I miss Old Cal Pizza and Stuft Pizza on Castro St. Where was Stuft Pizza located again? They give me the best care one could hope for. I almost forgot: I remember visiting it during a shadowing exercise as a student at Crittenden. And our wonderful married life started in a beautiful and wonderful place named Mountain View CA and Moffett Field Naval Air Station! 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. 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. Google, Ebay and others seem to like that area. Wasn't there a Card Room called SUTTERS on 237? I have lived in Mountain View since the mid 70's. We had a "Food Fair" grocery store on El CAMINO between Castro and grant/237 Had a fun summer vacation visiting my dad and his partner, they owned The Scuitlebutt on El Camino Real. View High (graduated in '68, brother in '59 and mother in '37) orchards everywhere Rengstorf Rec Center Friday dances Dana Street School Slater School Linda's Drive In.. La Cabana Mexican food at the end of Castro near Andy's and Florintine restaurants gadz, someone said they swam for the Dolphins in the 60's, so did I do remember Shaw's Ice Cream.. Suzie's Diner Hap's Market on Caldron and Church (Sav-Mor) the Rumpus Room and Matts on ECR, good ol' dive bars of course St. James Infirmary with Wonder Woman and the bi-plane and peanuts on the floor Mtn. My daughter and her friends hang out at the In-n-Out burger on Grant or at our local smoothie places. I swam for the Mountain View Dolphin's swim team, at Mountain View High School which was on Castro Street in the 1960's. The others were demolished in the 1990s for the present-day Whisman Station development. and is where Silicon Valley essentially started. A plant nearby that sprang from nothing each year and was spectacular. I think it is like over $3000 for a studio. My friends worked at the movie theater and some also worked at Village Host a pizza place in downtown. I do i do i do boy do I. ! Bay Meadows was fantastic right next door in San Mateo; won 21 to 1 odds on Bridgetwister!!! Lived the rest of the time near Castro Street: My kindergarden classroom was the 1st near the entrance, I remember feeling excited and part of an elite school that invested in Apple computers. View and Sunnyvale at all times day and night and never had a worry. I truly felt at home. Speed limit was 55 mph on all freeways (coming again soon? thanks for the memories. Casa Maria also and there was a nice steak and ale type restaurant on the corner of El Camino and Castro St., but I cannot remember the name of it.It did have great steaks and baked potatoes with all the salad you could eat, and wine carafes. The "shoreline house" was actually the home of Henry Rengstorff. Feinschmuckers Deli, remember Best products store. ), 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. We'll see if the condo development goes through for that location. Oh, I miss that barbecue It's odd to wonder how everyone got along without a phone in their pockets, and there -Downtown Mountain View was kind of a ghost town. I was here in the 70's though I lived in Palo Alto. from 1973 to 1978. I live now in Kiseemmee Florida,but I travel to Mountain View 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. Poking around the unrestored Rengsdorff house in that surreal setting all sky and wet/flat lands, pre-development and amplitheater. Here are the places that I remember on Castro Street: old mill had the jumping frog and then there was st. james, moffit drive-in and handyman. Bullfarbers ? Target used to be a store called Gemco. The crowds on Castro used to be nicer and more polite and drivers used to drive better. My friends and I would literally rollerskate down the middle of Castro St., on Saturday's with no problem. She was a long time Sunnyvale resident with roots back to old Mountain View. The Togos have moved around and changed a lot, but Togos used to be really great. Drive-in Movie Theater where Walgreen's is. Keep em' coming Mountain Viewers. In the 50's, MV had a downtown city park on Castro. I frequented it in the mid 90s. I have lived in Mountain View since the early 70's. There was a fancy hotel with a big fountain in the front. Miramonte Avenue had NO traffic after 5:30 PM, at Sladkey (later Questa Drive). Moffett Food Center owned by Sam Leong and his family. United States. Its where the first IC was made by Noyce? 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 would like to know what the name of the furniture store was where Wholefoods market is now on El Camino in Mtn. I worked just a short distance away on Middlefield towards San Antonio and Palo Alto. I have lived in Mountain View since 1977 and this is what I remember: -The Crossings was a mall called The Old Mill 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. Ken's House of Pancakes' German Babies souffl pancakes with powdered sugar & lemon wedges. that place but it was short-lived. The mobile home park community; I went to Theuerkauf elementary. I think Rotten Robbie's is still on the corner of Whisman and Middlefield, maybe even the Wagon Wheel restaurant next to it. The live music downstairs John Stewart of "California Bloodlines", Crystal Pistol (3 girls, violin & guitars) Recipes . 