It was unmanned but still wired in. It seemed like a great concept. Have read every entry and look forward to reading more : ). best city in Northern California.I attended MVHS AT Castro street. the best Chicken place in the area, Pollo Loco! Embarcadero Media Wasn't there a Card Room called SUTTERS on 237? miss those days. Zone video game place. When it comes to pizza and chicken, we have all kinds of special recipes that you cant get anywhere else, made with fresh, quality ingredients. Blue Sky Cafe - vegetarian restaurant in a wooden cottage west of Castro. Also the Time Zone Arcade. Camino Bowling Alley was near Bob's Big Boy on El Camino Real. Don't miss out 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. It used to be called the Dublin Inn as I recall from 50's, 60's and later. There was a playground facing the parking lot where now the front gate and front office is. I remember when Edelweiss Dairy was on 237 and it was all farmland to Milpitas. In the summers, kids rode their bikes all over town and hung out at the local neighborhood parks. OK,I THINK WE'VE COVERED ALL OF MT. near NW corner of Middlefield at Rengsdorf. Thanks for bringing back some good-ole memories! . Neither are there anymore. We got our pumpkins from a farm stand on grant road (near el CAMINO hosputal) I will never forget how nice they would fix up Mayfield Mall for Christmas. Yes? The action you just performed triggered the security solution. People were alot happier back then, with less Then there was over where the medical center is the Emporium clothes - Highway 237 had traffic signals; was called Mountain View-Alviso Road You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. The San Antonio Shopping Center had that church single's group that met every Sunday morning in the upper floor of the Menu Tree. The public library on Franklin Street, where Miss Marion the Librarian and Miss Meta Antisdell were like surrogate parents to me. Original post made on Apr 13, 2008, There's a good DVD at the public library on the history of Mountain View. I know this is incorrect. We tried to be a Palo Alto, thats why people eat in parking spaces on Castro street! I was born and raised in Mtn. That furniture place on El Monte/El Camino that sold unfinished pine furniture became Office Max? What a story that was. I miss Old Cal Pizza and Stuft Pizza on Castro St. Where was Stuft Pizza located again? View not Mt. My mom was a single mother of 4 and she was able to afford to feed all of us occasionally at the Menu Tree and Bobs Big Boy. 236 Winter St, Keystone, SD 57751 Rexall drugs was our downtown drugstore. Thank you anyone and everyone for any info. The only electric signal lights were on El Camino Real. Get the day's top headlines from Mountain View Online sent to your inbox in the Express newsletter. I spend a lot of time and money in Mountain View, used to live there 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)? Bernardo in Mountain View near Middlefield. Mayfield Mall Construction went on for quite a while and the place was really novel with JC Penny holding the anchor spot. Tidal lands existed along the bay. The King of Clubs was a big Navy bar and we used to go to Denny's across the street. 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. or his father? I spent my early childhood in Mountain view in the 1970s. Had a friend that called and asked me the name of the furniture store and I have forgotten. Google, Ebay and others seem to like that area. Apt. Youre in luck! My dad worked in the telephone company central office at Hope & Dana streets in the '60s and '70s. Going to Linda's for Parisian burgers and tator tots,double features at Mtn View theatre on Saturdays. Imperial Gardens even had a water wheel going in their back yard. It was later disclosed that this was one of two centers where the US controlled their defense satellites, and downloaded intelligence. It was more laid back and had more friendly and fewer conceited image conscious people. Thanks to everyone for the contributions. Bokman Chevy and Tuban Ford House of Yee on Castro. Boy, talk about kids in a candy store. You might also look at Web Link. The mall where the Crossings is now was The Old Mill. It began to boom in the 90s and is now a destination. across the street was the Commodore Computer Store. Does anyone remember Mountain View X-mas Tree Farm? fatality. I remember the Menu Treeall you can eat. I do however have two clear memories of this period. I thought that was absolutely amazing. and saw a ton of great kid movies there in my pajamas! I remember when I moved to Mountain View in 1973 there were still orchids around. 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. I was teaching at Foothill Jr. College. I never bothered to buy an alarm clock! The water tower at Questa and Grant Road was routinely vandalized with painting by person(s) unknown (before tagging was a term). 