***. 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. Driving to Stanford via ElCamino Real one could smell skunks from the open fields. Whenever I ask my husband to take me to the 'fancy market on Middlefield' he says something about Brentwood:) near NW corner of Middlefield at Rengsdorf. Gemco was where Target is now. The Infirmary was destroyed by an arson fire in 1998. . Baseball team sponsors, Civitan, Freeman Songroth, Gienger and Hays Funeral Parlor, Raytheon, Cliffs Chevron, Kiwanis, Collishaw Sprinklers, RW Consruction, Oddfellows. The Bowling alley was/is called El Camino bowl ( I hung out there a lot from age 10 to 19) Mountain View (and the rest of the Peninsula seems quite different now). First gourmet burgers for me the Hawaiian with pineapple.. and the friendliest of owners. The grocery store in same center was my "pac man " destination. Foster's Freeze Ice Cream on El Camino Real We were newly wed and I was pregnant with our first child. This was a Navy town back then. I remember the Old Mill theaters and seeing Return Of The Jedi. It answers the "even earlier." Minton Lumber (gone now) hand towels of a working hand air dryer for almost year despite my Does anyone remember Beto's Casa Blanca Mexican Restaurant. And I have seen quite a few Tower Records; in the Bay Area, L.A., Orange County and even London. Surely so that's the first and possibly only place I would go to eat if I ever came back to visit. When I was pregnant a few years back, I had a sudden craving for these cookies from my childhood! sewage treatment plant and the airport spewing noise and leaded exhaust My Family knew the people who owed the big spooky looking house across the street. D.V., when you mentioned Baeders cookies I knew it was you cuz. Old Mill on California Street where the Crossings housing is now located. where the Albertson's was. It's amazing, really, how much things have changed over the years, especially the businesses that have come and gone. Oh, I miss that barbecue There was so much land there before, and it devastates me to only have fragments of memory.. Wow, it great to read about MV in the 60's and 70's..I was born and raise in MV. Very special indeed! I do not know what the atmosphere is now. A friend of mine had a bad experience at Kirk's Steakburgers and turned vegetarian. 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. Highway School had large wood paned windows, oak floors, wide halls, and huge cloakrooms! Palo Alto was 'Davenport'. House of Yee on Castro. I never bothered to buy an alarm clock! It was Treasury for a while, and Drug Barn, now vacant. This was in the mid-late 90s? AND, There were greenhouses along 237 for as far as the eye could see, along with Ferry Morse Seed Company. My husband was stationed at Moffett Field and worked in Hangar One daily. During the early years I lived on Leong Dr. My home had a 3 foot chain link fence; green with white trim; and was directly across the street from the 76 gas station; and next to That service station was the Denny's restaurant. Before it was torn down, did the community come out to stop development, like they did for the Milk Pail? Left in 68 to join the USMC. 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. Rite Aid was called Thrifty then Payless with Alpha Beta Gocery Store next door. I almost forgot: The Emporium on El Camino and Sylvan I was teaching at Foothill Jr. College. ST. JAMES INFIRMARY Hospitals and Health Care San Francisco, California 403 followers It is our mission to meet the needs of people engaged in the sex trade through advocacy, direct services . So many memories. I remember 4th of July at Rengstorff Park with fireworks. a fruit/vegetable stand. The San Antonio Shopping Center had that church single's group that met every Sunday morning in the upper floor of the Menu Tree. remember hanging out at rengstorff park alot, swimming every summer the vampire movies they would show every Ithink wednesday or friday after school (mvhs) for free in the auditorium. 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. GTE's greatly reduced operation was moved to Santa Clara a few years ago. St James Infirmary Organization Address: 1089 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94109. Was it part of 237? Miramonte Avenue had NO traffic after 5:30 PM, at Sladkey (later Questa Drive). 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. I spent the first 30 years of my life living in what is now called 'Old Mountain View.' It was the first place I'd ever found Jelly-Bellies. TG&Y between Safeway and Walgreens. Double Rainbow was the ice cream place View, where Google is now, I had some classmate that lived out there and back then it was dirt roads and chicken coops. There was a drive in theatre on Grant Road across the street from Erik's Deli. I liked st james infirmary 504 greenwich street, san francisco, ca 94133. total revenue. Knights drugstore was an Asian restaurant. 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. Went to Crittenden in the 80's, Graduated from Los ALtos High. My daughter and her friends hang out at the In-n-Out burger on Grant or at our local smoothie places. The original Emporium at Stanford was taken over by Bloomingdales. and the home of greasers etc. It was full of inexpensive children's toys and candy, and had this amazing candy smell that I still remember to this day. James F. Todd (Navy), who was aboard the USS Macon when it went down off the coast of Monterey (Hanger 1, was it's home back then). There was a "Variety Store" at Blossom Valley shopping center on the corner nearest to St. Francis. So many memories attached to them from those whose formative years were spent there. Gemco was called Bazaar. Gregg's Pharmacy We'd also get lunch at Weinerschniztel (at the corner of Castro and California). That area around Middlefield/Ellis was where Raytheon? Ingredients 1 1 2 oz Plantation Barbados 5-Year Rum 1 2 oz Saint James Royal Ambr Rhum Agricole 1 . Many people used the train in those days to commute to "The City (San Francisco)". My dad was laid off in '90 my step mom is still with the company under new name General Dynamics. We would often drive over to St James, especially on Sunday afternoons when they had drink specials. It was located off Middlefield near Ellis Street. As for restaurants, I was saving my pennies in those years. The Old Mill and Mayfield malls were already mostly derelict. Music Store It was a hofbrau or road stop kind of place. store. I seem to be the only one in my family that remembers it and I can't find a picture or any other information. Shagging foul balls at McKelvey for a quarter. There was a huge barrel of pickles there does anyone remember that? They would have this giant table with holes in it, and you would roll a ball and make bets where the ball would stop and then you would win whatever amount it landed on if you had that same bet. Wow we can't forget Art's chili bowl on el camino real. 