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. The tulip tree next to it, with bare branches I filled with lights at Christmas while blaring my record of Bach's "Magnificat." I believe they also had live music and entertainment from Greek/Mediterranean culture. WOWwee!!!! Dial-a-bus this was back in the early 70's. Ate at the Chez Yvonne many times at 1854 W. El Camino. Maybe thanks to the float, the Los Altos football team flushed the Santa Clara High Panthers (the float's tasteful theme) enroute to a Santa Clara County championship. now sits. 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. Bowling Alley "Kentucky Fried Chicken" and "Walgreens" are still the same In addition there was a healthy contingent of military families, many lived off-base in addition to the those in on-base housing and unmarried military in barracks and off base as well. Does anyone know what was at the northeast side of the Moffett and W. Middlefield intersect? I used to ride my bike down El Camino when it was 4 lane, no center divider and no sidewalks. Carr's Pet Shop. This is an old town paper not the SF ChronicleThe Home Page has plenty of updates and current news for your viewing pleasure now kindly stay out of the Town Square if you have nothing nice to say My brother and I called it "the popcorn room". I am kind of amazed at how many people get that wrong. View. House of Yee on Castro. the best in Palo Alto. Constantly hearing the U.S. NAVYS planes overhead. I once got to see the inside of the Mancini house because a friend of a friend lived there. We ate at Ken's House of Pancake's (apple pancakes! My parents still live there, and I visit them often. I just heard that Sono Sushi has closed too, and I really used to like that place My dad was laid off in '90 my step mom is still with the company under new name General Dynamics. Someone mentioned it closed in about 1980, but I say it hung on a few years longer than that, maybe till about 1985. Definitely check out the History Center if you get a chance. View since I was about 6, went to Slater elementry, then Graham jr. High and graduated Mtn. The moved down Sterlin Rd toward the dump (which much later became Shoreline Park). Sometimes I don't even recognize the downtown area. Castro St. was quite run down in the early '80s--it seemed like the poor man's Palo Altowhat a transformation! Togo's was great, but I am not sure if it was toward Palo Alto or not. Nothing here to do about old places in Mtn. News St James Infirmary 445 California Avenue Reno, NV 89501 775-657-8484 (Click here to view map) Neighborhood. Thanks for any insight! Main Phone Number (415) 554-8444. They are planning to move soon to San Jose area. I live in Florida now, but I keep checking this on-going trip down memory lane. It was my grandpas restaurant!!!! Remember St. Johns on Moffett? wonder woman inside??? And who remembers Rod Martin karate studios on El Camino near the San Antonio shopping center? (Sunnyvale went the "planned route" and tore up Murphy Avenue to give it over to a covered mall in the 70s. Eddie's Gun Shop 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. I thought that place was so cool when I was young! I lived there 24 years and Neal lived there 30 years. The Chinese market on Castro street was a pharmacy/rite aid type store. . St. James Infirmary just outside of Moffett Field Naval Air Station was a frequent place as well as The Country Store, but that was south past Sunnyvale on El Camino. Now it is El Charro's Mexican Restauraunt. Bicycles wagons all sorts of things hanging on the walls. on the discussion! Man what a time You could actually walk across town or to school and not worry about anything but being late. miss those days. My favorite place, of course, was Chuck's Cellar. Lets make 2023 great! funniest dance place ever! Somebody sprayed on the windows of "DOG CITY" and those buildings have always been Dog City in my mind.. only a moment in time. When did the Old Mill close down and whateve happened to the best pizza place that I knew of Fargo's? Cuesta Park has an artificial lake. The Navy was in town, Moffitt Field was booming and the Blue Angels had their air show every year (my family would watch the show from our roof). Approximately 40 residents of the St. James Infirmary are now able to occupy the new $45-million male ward that was built at the facility in Albion, Montego Bay. All rights reserved. Mountain View was a working-class town back in the 60s and 70s, and while I still love living here, I'm sad that high-tech has made it so hard to afford to live here. Ahh, the way it was Oh, if anyone can remember a few other night spots in Mountain View, one by the Old Mill Mall and another I believe was Froggers or a name similar. I really appreciate this information! Lockheed shared Moffett NAS with the Navy VP-31 squadron, flying P-3 Orions day and night, patrolling the waters of the west coast for USSR submarines. Does anyone remember the gas station on the corner of Castro and California Street. The grocery store was Diamond Ranch in 1970 until 1971, before Diamond Ranch was Les Brothers grocery store since we moved to MV in 1951. 