Gardens and water wheels inside the mall. now sits. It's amazing how many good book stores we had back then. Albertson's bakery had the best brownies i've ever tasted. Oh Mountain View and how I miss it. where Rengstoff and El Camino split off with El Monte .. that was a dirt When we moved to Palo Alto, we would take the bus for 10 cents and go to Mayfield Mall. The persimmon tree in "our" front yard and the people who would drive up and try to strip the fruit. I recall that Fargo's was a pretty happening spot for live music in its day. I haven't used it, but you might be able to find some helpful resources there. Where the loop is now. You may also email me at [emailprotected] Thank you! I moved to Old Mtn View in the late '70s.remember Gemello Winery? By then, St. James and Fargo's had both closed, but Mountain View had really developed an impressive downtown that I have enjoyed (especially considering it is a suburb of Silicon Valley). The Indian lady who started that was a visionary, it Printer's Inc. It was unmanned but still wired in. It was across the street from a bowling alley. Greetings.. We lived on Parker Ct. Slot car racing at a small shopping mall on san antonio road. Foothill College, the new campus in Los Altos Hills was talked about thruout California, for its inovative architectural style; this topic was an English class required paper for the first couple of years. It had a 50 foot tall Wonder Woman, a stage coach on the ceiling and peanut shells on the floor. Mr Knight was a wonderful employer and friend. Registering a complaint with the City of MV when my landlord (1904 Bates house at California & View Street - next to the little home in the orchard tower) planned to cut down his 2 story tall Australian Pine (Casuarina equisetifolia ) because it dropped too much "mess." First things first. There was an underpass that allowed children to go beneath the busy road to get to school. ma, There was a movie theater on Castro, but it only seemed to show Chinese or Mexican films and nobody went there. 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. Had to go to liquor store near Safeway to get a Sunday Mercury or Chronicle. I did like the St. John's Infirmary, on the Moffatt Field side of the railroad tracks. i remember mayfield mall, with jc penneys and world mart. There are many more places I can talk about while I lived in the area. Whenever the free time I always like to revisit entire areas and scenes. Foster freeze was my go to for French fries and fried burritos and shakes. Free suicides after the little league game. 85 then what did they call it? Bob's Big Boy, When did the Old Mill and Fargo's Pizza close. and the home of greasers etc. Clarke's is great. 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 Does anyone remember the name of the diner on the lower level of the Mall? We'll see if the condo development goes through for that location. Primary Menu Newsroom; Public Meetings; About HCAI; Subscribe; Careers; Log In; Scroll navigation Left Building Safety & Finance. Landell's Elementary. Car dealership n Castro and el CAMINO. 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. (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.) Also, I remember the Copper Penny a big A-frame restaurant near I remember the cookie factory well. View for a bit over a year, but that is one memory of mine. cheap movie theater Miles Tone wrote: "The Decor furniture store that became Office Depot at El Monte and El Camino was also once a grocery store, in the 60's I think"? I just don't know the name of it. It was a hofbrau or road stop kind of place. I know this is incorrect. Then there was over where the medical center is the Emporium clothes Fun times in the '70's. on Apr 13, 2008, There's a good DVD at the public library on the history of Mountain View. Anyone remember the drive in theaters? Fargo's was considered the classier place. I sure miss that restaurant. I bought a hamster for my kids there. Harry's Hofbrau (my favorite) Wow, I read every response. My sister made one big donut with the leftover dough at the end of the shift and would bring it to the parties in a big pink box. And I have seen quite a few Tower Records; in the Bay Area, L.A., Orange County and even London. Fond memories of seeing "Animal House" there in around 1978. View and Sunnyvale at all times day and night and never had a worry. 1089 Mission Street. MV was on the USSR's list of early nuclear targets, for good reason. My memories of this time are somewhat faded by time and the fact, my Mother didn't drive, so my mobility around the area was limited to foot and my Schwinn bicycle. Everybody actually went to Shakey's Pizza in P.A. There was ateen center hangout for awhile downtown in 70 but I dont recall were it was exactly. Some guy would provide entertainment by dancing and picking up a dinner table with his teeth and begin swinging it around.I ended up on his shoulders while he was doing a greek dance step and the whole room got up and everybody started dancing to the greek music . Rengstorff Park had our swimming pool and great summer programs like Archery class and Tennis lessons among them. Mayfield Mall, Old Mill, Rhodes department store. Born 1978 @ the El Camino hospital. United States. It used to be called the Dublin Inn as I recall from 50's, 60's and later. not too far from San Antonio. 