All of this is mostly gonelike Linda's. At one time, a band that later turned out to be Santana could be heard practicing in Malachi's basement while you waited for the light to turn green. These all mostly faded-out by the late 1990s. the Library, the City Hall area, Steven's Creek trail Mountain View is Shoreline Avenue was called Bailey Avenue Calif. street was still 2 lanes, too. There was no Shoreline overpass you would cross the railroad tracks. Andy's Chinese was the best place for Chinese on Castro. We used to go to the Mexican Restaurant there that was in the middle of the mall (La Posada???) He moved his business and family out of state in 2001. No grass, just blacktop. I miss those days. People moved alot slower , talked a little slower . road on the one side where the shopping center is now, and the it was Born 1978 @ the El Camino hospital. 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. In the mid 80's is when everything started to change..I have a little memory of downtown, I'm a Castro City resident, so I remember San Antonio and the Old Mill more. The St. James Infirmary is located about 5 minutes drive from downtown Montego Bay. Ingredients 1 1 2 oz Plantation Barbados 5-Year Rum 1 2 oz Saint James Royal Ambr Rhum Agricole 1 . My dad worked in the telephone company central office at Hope & Dana streets in the '60s and '70s. - The Emporium department store at El Camino and Hwy 85 The grocery store at the Palm Plaza was for years called Bee Foods. "Dog City" Building MV was on the USSR's list of early nuclear targets, for good reason. Is it still good. Grant Road was only 2 lanes with no sidewalks! The "new" MVHS used to host a carnival in its parking lot on Bryant Avenue in the 80's and there was also one that stopped at the Sears parking lot on San Antonio Rd. Before it was torn down, did the community come out to stop development, like they did for the Milk Pail? Wow, who've thunk back in 1975? Baseball team sponsors, Civitan, Freeman Songroth, Gienger and Hays Funeral Parlor, Raytheon, Cliffs Chevron, Kiwanis, Collishaw Sprinklers, RW Consruction, Oddfellows. 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. Web Link. I used to work at Andys Chinese Restaurant while I was in high school. (Jason Williams) I remember the Weinerschnitzel on Castro St. 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?) We thought the old house (still there) on the corner of Calderon and Church was haunted. We loved Moffett and Mtn View. El Camino was the best I've ever tasted, and is sadly long gone now. I used to go to the menu tree for a bite to eat. I think I have to quit now my brain hurts cheers to all who recall the peace and joy of growing up amidst the orchards and of our once sleepy little town keep the faith and go Eagles. Greets. The St. James Infirmary is located about 5 minutes drive from downtown Montego Bay. 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 has helped me bridge the gap of what Mountain View used to be. Currently being remodeled and replaced with Wachovia Savings. Shop for canvas prints, framed prints, posters, greeting cards, and more. I remember the funnn cinco day mayo parties there everyone had fun, not all the politicle chaos its become. Cocktail Love. OK,I THINK WE'VE COVERED ALL OF MT. $908,224. I have happier memories of seeing movies at the Monte Vista drive-in near Mancini Motors' tower and globe. 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. The others were demolished in the 1990s for the present-day Whisman Station development. Only after it became a mainstream cliche did the various after-the-fact suppositions and misconceptions begin, wrongly associating the term's origin to this region's far longer history of technology firms, already underway by the 1930s (long before not just the semiconductor industry, but other technology firms such as Hewlett-Packard, which some people, especially around Palo Alto, like to conflate today with "silicon valley" origins). So many memories. where Heritage Bank is on El Camino Fiesta and Camino lanes on El Camino. I loved their apple and blueberry pankcakes. The downtown was 2 narrow lanes with no parking and there was nothing going The Eagle was simply left at the old MV High football field. My cousins were Sharon & Jerry Stark, and Harvey, Ed, & Jay Miller. More details in a comment posted to this local 2012 article: Web Link. When I lived on Park Dr I used to walk over on Saturday mornings. 1999 - Opening of the. Went to Landels Elementary and Graham Junior High. I remember the cookie factory well. In the shopping Center was the Oasis Laundry that started out with popcorn and treats In the middle of the rows of corn was a large plot of pot, strictly for medicinal purposes of course. The one in the shopping Center at 85 and The World Famous St. James Infirmary .. Mt. I use to live in San Carlos ave. Then the City now. from 1973 to 1978. The Army Surplus store on San Antonio was a cool place to find war fashion and boots. Go Eagles!!! Fiesta Bowl in Palo Alto/The Hotel was the Cabana Hyatt house where the Beatles stayed (now the Crowne Plaza). Echos of Don Sherwood and Superfrog live on in Maine. -The Mayfiled Mall "site" was actually Mayfield Mall MV is still a great place to live! It was unmanned but still wired in. View from '56 to '79 with a detour through the USMC abd SE.Asia. I CAN STILL VISUALIZE THE BILL BOARDS ON THE WALL.. Bernardo in Mountain View near Middlefield. The Cellar was in the 4900 block of El Camino, on the Los Altos side and operated from 1969-85. and it was a treat to go to the candy store afterwards. State