When MVHS was still on Castro St. Could hear the Friday nite football games from where I lived. Down the drive was a grilled chicken place called Pollo now I cannot remember. The place was torn down when 237 was rebuilt years ago. We would order the largest pie,and all the drinks refilled over and over again. Central Expressway was two lanes a dirt road with no lights. The "shoreline house" was actually the home of Henry Rengstorff. Join to view full profile. You needed to become a member and show your card when you entered the store. ST JAMES GATE BAR AND RESTAURANT - 255 Photos & 339 Reviews - 1410 Old County Rd, Belmont, CA - Yelp Restaurants Home Services Auto Services St James Gate Bar and Restaurant 340 reviews Claimed $$ American (Traditional), Bars, Breakfast & Brunch Edit Open 11:00 AM - 1:00 AM (Next day) See hours See all 261 photos Write a review Add photo Save Menu San Antonio Hobby Shop --four locations till it closed in '05 I loved the moffett drive-in. What a great place to grow up. I have lived in Mountain View since 1977 and this is what I remember: It was a great place to go and drink and dance. What a place to hang-out in the 40's. Great town to start a career in Semiconductors. Old California Pizza Galaxy Gifts, the Variety store, Archies Couffures, and Tots to Teens at the Blossom Valley shopping center where Mayfair Market was. 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. Promotions, About Us When Mancini motors (Dodge dealership) was on the corner of Castro and El Camino. Now our old house is appraised at 1.5 million + and apparently the Mtn View I knew and loved is no more. .25 cents for mixed drinks. Had a Sears, JCPenney, other nice shops inside and out. Fond memories of seeing "Animal House" there in around 1978. This was back in the first days of the home computers. Shaw's Ice-cream on El Camino View from '56 to '79 with a detour through the USMC abd SE.Asia. We went to Mass at St Joseph Church and it had not changed one bit. st james infirmary 504 greenwich street, san francisco, ca 94133. total revenue. Any one work with/through the Youth Opportunity Program (high school students) at the Mountain View Post Office? Still had the bumper sticker "Can't read? Don't forget Fairchild. It burned down a long time ago but I was hoping someone remembered it and could tell me about it. was a great a place to do one's laundry and occasionally meet people. Had a fun summer vacation visiting my dad and his partner, they owned Mobile site. Michelle again. Bubb Elementary School opened without asphalt pavement. Remember???? He quit in 1971 and we moved to Southern California. $3,592,796. Constantly hearing the U.S. NAVYS planes overhead. Here is some details about the Mountain View I grew up in. How bout the Greek resturant on elcamino. Palo Alto Online Its where the first IC was made by Noyce? A&W near the corner with Castro. Castro Street in the 70s was a ghost town. 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. Bicycles wagons all sorts of things hanging on the walls. I remember the Gemco store being where Target is today and you had to show a membership ID card to even go in the door. but I sure do miss Uncle Otto's Cheesecake and Stigs Pastry shop on Castro. My mom and dad both went to the original MVHS -- though I went to LAHS (who stole their mascot and not a few of their teachers). Speed limit was 55 mph on all freeways (coming again soon? I know this is incorrect. I was here in the 70's though I lived in Palo Alto. Gregg's Pharmacy Is this bakery still in existance? It was officially opened by Portfolio Minister . Gemco was where Target is now. It seemed like a great concept. Gas was cheap, crime was low and we had a blast growing up there. We are lucky some parts of the old town remain and we have " a downtown area " unlike Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Cupertino. We went to Mass at St Joseph Church and shopped at Bettancourt Grocery. In the 70's, the shopping center went belly-up, stood vacant for years I recall a Frye's market and Cost Plus in there. Anyone remember the drive in theaters? Target used to be a store called Gemco. We could see Monte Vista drive in from our roof . The field behind Cooper School was not a park yet! Stewart recorded his "Lonesome Picker Rides Again" album there. Mayfield Mall was where The Crossings condos were buildt. I spent my early childhood in Mountain view in the 1970s. A&W Root Beer, Also a great soup and salad shop on the corner of Moffett and Central or West Evelyn, maybe California St. can't remember this. Gemco was called Bazaar. 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. 1089 Mission Street. There was a Pier One in the underground area and the Mall had a good record store. Stigs plus also a mens clothing store, dry cleaners and a small store that sold home items. My parents owned the store with my father's cousin and wife. fatality. So by posting to this thread, you inadvertantly ensured that it will continue to grace the front page. We are peer based occupational health and safety clinic for current and former sex workers - we. and going to Old Mountain View's Castro Street felt soooooo far away! I still can't believe it's gone! And the Navy was the major employer of the city, at least when I was in elementary school. 