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. When those establishments are gone, they will lament the passing of their youth like the many posts 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. . Lockheed was designing and building spy satellites, as well as the submarine based Polaris nuclear missile. The little store on Rengstorff and old Middlefield where La Costena yes,st. The Old Mill also had an FM radio station at one time where you could watch the DJ's at work, through a large window. State Delicatessen. Try to find a gun shop in Mountain View today. Thanks for this thread! I remember visiting it during a shadowing exercise as a student at Crittenden. I took my parents to the Balkin Village on the Elcamino for their 25th wedding aniversary in 1973. Sold my 1958 VW bus, painted Rustoleum orange with yellow roof, with an engine that had died forever on the highest point of Hwy 17, to teenagers across the street who cut out the back end for surf boards and replaced the engine. First gourmet burgers for me the Hawaiian with pineapple.. and the friendliest of owners. It was full of inexpensive children's toys and candy, and had this amazing candy smell that I still remember to this day. Mostly comprised of middle-class folks employed in the military industrial complex that eventually morphed into Silicon Valley. He moved his business and family out of state in 2001. That remained mainly an electronics trade term for decades, although by the 1990s, general journalism was using it for the geographical area. Does any one remember that Mountain View was owned by the 7th Day Adventist who spent a few years looking to move away (BEFORE the computer movement)? Foster's Freeze Ice Cream on El Camino Real Website(s): Main Website. Those days of MV being a quiet, bucolic suburb are over. High Way Elementary School on El Camino; it was closed and became the temporary Foothill College; closed and left empty; later developed into a mixed use project; there was a pedestrian tunnel crossing under El Camino there. 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?? When one of the Hispanic neighbors would host a party, everyone was invited! People moved alot slower , talked a little slower . View. !the jack in the box at shoreline & montecito was a gas station>>> the deli at baily park was owned by a former wrestler.. who cut turkey sandwhiches w/ an electric carver as you ordered>> where I practiced graffiti.. god bless IN&OUT BURGER. Now its an India restaurant. The tire dealership on Castro was called Paul Auger's Tires. When Bloomingdales moved to their smaller store built in the mall parking lot, the old building was torn down to make more smaller independent stores since large department stores have lost their appeal. This is about the old originals of Mountain View. St James Infirmary located at 445 California Avenue Reno NV 89501, view menus, pictures, reviews, directions and more . Michelle again. Der Wiener Schnitzel on Castro was a great place to skip off campus from Mountain View High for some munchies. He and my mother are buried next to each other at Alta Mesa Cemetery on Charleston. in the 70's best pizza ever !!!!!!!!!! Star & Bar gas station? Theatre is now standing. own bread, and sold beers at least in the old Palo Alto place on Meadow. 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. We lived across the street from the Whisman Fire dept. 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. Such great memories. 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. Don't forget Bob's Big Boy and Linda's on El Camino. I think it is like over $3000 for a studio. -Downtown Mountain View was kind of a ghost town. WTH happened?!?! and it was a treat to go to the candy store afterwards. I use to live in San Carlos ave. There was a frozen North Pole and Santa sat in his house nearby. 3. Hopefully that new Electronics Museum has some accurate literature available. They took their hard earned allowance and bought an ice cream. We got our pumpkins from a farm stand on grant road (near el CAMINO hosputal) It was comfortable. 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. View theater, through a kind of walkway/tunnel to the parking lots behind. Mountain View was sleepy and boring and we used to consider it lower class The park behind the high school were we cut classes all the time. Amazons live to be 50~60 years so he may still be alive. Domestic Fax. When it closed down we started going to the Continental Market on California Street. "Kentucky Fried Chicken" and "Walgreens" are still the same Juice Time was next to the cleaner's It was the first place I'd ever found Jelly-Bellies. The current city hall and MVCPA did not exist. We are peer based occupational health and safety clinic for current and former sex workers - we. BIG difference. Then it burned down.) The other was located after you pass the train tracks going towards Moffet on left side near the corner of Moffet and Sterling. I grew up next to Therekauf/Stevenson school. The mens clothing store was George"s. Who remembers the mexican restaurant on el camino and bailey. That area around Middlefield/Ellis was where Raytheon? NO Flashlights!!! Does Anyone Remember the La Cabana? Update Organization . We frequented Bourbon Street night club in the Old Mill Mall which had again great food and night life. The Chinese market on Castro street was a pharmacy/rite aid type store. You could bring your empty bottles and get them filled. I use to walk over to buy cookies there too. Its been a long time since ive been though there. We thought the old house (still there) on the corner of Calderon and Church was haunted. It is bustling, vibrant, filled with great restaurants. About where the Hausner Day school is now on San Antonio between Middlefield and Alma, there was an Indian mound (Ohlone--pre Spanish era) camping/living area. for me. Anyone remember the Hell Angels' moving into the house on 237 and then filming in parts of Mountain View and Sunnyvale? Open fields around the neighborhood were great places for playing baseball and hide and seek. Now it is El Charro's Mexican Restauraunt. The shopping center is no more, at least not anything like the original. I spent my early childhood in Mountain view in the 1970s. Web Link. Another place I have enjoyed is Tony and Alba's Pizza. The St. James Infirmary is located about 5 minutes drive from downtown Montego Bay. There was a Pet Store I worked at for one weekend helping put hay in the attic area on Evelyn and feeding the mice for sale. 