Those were the days !!!! the Library, the City Hall area, Steven's Creek trail Mountain View is I've recently moved here from Louisiana, married, and bought a lil condo. Downtown was a quest area with a few Chinese restaurant. You could get a hamburger for 39 cents. If you grew up in that neighborhood, you would remember the smell of those cookies! they were the "reject" cookies, but as kids, we didn't care if it was missing a corner or had a funky shape, as long as the cookie was warm and melted in your mouth. View. Special Pubs Ctr) and St. James Infirmary (Moffett Blvd) with my friends back in the late 70's to mid 80's era. In the median of Castro in front of the city hall was a huge redwood? I think the biggest change is East Mt. First things first. And the center's hobby shop was a fun place to browse. ----Woolworth's/Wells Fargo Bank/ Long's Drug Store Halloween was a must every year. Carpeteria House of Yee on Castro. We had a wonderful wholesale bakery in that neighborhood, where you could buy a big bag of shortbread cookies for a $1. This thread keeps me coming back to the site each day to see what new memories have been posted. A block down from Printer's Inc. Web Link That page includes comments from the new owner. 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. I remember: People reminisce, for example, about Linda's. It's was a PayLess the last time I noticed. I know this is incorrect. My dad worked at Lockheed. That's the closest address my childhood brain can come up with. This was a hippie/environmentalist type of grocery store. I've been her since 1952 (Sunnyvale, actually). Spectra Physics Lasers started up 1961 in Mt. . I think with the aging of the baby boomer generation, the place has gentrified into a lot of expensive condos. The other was located after you pass the train tracks going towards Moffet on left side near the corner of Moffet and Sterling. View, CA .. 1967-1998 .. A Fan Page For Those Who Loved This One Of A Kind Place! I stopped there a few years ago and was told it has always been O'Malley's. The concession stand at McElvey Park was run for ever by an old guy named Levy, who loved baseball. 13" screen with rabbit ears. There was also a Kelly's at Stanford Shopping Center before it went so upscale. YP, the YP logo and all other YP marks contained herein are trademarks of YP LLC and/or YP affiliated companies. Linda's was my favorite place for take-out as a child (I LOVED the tator tots!) old Mountain View High School Ingredients 1 1 2 oz Plantation Barbados 5-Year Rum 1 2 oz Saint James Royal Ambr Rhum Agricole 1 . Drive-in Movie Theater where Walgreen's is. Frankie & Johnnie Luigi's on El Camino RealI lived in the "flat" above the resturant. St. James Infirmary Mountain View, CA. mmm) on El Camino. I remember the P-3s flying over, often with a prop feathered for training. Actually, the Nob Hill where it is today was Handyman, a home center. 4. Website. All in all I think it was a better time It was full of inexpensive children's toys and candy, and had this amazing candy smell that I still remember to this day. VB, I think the diner at Mayfield Mall was called Kelly's. This was a Navy town back then. As a kid my friends and I would like to knock on the windows and aggrevate them. They had the best selection of cheesecakes On El Camino near Mathilda was this huge langendorff bread sign that sliced bread of buttered the slice. Went into Intel before D2, their first modern Fab area was built--have been to all Intl site in western part of US, Oregon, New Mex, Ariz. Rexall drugs was our downtown drugstore. I went to Landels elementry school until 1979. Pretty spooky and not for the weak. Great town to start a career in Semiconductors. I wonder what businesses we have today are worth fighting for. 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. Blue Sky Cafe - vegetarian restaurant in a wooden cottage west of Castro. Is the staff stagnant, lazy and amateur. Steve, Is someone making you read this stuff? No one can remember them, but they were great for the time when I was young. She made donuts with leftover dough the size of bike tires. Karen, I miss Old Cal Pizza and Stuft Pizza on Castro St. Where was Stuft Pizza located again? His GF dies, which leads him to tell us how great he is and then plan his own funeral.. probably know this--unless two Irish Pubs at same location is just a coincidence--I have emailed a couple of old friends who may remember if it was once the Dublin Inn. Does anyone remember the name of this place? Does anyone remember the gas station on the corner of Castro and California Street. i went to monta loma back in 1979 then i moved to oakdale. 4. In the shopping center at El Camino and Escuela was Macheesmo Mouse, the clone of the Remembering that when our family drove to First Baptist Los Altos we went up Castro St. to many times and saw Doberman Pincher dogs inside as guard dogs at the newly built High Rise down town, dog poop on the vacant expance of concrete floors when you look into the windows here BoofA is currently standing . as it was completely VACANT. Played Little League for Johnny Macs the first year of the league -- 1955? Turned out there was a mistake and the permit was supposed to be to have been issued for his small pepper tree instead. You had to have a membership card to get in, I think the card was $1. I grew up there, and spent a great deal of time in Mountain View. 