85 was Central Expressway The Tower Records in Mountain View is the only one I have been to that had an actual bookstore. Printer's Inc. The others were demolished in the 1990s for the present-day Whisman Station development. Andy's Chinese Restaurant. Their downstairs cellar was a nice and intimate showroom and upstairs they had good steaks. Don't miss out View renter in Mountain View from '73 through '85 then returned to Florida. It once comprised 7 buildings, of which only two still stand. television dealer in the building that burnt down recently. Joselyn's Bike Shop News Munson's Drugstore on El Camino and Castro Link to California State Website. ), saying 'two of the "old regulars" didnt believe me when I told them I thought [O'Malley's] had been the Dublin Inn before it was Francesca's. ' doing well. What did they used to call 85 before it was a highway and ended 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. 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. View high building is gome butGo eagles !s31ZJ. And across the street where Longs Drugs/Starbucks/Blockbuster is was a lumber yard/home improvement type of place, forgot the name. I worked at GTE Government Systems (formerly GTE Sylvania, formerly Electronic Defense Laboratories) from 1983 to 1990. Hello California! and may again, but why don't people do their jobs when they are a fruit/vegetable stand. I have fond memories of the Mountain View Movie theater and remember Palm Plaza, long since torn down. The original Emporium at Stanford was taken over by Bloomingdales. I also remember the huge billboard on 237,alongside the crop fields, advertising Tai Ming Lo restaurant in bold red letters. My friend lived very close. Original post made traffic ticket as a kid and never thought I could feel so bad! Who was that guy who wore a dress and sat in the bleachers? No longer. Charlie. And Clarkes had the best burger in Mountain View, Amber Lantern had Wow, so much has changed. The store located at 85 and El Camino was The Emporium, not I Magnin. 3. Did we grow up OK? Here is the link to one of the photos. The Emporium on El Camino and Sylvan Shockley lab the real birth of silcon valley is still on San Antonio road as a furniture store. If it's boring you, CHANGE THE CHANNEL! Remember St. Johns on Moffett? And this sort of group meets weekly at the Red Rock Cafe to talk about math and programming and physics. Washboard Leo does St. James Infirmary as a novelty number, inventing a different story line in which St. James Infirmary is not even mentioned, and the emphasis is on his own funeral. 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. So to that, I say, thank you :) I've spent my lunch hour - and beyond - catching up on the memories and history of the city I now call home. net assets. Arby's had the best fries then. Who could forget WonderWoman on the main floor and (if your male) the "Not tonight I've got a headache" dinosaur in the men's room. I thought this place was absolutely perfect and much better than Redding, where I had just come from! On California there was a Best (Service Merchandise?) Miss you. Lived in Mtn View on Nilda Ave from 1957-1969.Went to Bubb for kindergarten, St Joseph's for grade school, Holy Cross fot high school. OK,I THINK WE'VE COVERED ALL OF MT. I attended Eastbrook Elementary. 503 were here. Special Pubs Sometimes the lines were around the block. Just loved reading all these posts and bringing back all the memories. Lets not forget The TownClub, R-Club, Cottage, The OakRoom, Mervyns. Mountain View in the vintage 70's and 80's years was a haven. It was my grandpas restaurant!!!! $2.00 pitcher of beer, peanuts on the floor, awesome pinball, and almost a guaranteed biker tussle every Friday night. Loved that park. Blue Sky Cafe - vegetarian restaurant in a wooden cottage west of Castro. near NW corner of Middlefield at Rengsdorf. That place was great too. You could hear the Saint Joseph bell ring everyday at 12noon. My dad and I used to go there for breakfast, back around 1980 or so. Amazons live to be 50~60 years so he may still be alive. 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 closed in 80/81 school year. 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. Shoppers World at ECR and Escuela(Cost Plus, now - at least as of the early 2000s) It was Treasury for a while, and Drug Barn, now vacant. It's was a PayLess the last time I noticed. ever. and saw a ton of great kid movies there in my pajamas! You could still find "cowboys" in the Rengstorff-Rock St-Middlefield area 20 years ago but they are long gone. I remember the clinic on castro where alot of my friends got counceling and pills the cool thrift shop the gun shop lindas in 70s mvh alot of fun but also a bit of the wild west going on back then alot of fist fights not gangs and guns like nowdays and walkinggggg everywhere bein safe good old days. The California Street area and Cuesta Park has become a gang area. 