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 a nursing home across the street from us. 4. Another pizza place I remember was Boswell's Pizza Company on Castro near California, probably more 80's than 70's. The Cellar was in the 4900 block of El Camino, on the Los Altos side and operated from 1969-85. I remember when Edelweiss Dairy was on 237 and it was all farmland to Milpitas. Andy's Chinese was the best place for Chinese on Castro. Next door was an ice cream store, I think it was called Dons. Mountain Mike's Pizza Drinking suicides through red licorice as our straw. Central Expressway was two lanes a dirt road with no lights. So by posting to this thread, you inadvertantly ensured that it will continue to grace the front page. Of course Hobees we all loved. Hello. Ferry-Morse seed Co. When MVHS was still on Castro St. Could hear the Friday nite football games from where I lived. I can still taste it sometimes when I smell a truly good pizza. It burned down a long time ago but I was hoping someone remembered it and could tell me about it. Anyway it was big. Whenever I ask my husband to take me to the 'fancy market on Middlefield' he says something about Brentwood:) I'd love to hear from anyone who may remember me. 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? Blossom Valley also had a great pizza place called Old Cal where we would go as kids on minimum days from Blach. Later years the Poblanita restaurant on Castro for the Milanesa, yummy! They had a neat stairway with upper level seating. ie Apricots, cherries, prunes. The old building was seen on the right of the road heading towards Milpitas. Bicycles wagons all sorts of things hanging on the walls. That was omg Togo's turkey and Avocado. There was actually a gun shop (Eddy's) on Castro and El Camino which first moved across the street then finally went out of business about 6 or 7 years ago. My brother, Steve Fisher attended Graham Jr. High during this time frame. There was an unfinished furniture place called Decor on El Monte near El Camino Rl that became Office Depot. Mountain View was home to the St. James Infirmary Bar & Grill. Old Mill on California Street where the Crossings housing is now located. Old Mill had a AMC theater in the back with cheap movies, then it turned into a big empty farmers market, then finally razed. Mountain View Library centennial celebration 1905-2005 It was hard to find parking. St James Infirmary Moffett Blvd and Mariner Dr Mountain View Alas. I havent been there but hope to before "old age" sets in :>) My thanks to all other contributors--so many places and things I had forgotten! I remember 4th of July at Rengstorff Park with fireworks. The Old Mill and Mayfield malls were already mostly derelict. My dad was laid off in '90 my step mom is still with the company under new name General Dynamics. When I lived on Park Dr I used to walk over on Saturday mornings. Loved the tater tots at Linda's. We had a "Food Fair" grocery store on El CAMINO between Castro and grant/237 Mountain View Hight was located in downtown M.V. Across the street from the tire store was a five-and-dime store. I moved to Mtn. Thank you for any info. Left in 68 to join the USMC. Remember???? All rights reserved. It is the second left turn from the Cornwall College playground and is erected on the Albion property. This was the Bay Area bar and grill that burned down in the 90s. Maybe this has been covered already but does anyone remember the bike shop, "The Bicycle Tree", that had a section of a large tree in the shop where the tree had grown around an old bike frame? Just loved reading all these posts and bringing back all the memories. -Mountain View High School was on Castro Street. Stigs plus also a mens clothing store, dry cleaners and a small store that sold home items. You could still find "cowboys" in the Rengstorff-Rock St-Middlefield area 20 years ago but they are long gone. That place was great too. A&E It was a great time but I grew up and moved to other places for my career. We were newly wed and I was pregnant with our first child. I wonder what businesses we have today are worth fighting for. I remember: Does anyone remember the name of this bakery? I remember walking through the construction site where the new Mtn View Police Department is now standing, picked up spent shell casings in the basement level, before it had a roof over it. Does anyone know what bakery I'm talking about? The field behind Cooper School was not a park yet! There's a blocked off driveway off Moffett and an old parking lot inside the area. I thought that was absolutely amazing. Eddie's Gun Shop Tackle football on the weekends at Monta Loma school with the forniers and walshes in the mud. I also