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. But then maybe younger people know where all the new nightspots are. Write now for free help" that Herb Caen's column had mentioned when I had lived in Santa Cruz. Dana Elementary School, at Dana and Bailey; closed and demolished. So by posting to this thread, you inadvertantly ensured that it will continue to grace the front page. Back over across The E.M. club at Moffett Field naval Base was a great place to go. View Music.. 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?? DV. for me. The copper penny Hofbrau and then office buildings or something now. $3,128,456. The "shoreline house" was actually the home of Henry Rengstorff. La Petit Boulangerie, Florentines Pasta Shop, TOGO's!!!!! Drying apricots in the orchards on Grant Road Thank goodness, Foster's Freeze and Clarke's Charcoal Broiler are still there. Mountain View Library with great new book selections inside the entrance usually getting no farther than that to stop and read. where Rengstoff and El Camino split off with El Monte .. that was a dirt In 1971, Linda Ronstadt played The Cellar with Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, and Don Henley who soon formed The Eagles. Their downstairs cellar was a nice and intimate showroom and upstairs they had good steaks. 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. I spent the first 30 years of my life living in what is now called 'Old Mountain View.' There was a fancy hotel with a big fountain in the front. Great Western Savings I just don't know the name of it. We had a "Food Fair" grocery store on El CAMINO between Castro and grant/237 Change has made the campus unrecognizable. It is the second left turn from the Cornwall College playground and is erected on the Albion property. D.V., when you mentioned Baeders cookies I knew it was you cuz. Lived the rest of the time near Castro Street: Bernardo in Mountain View near Middlefield. Does anyone know what bakery I'm talking about? -Whisman Station was a big industrial campus for GE. Fosters Freeze and Linda's were a treat. I loved their apple and blueberry pankcakes. The school was later used as the temporary site for Foothill College until it opened in 1961. Graham middle school is known as Graham junior high. The place was torn down when 237 was rebuilt years ago. Michelle. If you had to grow up somewhere in the 60's and 70's, Mountain View had it all and was a real community where we all knew each other (absolute Americana). Steve don't be such a downer you must be a transplant people like myself who happen to be a 4th generation MV resident like hearing old stories of MV stop clicking on the link. I can still taste it sometimes when I smell a truly good pizza. Home The Boardwalk is a good burger and beer place on the El Camino with a friendly vibe. 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. Is the waterfall still there? 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. I Do remember the Blue Angel fleet air performances during summer. Hello. Fond memories of Palm Plaza buying candy there on days we walked to church, buying comic books once a week at store on Miramonte? 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! On the corner of ECR & 237?? look like in 30 years? I can remember the name. Nothing here to do about old places in Mtn. It's such a great town still, very expensive but it holds my childhood memories, love MV!! 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. View renter in Mountain View from '73 through '85 then returned to Florida. 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. This was the family tree of the semiconductor industry, spawned by Fairchild Semiconductor after it spun off from Shockley Semiconductor (itself located in MV on San Antonio in the 1950s, subject of historical-article link that follows) -- the industry whose rapid succession of spin-off firms, even in its first 15 years, prompted journalist Don Hoefler in 1971 to write a series of historical articles about what he dubbed "silicon valley." liked that place and the one at Stanford. What about the holiday decorations in both the Mayfield Mall and Old Mill Mall and shops like that jelly belly booth with every imaginable flavor I so enjoyed. Our baby was born in March and I came home to Indianapolis Indiana to stay with my parents until his leave in September 1953. There were a lot of Country Stores throughout the bay area, little shops. It is bustling, vibrant, filled with great restaurants. 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 I am kind of amazed at how many people get that wrong. Andy's Chinese was the best place for Chinese on Castro. (Thank you, historic preservationists!). 85 then what did they call it? I got Frankie, Johnny and Luigi's Pizza to go once and it was good. 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. There was a curve loop for students to be picked up. Moved to Sunnyvale a year later. Ken's House of Pancakes on El Camino Real (great for breakfast) There are a few holes. 