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 Everybody actually went to Shakey's Pizza in P.A. On El Camino near Mathilda was this huge langendorff bread sign that sliced bread of buttered the slice. I highly recommend it ;) Knights drugstore was an Asian restaurant. Was it part of 237? S.R. View was a ghost town on weekends. The Chinese market on Castro street was a pharmacy/rite aid type store. Loved the tater tots at Linda's. Official Website. I grew up next to Therekauf/Stevenson school. I have lived in Mountain View since 1977 and this is what I remember: There were 11 Emporiums from Santa Rosa to Salinas with local ones at Hillsdale, Stanford, Stevens Creek and Almaden. 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. Skip to main content. wow such great memories. They had the best selection of cheesecakes Many of the streets were unpaved and had chickens and peacocks roaming around. was. It was also easier on the pocketbook. View High in 78 and remember all the places mentioned. Mountain View has provided some good times and good memories. There's a Residence Inn there now. The lot at Moffett and Middlefield held the temporary library while the one downtown was being rebuilt. There were also Tower Books, Printer's Inc. in Palo Alto, Stacey's, Kepler's, Books Inc. in the Stanford Center all of them with much bigger and more fascinating selections than one sees now. Foster's Freeze Ice Cream on El Camino Real Alot of great memories, thank for the thread. Never dreamed of planes before or since, despite having been a sky diver and knowing well of the Blue Angels. Stewart recorded his "Lonesome Picker Rides Again" album there. Surely so that's the first and possibly only place I would go to eat if I ever came back to visit. Mountain View high school was actually bordering Castro Street, old high school way, shoreline (formerly n. Bailey/sterlin road) Michelle again. There was an underpass that allowed children to go beneath the busy road to get to school. Tire Store The Indian lady who started that was a visionary, it I would like to know what the name of the furniture store was where Wholefoods market is now on El Camino in Mtn. She was a long time Sunnyvale resident with roots back to old Mountain View. All of this is mostly gonelike Linda's. Best of all was C Grafton. ( In door food court ) Lots of small apartments everywhere and all very kept up. Near San Antonio & Middlefield the pay-to-play indoor racquet ball courts for just a few years, and next to it, I think, was a pay-to-play woodworking shop. Went to MVHS when it was on Castro St. I remember in the 70s, the Monte Vista drive-in. I grew up there in the late 70's when my grandfather retired from TWA we moved from Mountain View to Florida. Shockley lab the real birth of silcon valley is still on San Antonio road as a furniture store. Amazons live to be 50~60 years so he may still be alive. Mt View in the 60-70's was the best Remember St. Johns on Moffett? My parents lived on View Street which is 2 blocks from Castro Street. At the time was a 4 year student at the relocated MVHS class of '85. I used to go to the menu tree for a bite to eat. I went to St. Joseph's Elementary and we had to buy our burlap pants and sweaters at the J.C. Penney store on Castro. View your latest FICO score. My sisters all worked at the Weinershnizel at the corner of Castro/California. People did there own thing and weren't into $ and status. so YOU can make the salad YOU have been waiting for! I made it clear that I wasn't interested. Ive had both knees replaced there and the VA health care system gets a 5 star rating from me. The difference between Fargo's Pizza Co. and those other guys is practically everything! No one can remember them, but they were great for the time when I was young. But My fav of all was Stickney's BBQ in Paly.. Man I wish The family would bring in back.. my Family knew Red Stickney Good times Keep bringing the memories back ! People moved alot slower , talked a little slower . Had to go to liquor store near Safeway to get a Sunday Mercury or Chronicle. One was on ElCamino Real where the Amber Cafe is now located. Fargo's Pizza guarantees you tasty spaghetti, pizza salads and pepperoni pizza. Rengstorff Park had our swimming pool and great summer programs like Archery class and Tennis lessons among them. Speaking of burgers, Hobees when it started in the 70s (?) 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. I heard that Tai Ming Lo was a really good restaurant. Key points were Shoreline Park, Century Theaters, Downtown renovation. I seen the fire dept. Grew up in Los Altos in the 60s-90s. Born 1978 @ the El Camino hospital. I believe I saw the original JUNGLE BOOK movie at the theater there : ) The Huntingdon Apts $125 a month rent now Super Duper market at central and Rengstorff From our glittering Victorian Old West saloon architecture to our genuine player piano,we are likely the most unique family dining establishment you have ever seen! "Kentucky Fried Chicken" and "Walgreens" are still the same It was sooo easy to cut classes back then some of my friends volunteered there and always signed anyone sick. Click to reveal I remember: And seeing their adds at the drive-in during intermission? Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic. It started when high tech (ie computers) hit the area. Any recall/information about the Mountain View Ice Company? Der Wiener Schnitzel on Castro was a great place to skip off campus from Mountain View High for some munchies. It's not still there, is it? Thanks to all your memories of place & business names I had forgotten. 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. The lot was empty for several years. We have a Game Room and specialties for Kids. The sign for the shop was misspelled as "Sheespkin House", and as a teenager I giggled every time I drove by. I have lived in Mountain View since the mid 70's. Target used to be a store called Gemco. Also, does anyone remember Otto's Cheesecake downtown MV? On the northwest side there was an (RCA?) As for restaurants, I was saving my pennies in those years. The best pastries ever./Photo Shop We always looked forward to the annual Pet Parade that would start in front of the downtown pickle factory and march down Castro to MV High. It was cool. We were newly wed and I was pregnant with our first child. Linda's was great ( I know the recipe for their sauce!) 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. Also, I remember the Copper Penny a big A-frame restaurant near A family run business- all their first names started with "D" Dean, Don, Dale, Dennis, etc their last name was Steinke. The Scuitlebutt on El Camino Real. Dreamed of a jet in a small group colliding with a tree, a few days before the Blue Angels had their first (?) He also went on to explain that, in the 70's, their were quite a few brothels operating on Castro!How things have changed! St. James Infirmary was always rockin'. 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. When those establishments are gone, they will lament the passing of their youth like the many posts above. Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic. Had the best ravioli anywhere. We had a wonderful wholesale bakery in that neighborhood, where you could buy a big bag of shortbread cookies for a $1. It was hard to find parking. hand towels of a working hand air dryer for almost year despite my We lived on Cornelia Ct., and I attended Bubb School for the 4th - 6th grades when we moved back to Green Bay, Wi. Two a&w's in town (frequented the one on el CAMINO air) There are a lot of restaurants that I remember. Drinking suicides through red licorice as our straw. Express / Weekend Express I think it is like over $3000 for a studio. My Family knew the people who owed the big spooky looking house across the street. For a taste of the restaurants in the area circa 1969, you can see this document preserved at the Computer History Museum. Who was that guy who wore a dress and sat in the bleachers? Pioneer Park behind the library was named that because there were once graves of pioneers there. I also enjoyed a great Steely Dan concert in the late 90's at Shoreline Ampitheater. I remember that Yorkshire was written on the side of the Palm Variety shopping center. Dropping eggs over the now CAL TRAIN main engine trying to get them into the big fans blowing off the top of the locomotive, I think I was about 16. by Newbie, Whisman Station, I read someone's mother and relatives used to work at that bakery and I was wondering if they remember and would like to share and bring a little of joy to others. Where the amp. Local: (719) 473-5540. every year.GO EAGLES. Renamed it La Problem Eata. omg Togo's turkey and Avocado. Open fields around the neighborhood were great places for playing baseball and hide and seek. I remember the Old Mill theaters and seeing Return Of The Jedi. We could see Monte Vista drive in from our roof . As a kid my friends and I would like to knock on the windows and aggrevate them. Calif. street was still 2 lanes, too. Fremont Fire Dist. Red Barn for a Barnbuster And across the street where Longs Drugs/Starbucks/Blockbuster is was a lumber yard/home improvement type of place, forgot the name. Mountain View was and still is a great city. Families. Can't remember for sure, but I think they had sound to outside. Had a fun summer vacation visiting my dad and his partner, they owned Waitresses in shorts; orders placed in car windows, fantastic. MV was specifically preserving the Casuarins - had a special one in a ramp right-of-way (Central Expressway andEl Monte?). Some old photos were also in the lock shop plus the lock shop has not altered building it is the Jehning Family Lock Museum. Albertsons and Payless were connected in the middle, @ El Camino and Grant. Further up El Camino was the "other" part of shopping in Mountain View, the San Antonio Shopping Center. She made donuts with leftover dough the size of bike tires. disgusting, particularly the ones on Terminal Ave that went without Munson's Drugstore on El Camino and Castro View high. 