worked at the Ferry Morse Seed Co. in 74-77. Anybody remember Gemco? Had a fun summer vacation visiting my dad and his partner, they owned Facilities include two wards for males and females, an administrative block, a chapel, staff quarters and a separate dwelling for street people. The hobby shop was really packed on weekends from 1966-1968. There are a lot of restaurants that I remember. Yes there were also the yearly Navy air shows. We tried to be a Palo Alto, thats why people eat in parking spaces on Castro street! Mountain View High School was on Castro Street. Knights pharmacy was my grandmas go to pharmacy. I almost forgot: I believe I saw the original JUNGLE BOOK movie at the theater there : ) Great place to grow up. My front yard is now the parking of the outdoor amp theater. Songroth Brothers (gravel & cement) next to the railroad tracks near Alma & San Antonio? Privacy Policy 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). i worked at rhodes and lunched at the menu tree. Ken's House of Pancakes' German Babies souffl pancakes with powdered sugar & lemon wedges. I live in Florida now, but I keep checking this on-going trip down memory lane. Great times when Mountain View really felt like families where the heart of the community not transplants!!!!!! The first 2 years of St. Joseph's School were held in the old classrooms of at what is now St. Francis High School. My friend lived very close. No cell phone, no internet, no answering machines, just good friends, good times. Was the Rumpus Room ever "topless"? I didn't care much for the place, but The site of Nob Hill on Grant Road was a Hubbard & Johnson hardware store before it's more recent incarnations. My first "job" was gathering eggs at a chicken farm on Old Middlefield in early 50s' (the fork hadnt been built yet, so there was just "Middlefield Rd" no "old" Middlefield. St. JAMES Infirmary was the name of the dive on Moffett with Muffler Guy and Wonder Woman. I still can't believe it's gone! View high building is gome butGo eagles !s31ZJ. on, with the High School being down towards El Camino. The movie theater may have stuck around a little longer than the mall. Most of my neighbors and friends like me can remember purchasing the broken cookies for a penny and that these cookies were the best ever. Join to view profile ST. JAMES INFIRMARY . Hello Father, we would sayHello boys..his response..Keep the memories coming . I went to school with their children "military brats". The field where they sold Christmas trees and fireworks on El Camino Real east of Calderon (across from Tuban Ford). Fiesta and Camino lanes on El Camino. alley on El Camino before it moved to Castro. We went on to have a total of eight children (with set of boy-girl twins) and we had all twenty-one of our grandchildren before we lost John at his 75th birthday Christmas 2006. 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. It was THE place to go on Friday and Saturday nights.not to mention the other hangout was "The Shack" for dancing and meeting 'guys'. OJ Cooper school. The public library on Franklin Street, where Miss Marion the Librarian and Miss Meta Antisdell were like surrogate parents to me. more forward thinking than Palo Alto and I am sorry I moved to Palo Alto Speaking of burgers, Hobees when it started in the 70s (?) St. James Infirmary with Wonder Woman on Moffett Blvd, and the Cottage, and nobody has mentioned Andy's, the best Chinese food in town. Makes me hungry just thinking about it. My parents still live there, and I visit them often. were really arrogant and unhelpful probably one of the reasons Apple View in 1975. Nothing here to do about old places in Mtn. I wish I First on Pear Ave, where we raised chickens and exotic birds. Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic. Moffitt drive-in where Century 16 is now, Shoreline park area being a big expanse of empty dirt and the landfill, and the shoreline house being in it's original location near where the movie theater is today, boarded up and being in shambles. Miramonte Avenue had NO traffic after 5:30 PM, at Sladkey (later Questa Drive). The original "Der Weinerschnitzel" on California and Castro. I believe Bazaar was in between the other two names. Nob Hills previous location across the parking lot was called Fry's Food Store, then Food Fair, which had relocated from El Camino and Bonita Av. that machine that cheapie simple stuff was really expensive back Linda's Hamburger Joint on El Camino that place but it was short-lived. Home The Boardwalk is a good burger and beer place on the El Camino with a friendly vibe. Drive-in Movie Theater where Walgreen's is. The bottle was refundable for a nickle at the store where you could buy a candy bar for five cents! What did they used to call 85 before it was a highway and ended Drying apricots in the orchards on Grant Road Grew up in Los Altos in the 60s-90s. 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! I lived in Mtn. I am a little bummed out that the 1st and last schools I attended, San Ramon Elementry and Old Mt. despite the rude owners great sushi. Mountain View was obviously a bigger success.) I used to love to go in there and watch the monkeys and dream about having one of my own. Village Host Pizza on Castro. Andys and Qui Hing Lo were the two best restaurants. Thank-you 1, Graduated from MVHS in 1975 while working at A&W riding my 125 Honda yep it is Eric. Navy jets flew overhead constantly, then it was the Orion P-3 submarine chasers.
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