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. St James Infirmary . Bokman Chevy and Tuban Ford At the little mall with the hobby store upstairs they used to decorate extensively for Christmas. Echos of Don Sherwood and Superfrog live on in Maine. My wife was on-call as a dietitian at the nursing home there in the early 80s. The best pastries ever./Photo Shop I lived on Colony St and went to Powell School, Crittenden and Mountain View HS on Castro street. A plant nearby that sprang from nothing each year and was spectacular. What got me into computing was the Commodore Vic-20 8 bit 6502 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 saw "Purple Rain" at the movies that weekend. Miramonte School. Now reside in New Mexico. Does anybody remember the Sunnyview Family Club, down on Esceula? Great Western Savings Red Barn for a Barnbuster I remember seeing military officer's/personal around the community (the base was on the other side of the free way overpass) felt like the norm. Knights pharmacy was my grandmas go to pharmacy. The public library on Franklin Street, where Miss Marion the Librarian and Miss Meta Antisdell were like surrogate parents to me. Steve - It's pretty obvious that the Voice's website is designed to place links to the three Town Square threads that have the most recent posts. I know Mtn. I have not returned home to Mountain View for decades and just now saw pictures of the town. Frankie & Johnnie Luigi's on El Camino RealI lived in the "flat" above the resturant. There was always lots to do in the neighborhood- during summer, the owner of the little east side grocery store would have a monthly quick-draw competition in the side parking lot. Pollo Loco. - Cherry Chase golf course where Cuernavaca is now They had a neat stairway with upper level seating. There were a lot of Country Stores throughout the bay area, little shops. And I second the notion of Web Link being a AWESOME place on the web to see the rich history of Mountain View. What an interesting question. When Central Expressway was built. Car dealership n Castro and el CAMINO. 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. wonder woman inside??? Hello California! Actually the whole page is excellent if you want to follow them on Facebook. 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. (I lived in Old MV) The Simpson Buick car dealership used to be on the northeast corner of El Camino Real and Castro with a Chrysler dealer that had a huge tower with a globe on top on the opposite corner where the big bank is now. The jet that crashed into the Salmi house in downtown Mtn View in 1956. We also went to Country Gourmet on El Camino (I think it's still there), and of course the food court in the Old Mill. It was a good one, too. Wasn't there a Card Room called SUTTERS on 237? For the longest time on ECR (80's) there was a great little store selling seat covers (I think it was near Castro). Go Eagles and Keep the Faith Gas was cheap, crime was low and we had a blast growing up there. Across the street from the school was a small gas station store that sold penny candy. Get used to it. Palo Alto Online And the Old Mill was really nice, and seems like it was a terrrible place to 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. ***. Nice to remember everything tho. Cocktail Love. I have we have one of the best downtowns in the area with such a great selection of places to eat and hang out. So to that, I say, thank you :) First I rented in a duplex on Sierra Vista: theater. Link to California State Website. Rhodes had midnight madness sales. The Golden Wok was good too, but suddenly closed and never reopened. Not just the Gemco in Mountain View, but all the stores in the Gemco chain across California were bought out by Target. Mountain View was the southernmost town with the 415 area code. I remember in the late '60's entering my cat in the local "pet parade". Almost every VA patient naysayer Ive listened to has problems best cared for in the VA mental department. The St. James Infirmary was a landmark bar and grill in Mountain View that was destroyed by arson fire in 1998. 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. Shoreline Avenue was called Bailey Avenue Jerry Reed(1937-2008) was a country music singer, songwriter, and actor, who specialized in a variety of novelty numbers. Open fields around the neighborhood were great places for playing baseball and hide and seek. I remember that well. I don't know when or why they would use it, maybe as a backup? Bay Meadows was fantastic right next door in San Mateo; won 21 to 1 odds on Bridgetwister!!! A&W near the corner with Castro. JC Penney's was where Meyer Electric is now. 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)? The entire street, except for the scattering of bars and Chinese restaurants was vacant in the late 70's and 80's. Oh, how I long for the old days!!! (Jason Williams) I remember the Weinerschnitzel on Castro St. Did anyone go to Crittenden for elementary school?! My parents still live there, and I visit them often. 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. Tater tots and Parisian Burgers. We lived in a trailer park just going north on 101 from the main gate at Moffett. Mayfield Mall Construction went on for quite a while and the place was really novel with JC Penny holding the anchor spot. ----Imagemakers Hair Salon/Vicky's Hair Salon. 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. -The Mayfiled Mall "site" was actually Mayfield Mall You may also email me at [emailprotected] Thank you! View for a bit over a year, but that is one memory of mine. Later on. Two Guys from Italy Rest. 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