Delicatessen. Dad used to spend major portions of his paychecks there, a practice which ultimately destroyed his marriage to my mother. Recipes . How well I remember the Town Club! Redwood City Pulse, 2023 Mountain View Online Does anybody remember the Sunnyview Family Club, down on Esceula? Dear Community, It has been quite an exciting year full of activism and progress toward the full realization of sex worker rights. Don't miss out The town had a Bobs Big Boy, Linda's drive in, foster freeze, Wiener schnitzel, st James infirmary, Denny's restayeant (great for after a long night if dancing), GEMCO, Carrs pet store, emporium, mervyns, Sears, tower RECords, warehouse records, jcpennys, cost plus, tony Roma's, lots of used car lots along el CAMINO real, kens house of pancakes, thrift store next to cuisimanos (sp?) Does anyone remember the name of this bakery? Wow. We are lucky some parts of the old town remain and we have " a downtown area " unlike Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Cupertino. I can't think of anything to add to the list, and it sure brought back memories. 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. YP, the YP logo and all other YP marks contained herein are trademarks of YP LLC and/or YP affiliated companies. fatality. It's located on Castro St. across the street from Red Rock Cafe. On the other hand as a kid we felt safe walking any where in town not now. Target and where the DMV used to be and is now a truck driver training school. That remained mainly an electronics trade term for decades, although by the 1990s, general journalism was using it for the geographical area. Downtown Mtn. It's amazing how many good book stores we had back then. Was the Chinese restaurant Qui Hing Low? Pretty spooky and not for the weak. Palm variety was a store with tons of household knick knacks. There were a lot of Country Stores throughout the bay area, little shops. The field behind Cooper School was not a park yet! I've spent my lunch hour - and beyond - catching up on the memories and history of the city I now call home. The Super Duper Grocery store and the Rexall Drugs and the Barbershop rounded out the corner of Rengstorff and Centeral Expressway (Alma St originally). Thank-you 1, Graduated from MVHS in 1975 while working at A&W riding my 125 Honda yep it is Eric. There were a few other places in Sunnyvale, but Friday night at the Jack in the Box parking lot on El Camino by Grant Rd was where me and my gearhead buddies stopped to watch the show and surreptitiously quaff a brew or two. View theater, through a kind of walkway/tunnel to the parking lots behind. Arby's at San Antonio and California Also worth noting but less strategic is NASA Ames research center, which was doing key research on human physiology and support systems in space and wind tunnel research. Many of the streets were unpaved and had chickens and peacocks roaming around. It was the first place I'd ever found Jelly-Bellies. in the San Antonio Shopping area. This is a great thread. Shaw's Ice Cream. hundreds of cows. it used to be. I remember seeing the Exorcist with my girlfriend at the time in the View Mtn view has come a loooog ways but I loved it better when it was smaller and slower. Google, Ebay and others seem to like that area. San Francisco, California, United States. I just remembered "The Menu Tree" Does anybody remember The Menu Tree? Mountain View Hight was located in downtown M.V. As a kid I lived mostly in extreme south Palo Alto, but I was oriented more toward Mountain View than anything to the north: Mayfield Mall with its music store and Consumers Distributing catalog store; the San Antonio Center with the Menu Tree, the Time Zone arcade, and the Sears with the candy counter. Does Anyone Remember the La Cabana? The train to Santa Cruz rail bed is a jogging trail now. I'm trying to remember where the beauty college was located at, fond memories of downtown. Waitresses in shorts; orders placed in car windows, fantastic. Also, Chef Chu's nearby, my first exposure to high-end Chinese food. El Chico's Italian was on El Camino to the south. ever. I lived right behind the Mayfield Mall, and mostly what I remember are annual magic shows, Easter egg hunts, great decorations at Christmas, and the fantastic egg-rolls that a man sold from a cart. Sold See item details Similar items on Etsy ( Results include Ads ) Christmas Gifts for Boyfriend - Video Game T shirt for Him - Boyfriend Gifts from Girlfriend - Funny Tshirts UnicornTees $19.99 FREE shipping And our wonderful married life started in a beautiful and wonderful place named Mountain View CA and Moffett Field Naval Air Station! View high. I think it was White something. [melissabee, 11/08/2009] Uniroyal Gal - Confirmed Gone All sources list the location of St. James Infirmary Bar & Grill as 390 Moffet Blvd. How about the California Bakery and the Beauty College right in town and how you always took out of town visitors to Andy's restaurant for the best chinese food or Linda's for the magnificent Perisian burgers and tater tots. Andys and Qui Hing Lo were the two best restaurants. When I was pregnant a few years back, I had a sudden craving for these cookies from my childhood! Double Rainbow was the ice cream place It was sooo easy to cut classes back then some of my friends volunteered there and always signed anyone sick. I remember when Edelweiss Dairy was on 237 and it was all farmland to Milpitas. I also forgot to mention Castro City Market on Rengstorff west of Central Expressway right by the Amtrak commuter train stop at the same location. Hello California! Printer's