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. Shop for canvas prints, framed prints, posters, greeting cards, and more. 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. Gardens and water wheels inside the mall. and it is too bad that someone did not foresee all the changes coming and head off 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. What a place to hang-out in the 40's. Truly a classic '70s dive. Maybe if we had renamed it "Peking buisness district" it would still be there. or his father? In the meantime I'll ask my family that still live in there if they know the name. The only things going in the downtown were Printer's Inc. and a few restaurants like Szechuan Gardens, Dynasty, Fu Lam Mum and Florentine. That Food Fair on Bonita and El Camino was a good place and I was sorry to see it I think the Angels had several social functions there. The wait to eat inside is a little much, though. Oh, and back when 85 was only 2 lanes where I got my first I now live in Hanford CA. Mr Knight was a wonderful employer and friend. Moved to Mountain View, in the Americana apartment complex next to Emporium/Capwell, now PAMF at 85 and ECR. 2 talking about this. There are many more places I can talk about while I lived in the area. Ferry Morse Seed Company :-( We went to Mass at St Joseph Church and it had not changed one bit. If my recollection is correct, it used to be an Exxon station. 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? How bout the Greek resturant on elcamino. Wow, I read every response. ----Great Western Savings/Home Savings/ Westwood Childcare Center Central Expressway stopped at Castro. When Shoreline was still Bailey Ave. and it was just a 2 lane road. The Bowling alley was/is called El Camino bowl ( I hung out there a lot from age 10 to 19) There was also a pizza place called Fargo's that had live music on weekends. No cell phone, no internet, no answering machines, just good friends, good times. St Joseph church would ring the church bell during the day. View, CA .. 1967-1998 .. A Fan Page For Those Who Loved This One Of A Kind Place! I forgot Roger and Chez Yvonne restaurant on ECR at El Monte.. nd the 88 cent store instead of 967 or 96whatever it was YOrkshire and there were still party lines To answer Lee's question from Aug 13th, according to the book "Milestones - a History of Mountain View" the Old Mill's water wheel was removed in 1988 and then the mall was demolished by the mid 90's to make way for the Crossings development. Juice Time was next to the cleaner's I attended some classes at Foothill College..remember their "new" lazer light shows for the time!It seems that it was just that perfect place with so many things to do and so many people starting businesses. Families. I remember the Menu Treeall you can eat. VB, I think the diner at Mayfield Mall was called Kelly's. MV was on the USSR's list of early nuclear targets, for good reason. St. James Infirmary Address: 730 Polk St San Francisco, CA 94109 HCAI ID: 306380604; Facility License Type: Clinic; similar to The Cheesecake Factory. Lots of other kids participated did that continue into the '70's? Highway School had large wood paned windows, oak floors, wide halls, and huge cloakrooms! These factors are similar to those you might use to determine which business to select from a local Yellow Pages directory, including proximity to where you are searching, expertise in the specific services or products you need, and comprehensive business information to help evaluate a business's suitability for you. Had a small house with no heat except the fireplace and, most likely, the last outhouse in Mt. This barely scratches the surface of my experiences in Mt. In the shopping center at El Camino and Escuela was Macheesmo Mouse, the clone of the There were a lot of Country Stores throughout the bay area, little shops. If you grew up in that neighborhood, you would remember the smell of those cookies! I think the globe on the building came from '39 or '40 worlds fair(s), but don't quote me on that. I went to Huff elementry, Graham Jr. High and Awalt High School. Went there many times in the 1975-80 period. It was sooo easy to cut classes back then some of my friends volunteered there and always signed anyone sick. I won't be going back . This was a Navy town back then. Grew up in MV and graduated from MVHS in 1971. When it closed down we started going to the Continental Market on California Street. Mtn View Dolphins swim team, coaches Sehlmeyer, Perry, and Bosmans. There are tons of photos and books, and if you go on the right day, long-time residents and natives from the Historical Association are usually around and they are happy to recount the "old days" - although to most of them, that usually means a couple decades before the 70s. A block down from Printer's Inc. I think everyone attended some sort of function there at some point in their lives. Lived on the east side of 101 for many years in the 1970's- rent was cheap and neighbors were weird (imagine they said the same about us). now. Where the loop is now. On California there was a Best (Service Merchandise?) It felt like home . S.R. Get used to it. I will give you a pass on that since you are a road on the one side where the shopping center is now, and the it was Graham middle school is known as Graham junior high. I took my parents to the Balkin Village on the Elcamino for their 25th wedding aniversary in 1973. 