Mountain View was sleepy and boring and we used to consider it lower class She made donuts with leftover dough the size of bike tires. in the San Antonio Shopping area. In the meantime I'll ask my family that still live in there if they know the name. It was THE place to go on Friday and Saturday nights.not to mention the other hangout was "The Shack" for dancing and meeting 'guys'. One was missed ( or was not that important) The Akron store on El Camino and San Antonio, the Wherehouse replaced it. Mountain View has changed a lot in 29 years, so my recollection of where things were may be off (esp. Watched movies at the old mill and don't forget the Moffett Drive in (shoreline blvd) Open fields around the neighborhood were great places for playing baseball and hide and seek. VB, I think the diner at Mayfield Mall was called Kelly's. The list goes on and on. If it bent, we threw them out. There was also Fargo's Pizza at the Old Mill. 4. - Cherry Chase golf course where Cuernavaca is now A family run business- all their first names started with "D" Dean, Don, Dale, Dennis, etc their last name was Steinke. I think it is like over $3000 for a studio. The others were demolished in the 1990s for the present-day Whisman Station development. Does Anyone Remember the La Cabana? I used to work at Andys Chinese Restaurant while I was in high school. Later on. Two Guys from Italy Rest. The store located at 85 and El Camino was The Emporium, not I Magnin. I went to San Ramon, Monta Loma, Crittenden and Mountain View (72-74). 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. When I lived on Park Dr I used to walk over on Saturday mornings. and saw a ton of great kid movies there in my pajamas! El Chico's Italian was on El Camino to the south. Thanks again:). These were new, and under the daily Navy P-3 airplane landing routes (4 propellers). But thier pie always worth it. Minton Lumber (gone now) Other notable Mt. Bells would ring from St. Joseph's at noon and the whistle would blow at 5:00 from the downtown fire station everyday, so kids always knew when to go home for meals. I worked nights when I was in high school (Awalt on Bryant)at the DerWienerschnitzel in 1972 and '73, does anyone remember getting one of my special versions of the polish sandwhich where I deep fried the polish sausage? Ive had both knees replaced there and the VA health care system gets a 5 star rating from me. My friends worked at the movie theater and some also worked at Village Host a pizza place in downtown. I once got to see the inside of the Mancini house because a friend of a friend lived there. Bokman Chevy and Tuban Ford ----Jocelyn's Bike Shop. Now it is a Karate Studio. El Zarape, Qui Hing Low, Fosters hamburgers, the original "Big Mac" at Johnny Macs, Lindas, The Red Barn, the Sylvania pit, . He was in port until early February and they sailed to Japan and Korean War. I Magnin was at Stanford where the Macy's Men's Store is now located. We had 3 shopping areas in Mountain View . And regrettably been here ever since. There was no Shoreline Park. On Saturdays I'd drive up El Camino. Fremont Fire Dist. The Dublin Inn on Middlefield and Rengstorff I remember you could hear the 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. Don't miss out Then a few years later it became Ontilo's. Flower Shop I also worked at the Ferry Morse Seed Co. in 74-77. St James Infirmary Moffett Blvd and Mariner Dr Mountain View Alas. You might also look at Web Link. The other was located after you pass the train tracks going towards Moffet on left side near the corner of Moffet and Sterling. . DO YOU REMEMBER SHAWS, EL ZARAPE, CHEZ YVONNE, RUMPUS ROOM, WAGON WHEEL, ANDY'S CHINESE REST, CLINTS, SPIVEYS, ST JAMES INFIRMERY, CHUCKS OF HAWAII SOME REALLY FAMOUS SINGERS SHOWED UP THERE.. View High. Going to Linda's for Parisian burgers and tator tots,double features at Mtn View theatre on Saturdays. Rite Aid was called Thrifty then Payless with Alpha Beta Gocery Store next door. View High in 78 and remember all the places mentioned. Some guy would provide entertainment by dancing and picking up a dinner table with his teeth and begin swinging it around.I ended up on his shoulders while he was doing a greek dance step and the whole room got up and everybody started dancing to the greek music . It was a beautiful spanish style building which should of been restored and named a historical landmark. 