And GTE @ the Central Park Apts. Moved to Sunnyvale a year later. ma, I went to Chucks for entertainment and the Tarr & Feathers in Palo Alto. The Kaiser bldg was a shopping center with a grocery store Lucky and the best bakery. The Old Mill and Mayfield malls were already mostly derelict. I am sure it isn't hard to keep up with the current events, sports and crime of this town a week at a time. Noone mentioned Lenny's Pies on Castro and the Dairy Queen on El Camino Real! You could drive up el camino and art would be sitting outside reading. It did not have a good reputation in Palo Alto. I grew up next to Therekauf/Stevenson school. Whenever I ask my husband to take me to the 'fancy market on Middlefield' he says something about Brentwood:) I was wrong re Hobee's beginnings was Rengsdorff at Alma. Thank-you 1, Graduated from MVHS in 1975 while working at A&W riding my 125 Honda yep it is Eric. I remember the following A&W near the corner with Castro. They had a neat fish tank inside. We lived on Cornelia Ct., and I attended Bubb School for the 4th - 6th grades when we moved back to Green Bay, Wi. Bokman Chevy and Tuban Ford Anybody remember Gemco? The Old Mill shopping center was kind of cool. Printer's Inc. 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. Search results are sorted by a combination of factors to give you a set of choices in response to your search criteria. I could go on forever on how much this city has changed. 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. And don't forget the Camino Bowl, a great place to go bowling before it got torn down and replaced with businesses/condo units. That furniture place on El Monte/El Camino that sold unfinished pine furniture became Office Max? were really arrogant and unhelpful probably one of the reasons Apple 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. My price and style at the time. There were two chains, Pollos and Pollo Locos. Left in 68 to join the USMC. San Francisco, California, United States. Website(s): Main Website. Didn't like La Poblanita 'cause I got sick once after eating there. BIG difference. There's a blocked off driveway off Moffett and an old parking lot inside the area. I remember The Beer Garden having a very old, tall, date palm tree in the parking lot. by Newbie, Whisman Station, were a lot less photos of people's lives back then. It was sad to see it go. One person would drive a car in, and 4 or more would sneak in through the hole in the fence behind the bush on the entrance road. While I was struggling to get through San Francisco state in the mid '70s, the owner of the Town Club could have put his kids through Harvard with the money my dad used to spend there. The Infirmary was destroyed by an arson fire in 1998. . There was an old farm house circa 1900's that was at the intersection on 237, near where the Union Pacific railroad crossing used to be, called The Beer Garden. Liberty House department store at the old San Antonio Shopping Center. Community Calendar Back over across on the discussion! Wherehouse Records, Chuck's Cellar on El Camino was mentioned and John Stewart of Kingston Trio fame. Was the Chinese restaurant Qui Hing Low? The vibe was great. My Grandma used to take me to Mervyn's downtown when it was still a diner, and not a bar. Fargo's was considered the classier place. The current city hall and MVCPA did not exist. We went to Mass at St Joseph Church and shopped at Bettancourt Grocery. I do remember the French Quarter food mart and the Mexican restaurant was called La Posada. When I first moved to Mountain View in 1983 I went to the movies at the "Old Mill" shopping center. calls to this department. I remember the big white-and-red sign very well. Being able to walk the store aisles when the store was closed and no one else was there :). The originals from back in a day we can only imagine and who so few are still around to shed light on how truly special Mountain View was back before Silly-con Valley erupted. Nick from the Netherlands, not sure if this is correct neighborhood---There is a restaurant/bar on Old Middlefield near Rengsdorf called O'Mally's. Thanks again:). wonder woman inside??? I went to Bubb Elementary School when Ben DeBolt was principal, to Graham Junior High, and to Awalt High School (when it was an open campus and we used to cut class occasionally and hang out at an old dry creek bed in the surrounding neighborhood). He quit in 1971 and we moved to Southern California. My brother, Steve Fisher attended Graham Jr. High during this time frame. 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. Fosters Freeze and Linda's were a treat. I'm not sure many people ever went there because the preschool was moved to Rengstorff Park facilities if I remember correctly. Bullfarbers ? It was near the road into Alviso, home of the first Yacht Club in Calif. 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. I got Frankie, Johnny and Luigi's Pizza to go once and it was good. You could get a hamburger for 39 cents. I remember in the 70s, the Monte Vista drive-in. Don't miss out For some, the 70's kicked off in Mountain View with a homecoming float featuring a huge EAGLE. I left the area in 1986 and moved to the Santa Cruz/Aptos area, with only occasional visits. Contact Us I have lived in Mountain View since the mid 70's. The Emporium on El Camino and Sylvan There were best city in Northern California.I attended MVHS AT Castro street. All the neighbors would then come out and talk. The Indian lady who started that was a visionary, it McKelvey Baseball Field/Park -Housing was affordable and the city was considered working class. I Magnin was at Stanford where the Macy's Men's Store is now located. Knights pharmacy was my grandmas go to pharmacy. During the summer many of us were required to work in the fruit harvest. And the Old Mill was really nice, and seems like it was a terrrible place to In the summers, kids rode their bikes all over town and hung out at the local neighborhood parks. Link to California State Website. The house prices went up, $450,000. Those were the days !!!! Does anyone know what bakery I'm talking about? Wow, I read every response. 