And the Mountain View Bakery, the Navy used to buy cakes from them for every occasion. In the middle of the rows of corn was a large plot of pot, strictly for medicinal purposes of course. He moved his business and family out of state in 2001. View native. We'd see it on the right side of the road when we drove from Mountain View to Alviso or Milpitas. Fiesta Bowl in Palo Alto/The Hotel was the Cabana Hyatt house where the Beatles stayed (now the Crowne Plaza). View since I was about 6, went to Slater elementry, then Graham jr. High and graduated Mtn. ***. On the northwest side there was an (RCA?) Being wakened one Sunday morning each year by a strange sound - drums, cornets, and clarinets of a Portuguese fraternal band marching down Castro Street to St. Joseph's Church and marching back after a church service, with a parade of small children costumed as friars passing out miniature loaves of bread, teenage girls trudging along in formal gowns or robes, accompanied by proud mothers. When I first moved to Mountain View in 1983 I went to the movies at the "Old Mill" shopping center. I believe it is still vacant. I believe they also had live music and entertainment from Greek/Mediterranean culture. Was the Rumpus Room ever "topless"? My dad worked in the telephone company central office at Hope & Dana streets in the '60s and '70s. Bokman Chevy and Tuban Ford Being able to walk the store aisles when the store was closed and no one else was there :). Special Pubs, About Us He was in port until early February and they sailed to Japan and Korean War. (my first kiss too!) Hello. Knights drugstore was an Asian restaurant. We lived in a trailer park just going north on 101 from the main gate at Moffett. Andy's Chinese was the best place for Chinese on Castro. *Cannot be combined with any other offers. Our first home! the best mexican food was on castro the "cabana". I remember the fun Easter egg hunt; company picnics; dept. Don't miss out VA construction started about 1958 and opened a few years later. Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic. We used to go to the Mexican Restaurant there that was in the middle of the mall (La Posada???) There are many more places I can talk about while I lived in the area. Enjoy the ease of ordering delicious pizza for delivery or carryout from a Papa Johns near you. Pizza $$ - $$$. . Blackbird Woodfire. Oh yeah, I went to preschool at the Adobe building on Castro east of Central Expressway. Clients may have tasty hot fudge sundae, fudge and chocolate pudding at Fargo's Pizza. This was a hippie/environmentalist type of grocery store. I have fond memories of taking my little sister there in her stroller so I could get free candy from the manager. 13" screen with rabbit ears. Fotomat Drive Up I arrived in the area in 1974, joining a little company called Intel. My dad was laid off in '90 my step mom is still with the company under new name General Dynamics. the best in Palo Alto. Shaw's Ice-cream on El Camino It opened in 1970 and closed in 1995. You needed to become a member and show your card when you entered the store. Went into Intel before D2, their first modern Fab area was built--have been to all Intl site in western part of US, Oregon, New Mex, Ariz. High Way Elementary School on El Camino; it was closed and became the temporary Foothill College; closed and left empty; later developed into a mixed use project; there was a pedestrian tunnel crossing under El Camino there. Does anyone remember Mountain View X-mas Tree Farm? The only thing that didn't increase its rate or price is the hot dog. I think Rotten Robbie's is still on the corner of Whisman and Middlefield, maybe even the Wagon Wheel restaurant next to it. james that burned down.and Gyro's house of terror at the old mill ..before it became a tent in san jose>> The Greatful Dead would come into town!!!!!!! Fabric store in the Purity Market building (Later torn down) baseball league teams and games. Appetizers & Sides; Individual Items; . A search for "Dublin Inn" gave just a pointer to a late-2015 comment earlier on this same recollections page, signed by one Bill242 (same Bill who just asked? It was my grandpas restaurant!!!! I attended Eastbrook Elementary. I always thought the food there was better than Taco Bell. Sophia Special 15 In. Now, the restaurant is reopening again on Friday.. No grass, just blacktop. I'd love to hear from anyone who may remember me. Oh, I miss that barbecue (Jason Williams) I remember the Weinerschnitzel on Castro St. So sad to see all this go away.. Perhaps one day they will some how rebuild things.. You never know.. That's the closest address my childhood brain can come up with. When Shoreline was still Bailey Ave. and it was just a 2 lane road. Does anyone remember the old building along the Mountain View-Alviso Road (237) that was on the corner of either Maude or Middlefield? Here is some details about the Mountain View I grew up in. Does anyone remember the name of the diner on the lower level of the Mall? 