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. I have enjoyed the Shoreline Century 16 movie theater and The Sports Page Bar and Grill, too. And who remembers Rod Martin karate studios on El Camino near the San Antonio shopping center? View for a bit over a year, but that is one memory of mine. State Delicatessen. Trying to locate a Amazon parrot that was left at a store in that time frame. Go Eagles! We lived on Parker Ct. I live in Mountain View from 1958-1976 it was and still is one of I just wonder if anyone from the 70's can remember the name of the bakery that was located on San Rafael Avenue off of Terra Bella in Mountain View. You are correct Emporium, I used to shop there all the time. 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. Thank you, this is definitely the place I remembered along 237 (The Beer Garden) but I'd forgotten about the old date palm. View high building is gome butGo eagles !s31ZJ. Does anyone remember the name before Gemco? Does anyone else remember this or am I crazy? Bowling Alley It was replaced by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Oh Mountain View and how I miss it. but I sure do miss Uncle Otto's Cheesecake and Stigs Pastry shop on Castro. My kindergarden classroom was the 1st near the entrance, I remember feeling excited and part of an elite school that invested in Apple computers. Mountain View had that," Small Town USA " feel . My Grandma used to take me to Mervyn's downtown when it was still a diner, and not a bar. Calif. street was still 2 lanes, too. Blogs Does anyone remember the old building along the Mountain View-Alviso Road (237) that was on the corner of either Maude or Middlefield? It is now The Village at San Antonio Center (Web Link. I was wrong re Hobee's beginnings was Rengsdorff at Alma. got that right and Commodore is not more. This was a Navy town back then. I was part of the last graduating class of old Mtn. View was 'Yorkshire' and all numbers began YO7-xxxx. where Rengstoff and El Camino split off with El Monte .. that was a dirt I sure miss that restaurant. It began to boom in the 90s and is now a destination. The Almanac I remember the small TV store on El Camino and I think Castro where I bought my first One of my favorite 1960s childhood memories is of riding stingray bikes with neighborhood friends across big muddy meadows (now the surrounding shopping center including Nob Hill) to get Slurpees or hot chocolate at the Payless Bakery (where all my best friend's many sisters worked one after the other)followed by a doughnut. YUM! Tire Store What a story that was. Their ad every Tuesday on the back page of the PA Times. Songroth Brothers (gravel & cement) next to the railroad tracks near Alma & San Antonio? In the median of Castro in front of the city hall was a huge redwood? Here is a bit of the inside scoop. I arrived in the area in 1974, joining a little company called Intel. He and my mother are buried next to each other at Alta Mesa Cemetery on Charleston. That's Gone. A block down from Printer's Inc. But to leave this on for weeks and weeks is very ridiculous and very boring. It was crazy but totally fun!! A movie theater, not much else. All of this is mostly gonelike Linda's. Palo Alto Online There was a Pier One in the underground area and the Mall had a good record store. I think Rotten Robbie's is still on the corner of Whisman and Middlefield, maybe even the Wagon Wheel restaurant next to it. Liberty House department store at the old San Antonio Shopping Center. Shaw's Ice-cream on El Camino Hello. I lived in Mtn. This is such a fun list to read. As for the tire store it was located where the bead store is now. OJ Cooper school. There was a curve loop for students to be picked up. Ahh, the way it was Gregg's Pharmacy First I rented in a duplex on Sierra Vista: arrive, but school was being led out at the same time, i remember seating to face the damage. I'm going to add something a little different the Cold War. I took my first date to the movies @ San Antonio center and for a burger at the Menu Tree after. I moved to Old Mtn View in the late '70s.remember Gemello Winery? It's driving us all crazy. Frankie, Johnnie & Luigi Too! This page has been a really interesting read. I also remember the huge billboard on 237,alongside the crop fields, advertising Tai Ming Lo restaurant in bold red letters. This done to promote the authors or owners agenda. VIEW HISTORICAL SPOTS IT TIME TO MOVE ON. The Infirmary was destroyed by an arson fire in 1998. . View Music.. The bookstores all went away, The computer stores were subsumed by Fry's (which I was going to in Sunnyvale as early as 1984), Best Buy, and later by the Apple Stores. (I saw Swiss Family Robinson there! Mountain View was obviously a bigger success.) I worked just a short distance away on Middlefield towards San Antonio and Palo Alto. A couple of good books on Mountain View history are: "Milestones - A History of Mountain View" by Mary Jo Ignoffo and "Images of America - Mountain View" by Nicholas Perry. it