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! The first job I ever had was scooping ice cream in THAT Thrifty's Drugs, when cones were 5, 10, & 15 cents. I now live in Hanford CA. Michelle again. for me. I went to Huff elementry, Graham Jr. High and Awalt High School. You could buy tires from a tire dealer in the middle of downtown Castro Street (about where Don Giovanni's is I think.) MV was on the USSR's list of early nuclear targets, for good reason. At the time was a 4 year student at the relocated MVHS class of '85. The Cellar was in the 4900 block of El Camino, on the Los Altos side and operated from 1969-85. Thanks for any reply, O'Malley's Sports Pub (under that name) isn't quite three years old according to Elena Kadavny's blog post on this website, reporting the sale, remodeling, and renaming of what for some years had been Francesca's. Getting a traffic citation for making a u-turn in front of the Post Office (considered in the business district although 1 block east of Castro and seemingly behind the actual business on the street. Does anyone remember the name of this place? My friend lived very close. View, where Google is now, I had some classmate that lived out there and back then it was dirt roads and chicken coops. View High in 78 and remember all the places mentioned. . I believe Bazaar was in between the other two names. This my wife's quest and wants to know where he went. Get introduced. MV was specifically preserving the Casuarins - had a special one in a ramp right-of-way (Central Expressway andEl Monte?). Their downstairs cellar was a nice and intimate showroom and upstairs they had good steaks. The entire street, except for the scattering of bars and Chinese restaurants was vacant in the late 70's and 80's. I moved to Old Mtn View in the late '70s.remember Gemello Winery? Watched movies at the old mill and don't forget the Moffett Drive in (shoreline blvd) tree that always got decorated during Christmas time, and unfortunately got damaged and chopped down during Castro st. renovations. I have fond memories of taking my little sister there in her stroller so I could get free candy from the manager. I can still taste it sometimes when I smell a truly good pizza. Mountain View Library was very small and crowded. We lived in Palo Alto and it was a completely different world south of San Antonio road, much different from snooty Palo Alto. Mailing Address PO Box 426788 San Francisco, CA 94142 It seemed like a great concept. That was 2023 Mountain View Online. The field where they sold Christmas trees and fireworks on El Camino Real east of Calderon (across from Tuban Ford). Carlotta Shopping Center? (0.37 mi) Plaza Resort Club Hotel (0.21 mi) Legacy Vacation Club Reno Studio Suite, SUNDAY Check-In (0.23 mi) Stunning Views On Riverwalk Wow Factor 1BR 2BA (0.21 mi) Legacy Vacation Resort Reno; View all hotels near St. James Infirmary on Tripadvisor I remember the pre Gemco store named White something, was it White Castle? -The Mayfiled Mall "site" was actually Mayfield Mall The Monte Carlo Restaurant was the Movie theater for the town I grew up there, and spent a great deal of time in Mountain View. The Chinese market on Castro street was a pharmacy/rite aid type store. My folks shopped at Sears a lot, which was there for as long as I can remember. Website. I then moved out of the area, but then moved back to an apartment in nearby Sunnyvale and worked for someone I knew for awhile from 1999 to 2001. We were the group the released the Peacocks and Peahens into the community when our properties were sold and converted to Industrial! I also remember the original House of Humor in the shopping center at the corner of Grant and ECR. So, though I now live about 50 miles away, downtown MV has become a kind of Mecca for me. It was a great place to go and drink and dance. theater. We moved 12 years ago. Don't forget Bob's Big Boy and Linda's on El Camino. Some old photos were also in the lock shop plus the lock shop has not altered building it is the Jehning Family Lock Museum. 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. JoAnn Fabrics was called New York Fabrics. We had a close neighbors that looked after each other. I frankly had more fun at St. James and spent more time there. Renamed it La Problem Eata. Print Edition/Archives There was an underpass that allowed children to go beneath the busy road to get to school. It was good but expensive, but worth it. Thank-you for the memories. Tackle football on the weekends at Monta Loma school with the forniers and walshes in the mud. It's not still there, is it? My dad and I both had Mr Chadda and Mr Bonzell for math, heh. Have read every entry and look forward to reading more : ). The old building was seen on the right of the road heading towards Milpitas. I was a kid here in the 1960's, My family moved here in 59. Arby's at San Antonio and California Even Wonder Woman couldn't save the place (or herself). The school was later used as the temporary site for Foothill College until it opened in 1961. The King of Clubs was a big Navy bar and we used to go to Denny's across the street. Ahh, the way it was Bay Meadows was fantastic right next door in San Mateo; won 21 to 1 odds on Bridgetwister!!! Highway School had large wood paned windows, oak floors, wide halls, and huge cloakrooms! Mountain View Library with great new book selections inside the entrance usually getting no farther than that to stop and read. Unfortunately, Moffett had been closed. 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. Blossom Valley Shopping Center (Cuesta and Miramonte) It just doesn't seem as fun anymore View native. OJ Cooper school. San Antonio Center, Tower Records for a time, more and cheaper housing, This done to promote the authors or owners agenda. on Apr 13, 2008, There's a good DVD at the public library on the history of Mountain View. ), 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. It burned down a long time ago but I was hoping someone remembered it and could tell me about it. -Downtown Mountain View was kind of a ghost town. State Delicatessen. Thrifty for 5, 10 and 15 cent ice creams in the San Antonio Shopping center and right next to it was Woolworth with the restaurant where you could sit at the counter or the booths while everyone else was shopping around you. The grocery store in same center was my "pac man " destination. Go Eagles!!! Does anyone remember the helicopters flying overhead (every Monday evening, if I remember correctly) spraying Malathion? Too many memories to mention. 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