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. Oddgothgirl was the ice cream place you were thinking of Coldstone Creamery by chance? I think the Angels had several social functions 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. Was the Rumpus Room ever "topless"? I use to live in San Carlos ave. Thanks for this thread! There was a motorcycle suspension shop on Leghorn called Simon's it later morphed into Roxshox. - The Emporium department store at El Camino and Hwy 85 I went to Two Guys From Italy back in the 80's which was also good but is now a Burger King. It was cool. My cousins were Sharon & Jerry Stark, and Harvey, Ed, & Jay Miller. More like this Route 66 Oklahoma Route 66 Road Trip Historic Route 66 Travel Route Tulsa Oklahoma Old Neon Signs Vintage Neon Signs Old Signs Metro Diner This is the website of Frank Romeo. 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. in downtown Castro, where the landmarks have shifted dramatically!). She was a long time Sunnyvale resident with roots back to old Mountain View. However, I have not found anyone who remembers the name of the company and when they closed it no one seems to know where they went or if they just went out of business. My friends and I would literally rollerskate down the middle of Castro St., on Saturday's with no problem. I also enjoyed a great Steely Dan concert in the late 90's at Shoreline Ampitheater. We'd see it on the right side of the road when we drove from Mountain View to Alviso or Milpitas. I'm was 12 years old. I went to Fremont Hi, but met lots of students from Mt. The mall was great off of, I believe Covington Rd. My uncle had a Moped (gas powered scooter) club. I don't know when or why they would use it, maybe as a backup? Drinking suicides through red licorice as our straw. I have enjoyed the Shoreline Century 16 movie theater and The Sports Page Bar and Grill, too. Thanks to everyone for the contributions. He and my mother are buried next to each other at Alta Mesa Cemetery on Charleston. I moved to Old Mtn View in the late '70s.remember Gemello Winery? Can anyone tell me about a restaurant called Saint James Infirmary in Mountain View? Me and my friends rode our bikes all over Mtn. The house prices went up, $450,000. 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. The only hardware/nursery store was on the north side of the tracks, on Castro Street. This is a used 40 year old t-shirt, it isn't in mint condition. Contact Us It was worse than going to the Apple Store today though the geniuses Thanks for taking me on a trip down memory lane! Harry's Hofbrau was the Food Fair Market. In around 1982-86 I was living in The Americana, a large apartment complex at Highway 85 and El Camino Real. everything I knew is gone. Chuck's Cellar on El Camino near San Antonio. I have not returned home to Mountain View for decades and just now saw pictures of the town. I fetched that post by typing O'Malley's in the Search box (toward upper right on this page). Find related and similar companies as well as employees by title and much more. Mtn View Dolphins swim team, coaches Sehlmeyer, Perry, and Bosmans. It was comfortable. There was no Shoreline Park. The Old Mill and Mayfield malls were already mostly derelict. The restrooms in the parks are 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. About the only remaining part of downtown is Colonel lee's Mongolian BBQ and Meyer's Appliances. You could get your gas pumped by the attendant a the Texico station--- Skychief or SuperChief for you today? The 7-11 at the end of Alvin on Middlefield Rd brought us the Slurpee when it opened in the mid 60's. The St. James Infirmary is located about 5 minutes drive from downtown Montego Bay. hand towels of a working hand air dryer for almost year despite my Other notable Mt. -San Antonio Center was a mall (yep, three malls!) My first job was at Menu Tree and after that I worked at Gemco. I do not know what the atmosphere is now. i sure spent a lot of money on books and cartridges for 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). Then the sound became noise pollution. Dear Newbie- There was also Fargo's Pizza at the Old Mill. 80's things began to happen, and now I think Mountain View is nicer and Village Host Pizza on Castro. He was in port until early February and they sailed to Japan and Korean War. Obituaries, Send News Tips Andys and Qui Hing Lo were the two best restaurants. Kragans Auto? Anyone remember Clints ice cream? The El Camino foreign auto repair/sales where Fred Stengle sold me a rebuilt forest green 1966 MGB for $2,000, and the foreign auto repair guys west of there on Miramonte who later kept it running (re-rebuilding it piece by piece). 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