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. Now it is El Charro's Mexican Restauraunt. and it is too bad that someone did not foresee all the changes coming and head off Children can walk at night without fear. 45.63.64.40 View from '56 to '79 with a detour through the USMC abd SE.Asia. We left the Navy in 1955 after John made two nine month cruises on the Princeton. It later moved to El Camino and lost an "l" to become Pontilo's. Blossom Valley Shopping Center was an orchard; as was most of the surrounding land. - El Camino Real was just 2 lanes each way in places, some blocks lacking sidewalks, some with diagonal parking The Moffett Drive In was our cheap entertainment. I moved to Mtn. Eddy's Sport Shop on Castro, where I bought my first baseball glove (Bobby Bonds model). And to this very day, Prince's music reminds me of how happy I was to have discovered Mountain View! As for the tire store it was located where the bead store is now. I think it won't broke due to all the free pizzas that they gave away. In the meantime I'll ask my family that still live in there if they know the name. Linda's drive-in had the BEST hamburgers (Parisian burger) and fries in town. Another place I have enjoyed is Tony and Alba's Pizza. everything I knew is gone. I stopped there a few years ago and was told it has always been O'Malley's. And our wonderful married life started in a beautiful and wonderful place named Mountain View CA and Moffett Field Naval Air Station! The restaurant is massive, with an upper balcony overlooking a crowded lower floor, and is usually very loud and bustly. Sun and SGI were a couple of the large employers, fighting out the workstation market. Songroth Brothers (gravel & cement) next to the railroad tracks near Alma & San Antonio? It was across the street from a bowling alley. Where I would play baseball in the parks and rec league for poor kids in the summer. The old house on Phyllis (the last home on the back side of the shopping center) was originally located in a ring of Redwood trees in the former Handyman parking lot! Does anyone remember Johnny Macs drive-in? -----Brentwood Grocery Store/Safeway We went to Mass at St Joseph Church and it had not changed one bit. All the neighbors would then come out and talk. traffic ticket as a kid and never thought I could feel so bad! We'd go to Bee Foods (formerly Lucky) sometimes and grab something for lunch (where Kaiser is now) and there was Palm Variety in that shopping center too. OJ Cooper school. For some, the 70's kicked off in Mountain View with a homecoming float featuring a huge EAGLE. !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. I remember the pre Gemco store named White something, was it White Castle? I also remember P-3's flying over my house hourly from Moffett Field and the Blue Angels Air Show annually with Fireworks on July 4th I graduated from Mtn. Fargo's Pizza 2910 E Platte Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80909. more forward thinking than Palo Alto and I am sorry I moved to Palo Alto Does anybody remember the Sunnyview Family Club, down on Esceula? View- was also a mailman there for a couple of years in late 60's. Dana Elementary School, at Dana and Bailey; closed and demolished. On California there was a Best (Service Merchandise?) Here are the places that I remember on Castro Street: 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. Fargo's was considered the classier place. My wife was on-call as a dietitian at the nursing home there in the early 80s. 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. There was a drive in theatre on Grant Road across the street from Erik's Deli. I lived there 24 years and Neal lived there 30 years. Stuft Pizza I once got to see the inside of the Mancini house because a friend of a friend lived there. I've lived in the neighborhood since 1967. some of the problems. MV was on the USSR's list of early nuclear targets, for good reason. I went to Chucks for entertainment and the Tarr & Feathers in Palo Alto. There was a political scandal of sorts when big money started offering what seemed high sums for all the old run down shacks and houses north of Moffet Field east of 101 and south of San Antonio. Go Eagles!!! store. Handyman was over by the Oasis Laundry and had tons of hardware stuff. it was Baily Rd It was a German resteraunt and pub. Mountain View was a very different place back then! Echos of Don Sherwood and Superfrog live on in Maine. Privacy Policy The lumber yard and hardware store on El Monte near El Camino was called Hubbard & Johnson; I used to do a lot of business there. Driving to Stanford via ElCamino Real one could smell skunks from the open fields. Delivery & Pickup Options - 381 reviews of Fargo's Pizza "Fargo's is a wild experience. Mountain View Surplus sold all the clothes I needed at the time old surplus blue jeans Bay Meadows was fantastic right next door in San Mateo; won 21 to 1 odds on Bridgetwister!!! There was a curve loop for students to be picked up. This was a hippie/environmentalist type of grocery store. Oh yeah, I went to preschool at the Adobe building on Castro east of Central Expressway. View Fargo's Pizza's menu / deals + Schedule delivery now. It was crazy but totally fun!! In the shopping center at El Camino and Escuela was Macheesmo Mouse, the clone of the When I got here in '86 the Shoreline Amphitheater had just recently been converted from the dump and methane fires were breaking out when the garbage caught fire. It was near the road into Alviso, home of the first Yacht Club in Calif. Was the Chinese restaurant Qui Hing Low? 