was Baily Rd I remember that Mayfield Mall closed right around 1983 when we moved. Mountain View Library with great new book selections inside the entrance usually getting no farther than that to stop and read. Palo Alto was 'Davenport'. - El Camino Real was just 2 lanes each way in places, some blocks lacking sidewalks, some with diagonal parking TV was black and white till them Sun and SGI were a couple of the large employers, fighting out the workstation market. It was known to be Mountain View High School's teachers watering hole. Village Host Pizza on Castro. I recall that Fargo's was a pretty happening spot for live music in its day. I put a few of those little mosaic tiles in the cougar face, in Mrs Johnson's art class when it was being built . Thanks for bringing back some good-ole memories! Who was that guy who wore a dress and sat in the bleachers? I just heard that Sono Sushi has closed too, and I really used to like that place every year.GO EAGLES. some highlights, like the Co-op Supermarket which became the old Rite Aid There would be like 50 bikes out front on those days. Does anyone remember Johnny Macs drive-in? I havent been there but hope to before "old age" sets in :>) My thanks to all other contributors--so many places and things I had forgotten! I moved to San Jose, CA in June of 1984. Amazons live to be 50~60 years so he may still be alive. It was sooo easy to cut classes back then some of my friends volunteered there and always signed anyone sick. I remember my mom and grandma shopping at the Purity grocery store where Golden Wok now sits, it was one of the first grocery stores in town and had smaller shopping carts for the kids to use. My uncle had a Moped (gas powered scooter) club. But the biggest thing to miss STIGS bakery and the pink box those treats came home in!!!!!!!!!!!! 1089 Mission Street. Remembering that when our family drove to First Baptist Los Altos we went up Castro St. to many times and saw Doberman Pincher dogs inside as guard dogs at the newly built High Rise down town, dog poop on the vacant expance of concrete floors when you look into the windows here BoofA is currently standing . as it was completely VACANT. You needed to become a member and show your card when you entered the store. It also had a smallish, old-fashioned PBX switchboard with plugs and cables. 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. When Shoreline was still Bailey Ave. and it was just a 2 lane road. Winery Restaurants and shops were popping up around the area, some were really good to lunch and dine at. I lived there from the '50s thru to 1984. Andys and Qui Hing Lo were the two best restaurants. I remember the Menu Treeall you can eat. I remember when I moved to Mountain View in 1973 there were still orchids around. Or, taking a local bus home from San Francisco Airport, down El Camino to my street (View), and rolling the bag home. We were newly wed and I was pregnant with our first child. There were dozens of Dept of Defense contractors in the general area including Raytheon, doing radar research and production, and Singer, doing flight simulators. There was an unfinished furniture place called Decor on El Monte near El Camino Rl that became Office Depot. It had a big room full of mechanical switching relays which were constantly clicking. The E.M. club at Moffett Field naval Base was a great place to go. No grass, just blacktop. We lived across the street from the Whisman Fire dept. Oh the perils of middle age, ugh! The original "Der Weinerschnitzel" on California and Castro. Munson's Drugstore on El Camino and Castro My brother, Steve Fisher attended Graham Jr. High during this time frame. View. I grew up there in the late 70's when my grandfather retired from TWA we moved from Mountain View to Florida. Tater tots and Parisian Burgers. wow such great memories. 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. My 'Tiny Tots' (preschool) was at the Adobe Building where we would take walks holding onto a rope to cross the Expressway! The sign for the shop was misspelled as "Sheespkin House", and as a teenager I giggled every time I drove by. It just doesn't seem as fun anymore We had a close neighbors that looked after each other. Qui Hing Low and Andy's best chinese food ever! A big Tower Records across the street, a "Best" (not the same place as Best Buy) where I bought a ton of stuff, a hobby shop, and so on. 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). It was good but expensive, but worth it. I always loved Frankie Johnnie and Luigi too. Lots of other kids participated did that continue into the '70's? Red Barn for a Barnbuster 2 talking about this. 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