Inc. We thought we were in heaven and loved our life there until one night John came home and told me his division was being transferred to San Diego North Island and the aircraft carrier USS Princeton CV 37. had kept it. Is Mountain View better or worse without it? A friend of mine had a bad experience at Kirk's Steakburgers and turned vegetarian. When Shoreline was still Bailey Ave. and it was just a 2 lane road. Michelle. Being able to walk the store aisles when the store was closed and no one else was there :). There used to be a tree diagram inside the lobby that showed the true history of early Silicon Valley--but when I went back to photograph it about 1975 it had been removed when they did some remodeling Several Fairchild Semiconductor engineers left and started other companies that later became big players and the history is on that tree diagram. On the corner of ECR & 237?? It was full of inexpensive children's toys and candy, and had this amazing candy smell that I still remember to this day. Imperial Gardens even had a water wheel going in their back yard. Moved to Sunnyvale a year later. I am looking for any one who might possibly have any information on who owned The Rumpus Room and or The 101 Club back in the 80's???? O'Malley? Who was that guy who wore a dress and sat in the bleachers? Played Little League for Johnny Macs the first year of the league -- 1955? They had these numbered grey totes that the checker put the groceries and purchases in, and placed it on a conveyor belt which sent it to the front of sidewalk., where you would present your claim ticket and another clerk would load it in your car. The vibe was great. The Monte Vista drive-in movie theater was on Grant Road behind where the Walgreens is now (bunch of housing there now.) Star & Bar gas station? What did they used to call 85 before it was a highway and ended VB, I think the diner at Mayfield Mall was called Kelly's. During the summer many of us were required to work in the fruit harvest. Very special indeed! Walking to the pet shop by the laundry where the lpressing shirts would wave at us. Don't forget the Bickell Brothers Lumber on San Antonio and Freeman-Sondgroth Paving Company (the gravel factory) making noise and causing cracks in the windows and drywall of everyone's homes. st james infirmary 504 greenwich street, san francisco, ca 94133. total revenue. Mountain Mike's Pizza San Antonio Center, Tower Records for a time, more and cheaper housing, Which is something we would'nt likely have done in the 70s. The owner had a old pick-up. Had the best ravioli anywhere. I am a little bummed out that the 1st and last schools I attended, San Ramon Elementry and Old Mt. We'd see it on the right side of the road when we drove from Mountain View to Alviso or Milpitas. The ward was a joint initiative between the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and the St. James Municipal Corporation. --Tim May, You can see some of the past if you go up the Parking structure off Castro. We are peer based occupational health and safety clinic for current and former sex workers - we. The copper penny St. James Infirmary was always rockin'. Armed soldiers with police dogs constantly walked the grounds. And I second the notion of Web Link being a AWESOME place on the web to see the rich history of Mountain View. We frequented Bourbon Street night club in the Old Mill Mall which had again great food and night life. Der Wiener Schnitzel on Castro was a great place to skip off campus from Mountain View High for some munchies. It had a flush toilet, but was just a small shed built over the septic tank. It was near the road into Alviso, home of the first Yacht Club in Calif. They had a neat fish tank inside. Name of the bowling alley near Cherry Chase Golf Course? When did the Old Mill close down and whateve happened to the best pizza place that I knew of Fargo's? We had a "Food Fair" grocery store on El CAMINO between Castro and grant/237 Great town to start a career in Semiconductors. Remember St. Johns on Moffett? Mountain View Library was very small and crowded. I remember Bank of America where it used to be next to that tire store, and is now a sushi restaurant in front (if you go inside and look at the floor, you'll still see the original mosaic flooring at the entrance), the Asian supermarket being some sort of drug store? I developed a routine I still remember fondly. There were two chains, Pollos and Pollo Locos. Still had the bumper sticker "Can't read? I also remember the spooky old house standing alone somewhere along Shoreline, even after the golf course was set up. Go Eagles and Keep the Faith You may also email me at [emailprotected] Thank you! . I grad Mtn. Blossom Valley Shopping Center (Cuesta and Miramonte) The Monte Carlo Restaurant was the Movie theater for the town View, where Google is now, I had some classmate that lived out there and back then it was dirt roads and chicken coops. Did anyone here work for HandyMan in the 1960's or 1970s? The park behind the high school were we cut classes all the time. And yes who can forget St. James ( cheap drinks and lot's of fun ) and my favorite place Linda's on El Camino. 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. There was an underpass that allowed children to go beneath the busy road to get to school. There was a curve loop for students to be picked up. Whenever I ask my husband to take me to the 'fancy market on Middlefield' he says something about Brentwood:) My cousins were Sharon & Jerry Stark, and Harvey, Ed, & Jay Miller was:... 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