2023 Mountain View Online. Home & Real Estate My friend lived very close. Rhodes had midnight madness sales. This thread keeps me coming back to the site each day to see what new memories have been posted. ??? Any others going further back? 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. Later years the Poblanita restaurant on Castro for the Milanesa, yummy! 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. Then a few years later it became Ontilo's. First gourmet burgers for me the Hawaiian with pineapple.. and the friendliest of owners. Came to Mtn View in 1967 I lived in Sunnyvale and San Jose for quite a few years. Then the sound became noise pollution. The Handyman store on Grant road Brentwood Market (Later turned into office parks.it may be where a big CAD company is now located.) And great memories. When Pacific Press was still in town. I graduated from Mtn. I developed a routine I still remember fondly. 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." But can anyone please help me remember the name of the pre-school on San Ramon Ave. where The Fountains retirement community is built. Actually the whole page is excellent if you want to follow them on Facebook. This is such a fun list to read. Open fields around the neighborhood were great places for playing baseball and hide and seek. Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic. And probably ensures I will make Mountain View a destinationthe next time I visit relatives in the area and patronize the MV businesses so, Steve, it may bore you, but, it's not all a waste! The current city hall and MVCPA did not exist. Web Link That page includes comments from the new owner. 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. Then the City some highlights, like the Co-op Supermarket which became the old Rite Aid There was also another night club on the other side of the freeway, next to Safeway- can't remember the name- that was more of a dance club. Free suicides after the little league game. Taking Amtrak to San Jose train station by dropping off my bags at the Amtrak shelter, driving back home, and walking back the 2 blocks to catch the train. I frankly had more fun at St. James and spent more time there. The mall with Sears and JC Penney was San Antonio Shooping Center on the corner of El Camino Real and San Antonio Road, across the street from what was Tower Records. There was a drive in theatre on Grant Road across the street from Erik's Deli. It was crazy but totally fun!! 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. Karen, Palm variety was a store with tons of household knick knacks. Here is a bit of the inside scoop. Mountain View had that," Small Town USA " feel . Thanks for taking me on a trip down memory lane! I live in Mountain View from 1958-1976 it was and still is one of Foster's Freeze Ice Cream on El Camino Real The Cellar was in the 4900 block of El Camino, on the Los Altos side and operated from 1969-85. The Golden Wok was good too, but suddenly closed and never reopened. Driving to Stanford via ElCamino Real one could smell skunks from the open fields. Thrifty's at the San Antonio Shopping Center for ice creams Grant Road was only 2 lanes with no sidewalks! Facilities include two wards for males and females, an administrative block, a chapel, staff quarters and a separate dwelling for street people. We used to go to a hardware store in what I believe is now The Village. Mountain View was a very different place back then! at the Huntingon Apartments. I remember the pre Gemco store named White something, was it White Castle? My Grandma used to take me to Mervyn's downtown when it was still a diner, and not a bar. There are a lot of restaurants that I remember. Change has made the campus unrecognizable. Then there was over where the medical center is the Emporium clothes 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?) Music Store And I second the notion of Web Link being a AWESOME place on the web to see the rich history of Mountain View. 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. Everybody actually went to Shakey's Pizza in P.A. The recreation department was second to none. Camino. 2) A very hot classmate whom I had a secret 6th grade crush on named Sandy Allen Saw John Stewart (formerly of the Kingstion Trio) there several times. About the only remaining part of downtown is Colonel lee's Mongolian BBQ and Meyer's Appliances. 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. High and Awalt High School it closed down we started going to the site each day to what. 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