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. The Foothill Owl mascot used to reside in the highway school tower. It was known to be Mountain View High School's teachers watering hole. Surely miss those days, Looking for pet stores in the Mtn View, Los Altos areas in the mid 70's. I do however have two clear memories of this period. . Anyone remember the Community School of Music on California street. I had only been here for a day or two. There also was an ElZarape Resturant on San Antonio Road. Such great memories. I took my parents to the Balkin Village on the Elcamino for their 25th wedding aniversary in 1973. My dad and I used to go there for breakfast, back around 1980 or so. Google, Ebay and others seem to like that area. JC Penney's was where Meyer Electric is now. Bubble gum was the best flavor. Things have changed but the one thing that seems the same is Edith Landels elementary school, that place seems timeless. Children can walk at night without fear. I could go on. wow I forgot about some of the places listed above. My mom and dad both went to the original MVHS -- though I went to LAHS (who stole their mascot and not a few of their teachers). It had a big room full of mechanical switching relays which were constantly clicking. st james infirmary 504 greenwich street, san francisco, ca 94133. total revenue. Dairy Pail (San Antonio/california) was a drive thru. McKelvey Baseball Field/Park When I got here in '86 the Shoreline Amphitheater had just recently been converted from the dump and methane fires were breaking out when the garbage caught fire. We used to go to the Mexican Restaurant there that was in the middle of the mall (La Posada???) Downtown / Midtown Cross Street. Anyone remember Clints ice cream? Printer's Inc. Now reside in New Mexico. General Electric and the "big" Orange Pumpkin The lumber yard and hardware store on El Monte near El Camino was called Hubbard & Johnson; I used to do a lot of business there. ***. I think it may have been some other kind of supermarket in the interim. I just heard that Sono Sushi has closed too, and I really used to like that place Their ad every Tuesday on the back page of the PA Times. I would hope it still exists in someones attic and wasnt destroyed. 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. YP - The Real Yellow PagesSM - helps you find the right local businesses to meet your specific needs. Mt View in the 60-70's was the best the MV Eagles ruled Linda's on El Camino was the place to go for lunch Paresean burgers $.25 The copper penny Middlefield Mall Thrifty's at the San Antonio Shopping Center for ice creams Super Duper market at central and Rengstorff Red Barn for a Barnbuster Brentwood Market Have read every entry and look forward to reading more : ). It was sooo easy to cut classes back then some of my friends volunteered there and always signed anyone sick. Try to find a gun shop in Mountain View today. It's amazing, really, how much things have changed over the years, especially the businesses that have come and gone. total expenses. Does any one have the shortbread cookie recipe made by Baders' in Mountain View. 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. Bayshore highway was a 4 lane undivided road. Watched movies at the old mill and don't forget the Moffett Drive in (shoreline blvd) He also went on to explain that, in the 70's, their were quite a few brothels operating on Castro!How things have changed! It was farmland with a few ranch homes. I lived there 24 years and Neal lived there 30 years. where Zone video game place. I lived in a complex of yellow apartment builings on Montecito Ave. That street seems relatively unchanged. Left in 68 to join the USMC. Mountain View was sleepy and boring and we used to consider it lower class and is where Silicon Valley essentially started. 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.. If my recollection is correct, it used to be an Exxon station. despite the rude owners great sushi. The Shenandoah military housing is adjacent to this site. Jerry Reed(1937-2008) was a country music singer, songwriter, and actor, who specialized in a variety of novelty numbers. I took a part time job at Knight's Drugstore at the soda fountain, having my 18th birthday celebrated there with wonderful fellow employees. It was located off Middlefield near Ellis Street. Great funky atmosphere, too. They are planning to move soon to San Jose area. There were contests at all the night spots and tons of costume shops in and around the areas. PT, I don't think it was a library. I made it clear that I wasn't interested. My apartment($125/month) at 515 Central looked out over onion fields in 1966. Or, taking a local bus home from San Francisco Airport, down El Camino to my street (View), and rolling the bag home. I developed a routine I still remember fondly. Blossom Valley also had a great pizza place called Old Cal where we would go as kids on minimum days from Blach. Cruising between Johnny Macs and Spiveys drive Inns on the El The tree reminded me of home (Florida beaches now it's illegal to grow them in my Florida city). The crowds on Castro used to be nicer and more polite and drivers used to drive better. Any one work with/through the Youth Opportunity Program (high school students) at the Mountain View Post Office? 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. State Delicatessen. 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. Loved that park. build houses so close to the train tracks. I lived on Colony St and went to Powell School, Crittenden and Mountain View HS on Castro street. St James Infirmary located at 445 California Avenue Reno NV 89501, view menus, pictures, reviews, directions and more . It also had a smallish, old-fashioned PBX switchboard with plugs and cables. 1089 Mission Street. In the 50's, MV had a downtown city park on Castro. Oh Mountain View and how I miss it. I wished Id taken more pictures , than what I have. some highlights, like the Co-op Supermarket which became the old Rite Aid $3,592,796. St James Infirmary Moffett Blvd and Mariner Dr Mountain View Alas. Home & Real Estate Gemco was where Target is now. I believe I saw the original JUNGLE BOOK movie at the theater there : ) Aikido lessons in a hot second floor dojo above Castro Street. I was wrong re Hobee's beginnings was Rengsdorff at Alma. 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