 5 years! I remember the Wherehouse Records store at El Camino between Clark and El Monte, although I bought most of my LPs at Tower Records on San Antonio in the 70's and 80's. I also grew up in Mountain View and attended Landels, Graham and Mountain View High on Castro Street. Thrifty's at the San Antonio Shopping Center for ice creams He liked my sister, but never gave my friend and I candy if we came by ourselves. ***. We were the group the released the Peacocks and Peahens into the community when our properties were sold and converted to Industrial! Ahh, the way it was Surely miss those days, Looking for pet stores in the Mtn View, Los Altos areas in the mid 70's. Mountain View Library with great new book selections inside the entrance usually getting no farther than that to stop and read. And to this very day, Prince's music reminds me of how happy I was to have discovered Mountain View! $2.00 pitcher of beer, peanuts on the floor, awesome pinball, and almost a guaranteed biker tussle every Friday night. St James Infirmary located at 445 California Avenue Reno NV 89501, view menus, pictures, reviews, directions and more . Co-Op Market by Sears the pool hall on Castro.. the old theater (stinky bathrooms)and double features (25 cents) Wagner's Drugs on Castro Robert Moore Flowers on Castro Parkers Flowers on Castro Moore Furniture on Castro.. Lawrence Tires Sims Shoes Mtn. Did anyone go to Crittenden for elementary school?! Albertsons and Payless were connected in the middle, @ El Camino and Grant. I also remember P-3's flying over my house hourly from Moffett Field and the Blue Angels Air Show annually with Fireworks on July 4th Write now for free help" that Herb Caen's column had mentioned when I had lived in Santa Cruz. It might have been called Samurai, but I can't recall. Surely so that's the first and possibly only place I would go to eat if I ever came back to visit. I remember the cookie factory well. I'd say more, but, well, there's a little book you can pick up at the library or at Books Inc that has tons of photos of Mountain View's history and will probably answer a lot of your questions. Cuesta Park has an artificial lake. The small open spaces like the corner of Cuesta and Grant Road and on Shoreline Blvd were homes that had to be moved for the widening of the those respective streets. View theater, through a kind of walkway/tunnel to the parking lots behind. 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 remember 4th of July at Rengstorff Park with fireworks. My sister worked at Handy Man and also payless donuts. Greets. I won't be going back . 20 planes about 2 minutes apart, talk about noise pollution. A&E Everyone remembers the Old Mill, but do you remember the fantastic candy store there? total expenses. similar to The Cheesecake Factory. A&W near the corner with Castro. The school dances and alot of fights in the year 1970. james that burned down.and Gyro's house of terror at the old mill ..before it became a tent in san jose>> The Greatful Dead would come into town!!!!!!! I use to live in San Carlos ave. Blossom Valley Shopping Center (Cuesta and Miramonte) Does anyone else remember playing at the little playground there before the movie started? The book also said that the owners of Fargo's wanted to build a hotel on the site, but that project obviously didn't go through. ------ 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. I can't remember which of these it was that i watched. It's easy to be nostalgic. Michael T is right, there were 7 buildings. There was a fancy hotel with a big fountain in the front. ----Imagemakers Hair Salon/Vicky's Hair Salon. In the middle of the rows of corn was a large plot of pot, strictly for medicinal purposes of course. McKelvey Baseball Field/Park You could drive up el camino and art would be sitting outside reading. Gregg's Pharmacy Embarcadero Media miss those days. Ming Pan Florist and the Moffet Drive-in Theatre too! 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. Gas was cheap, crime was low and we had a blast growing up there. There are a lot of restaurants that I remember. 80's things began to happen, and now I think Mountain View is nicer and You could still find "cowboys" in the Rengstorff-Rock St-Middlefield area 20 years ago but they are long gone. television dealer in the building that burnt down recently. Going into the back of the store was always a scandalous adventure as a child Don't forget Andy's Chinese Restaurant on Castro Street. Thanks for this thread! Thank you anyone and everyone for any info. Malachi's was a little "head shop" that sold beads, incense and other weird stuff in a little stucco building on the east side of El Camino when you sat at the El Monte and El Camino stop light. no one mentioned Continental MKT. Tackle football on the weekends at Monta Loma school with the forniers and walshes in the mud. and it was a treat to go to the candy store afterwards. 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. -Paul Portola Elementary, Egan JH Los Altos High '78 Foothill 78-80 Home Frankie Johnnies & Luigi's on El Camino was/is the best place for a pizza I remember seeing the Exorcist with my girlfriend at the time in the View View. Michelle again. But the best night was seeing the original Limelighters (Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev, Glenn Yarbrough). He was in port until early February and they sailed to Japan and Korean War. "Dog City" Building There are still some very good bookstores in DT Mountain View. 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. We had a wonderful wholesale bakery in that neighborhood, where you could buy a big bag of shortbread cookies for a $1. Name of the bowling alley near Cherry Chase Golf Course? The Wunderman house is there still. 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