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? Makes me hungry just thinking about it. Seeing Whitesnake at Shoreline Amphitheater and then being there when they had to close it down to clean all the methane (because flicked lit cigarettes were flaring up) lolgood timesgood times, Thank you everyone for the 60's memories my family and I lived on stierlin rd. The parks would take us on a tour to the downtown firehouse and police station where we got to slide down the firepole! There was a Penneys store (now Meyer's), Sim's Shoes, Veglia's Store, Arminini Drugstore and two popular Chinese restaurants: Andy's and Qui Hung Low (?). Keep em' coming Mountain Viewers. 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." That's where my mom got her meat. When I want to go to Target, he reminds me that it used to be Gemco:) When I craved a burger, he took me to Clarke's. Wow we can't forget Art's chili bowl on el camino real. 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 movie theater may have stuck around a little longer than the mall. He was in port until early February and they sailed to Japan and Korean War. First on Pear Ave, where we raised chickens and exotic birds. Let me just add to notable places, Susie's Diner and El Zarape on El Camino. Standard Brands was built on the corner of 237 and El Camino Real, so many open fields built up. --Tim. It was sad to see it go. ever. I haven't been to Mtn. Tackle football on the weekends at Monta Loma school with the forniers and walshes in the mud. It answers the "even earlier." at Steven's Creek? Is Mountain View better or worse without it? Mobile site. 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. Thank You all for your shared memories. When they closed, it became Jenny Craig, and then Prudential Real Estate office. There was no Shoreline overpass you would cross the railroad tracks. Harry's Hofbrau (my favorite) the MV Eagles ruled 3. The betting game with the ball at the St. Francis Western Roundup was The Pan Game and it is still played every year at the St. Joseph International Festival on Miramonte. I grad Mtn. . Send and receive money with Zelle . UndergraduateClinical Medicine. Armed soldiers with police dogs constantly walked the grounds. We used to go to the Mexican Restaurant there that was in the middle of the mall (La Posada???) A plant nearby that sprang from nothing each year and was spectacular. I've spent my lunch hour - and beyond - catching up on the memories and history of the city I now call home. 80's things began to happen, and now I think Mountain View is nicer and Updated: Jul 2, 2021 / 07:52 PM MDT. Noone mentioned Lenny's Pies on Castro and the Dairy Queen on El Camino Real! I almost forgot: It's time has expired. The Army Surplus store on San Antonio was a cool place to find war fashion and boots. -The Crossings was a mall called The Old Mill My favorite Italian restaurant was "two guys from Italy" on grant and el CAMINO. Mountain View Hight was located in downtown M.V. 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. That area around Middlefield/Ellis was where Raytheon? ft., two level restaurant that featured live rock and roll music on the weekends.An average attendance was 500 a night, with it topping 800 on too many nights to remember. I do remember the French Quarter food mart and the Mexican restaurant was called La Posada. Went there many times in the 1975-80 period. This barely scratches the surface of my experiences in Mt. The high school games at Foothill and how exciting it was and still is being in Mountain View. It stimulates my aging brain. I also worked at the Ferry Morse Seed Co. in 74-77. There was the I Magnin store where the Medical Center is now at 85 & El Camino. I remember a Chinese restaurant near the Mt. Kamei House Chinese Restaurant El Zarape Resturant on El Camino 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. My kindergarden classroom was the 1st near the entrance, I remember feeling excited and part of an elite school that invested in Apple computers. on Friday nights after football games. Maybe if we had renamed it "Peking buisness district" it would still be there. I think the Old Mill closed in the mid to late 80s? The painting behind the altar of the Holy Family was still there. We had to say indoors and make sure cars were in covered parking. It was Treasury for a while, and Drug Barn, now vacant. 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