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). Of course Hobees we all loved. Worked at A & W for school credit in 1974 and 1975 for MVHS then after graduation moved to San Jose/Los Gatos area joined US Navy and retired.Live in MS now, Let's not forget when the Hells Angels Visited this little town Papa's Supreme* Pepperoni, Canadian-style bacon, beef, sausage & salami . I remember when I moved to Mountain View in 1973 there were still orchids around. I will be 79 in November 2013. Get used to it. Walking (1 mi.) I went to school with their children "military brats". calls to this department. Further up El Camino was the "other" part of shopping in Mountain View, the San Antonio Shopping Center. Almost every VA patient naysayer Ive listened to has problems best cared for in the VA mental department. I grew up there in the late 70's when my grandfather retired from TWA we moved from Mountain View to Florida. How well I remember the Town Club! 22 reviews Closed Now. I've spent my lunch hour - and beyond - catching up on the memories and history of the city I now call home. 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.. I was born in Lost Altos and lived there until 1971. 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. It was hard to find parking. Nice to remember everything tho. El Camino hospital was behind orchards that ran all the way down Cuesta. I went to San Ramon, Monta Loma, Crittenden and Mountain View (72-74). During the summer many of us were required to work in the fruit harvest. 2) A very hot classmate whom I had a secret 6th grade crush on named Sandy Allen My husband was stationed at Moffett Field and worked in Hangar One daily. thinking how much it reminded me of Mountain View of the 70's. Those were the days !!!! Palo Alto was 'Davenport'. . the MV Eagles ruled Web Link We lived across the street from the Whisman Fire dept. I can almost remember their "3rd Annual Going Out of Business Sale" with 25 cent shots of Jack Daniels and 10 cent draft beers. Coming home from Foothill College. . Shaw's Ice Cream. Bubb Elementary School opened without asphalt pavement. Mr Knight was a wonderful employer and friend. mortuary, all you can eat (pre-mega buffet) Chinese buffet near middle field road/San Antonio rd) The E.M. club at Moffett Field naval Base was a great place to go. -The North Bayshore area was still farms. it used to be. I remember the Balkan Village with its Greek themed architecture. television dealer in the building that burnt down recently. ----Woolworth's/Wells Fargo Bank/ Long's Drug Store $2.99. Dairy Bell restaurant had burgers at 5 for $1 and some really good greasy deep fried taco's. I was just there several days ago to meet with some friends at Shiva's, an upscale Indian place with a reasonably-priced buffet lunch ($15). New York CNN Business . The train to Santa Cruz rail bed is a jogging trail now. Thanks for any pet related recollections you may have. I enjoy reminiscing the things that made Mountain View so great. They had the best selection of cheesecakes 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. Most of my neighbors and friends like me can remember purchasing the broken cookies for a penny and that these cookies were the best ever. It answers the "even earlier." Brentwood Market I frequented it in the mid 90s. This was such a great place in the mid to late 70's - the Baylands Park, the old white house near Shoreline. The name of the store was called Palm Yorkshire Clothes in the Palm Plaza shopping Center. .25 cents for mixed drinks. I also enjoyed a great Steely Dan concert in the late 90's at Shoreline Ampitheater. Mountain View was obviously a bigger success.) A huge pepper tree was like a secret room. I'm trying to remember where the beauty college was located at, fond memories of downtown. But it's possible still work, and you can try and test now. I seen the fire dept. A movie theater, not much else. I thought this place was absolutely perfect and much better than Redding, where I had just come from! Here is the link to one of the photos. We had a wonderful life the short time we lived there and treasure the memories and friends there. You park in its usually almost full private lot, walk in, order your pizza, find a seat and spend the next twenty minutes hoping your number will appear on a sign behind a mirror. Miramonte School. The Monte Vista drive-in movie theater was on Grant Road behind where the Walgreens is now (bunch of housing there now.) We would then prowl the theater for carloads of girls to party with. It was located off Middlefield near Ellis Street. In an announcement on their Facebook page Monday, the company, who has been in Colorado Springs . Delivery & Pickup Options - 401 reviews of Fargo's Pizza "Fargo's is a wild experience. I heard that Tai Ming Lo was a really good restaurant. The "shoreline house" was actually the home of Henry Rengstorff. Such great memories. The original "Der Weinerschnitzel" on California and Castro. Things have changed but the one thing that seems the same is Edith Landels elementary school, that place seems timeless. I fetched that post by typing O'Malley's in the Search box (toward upper right on this page). State Delicatessen. I think that space is now occupied by a Chinese restaurant. I was here in the 70's though I lived in Palo Alto. Malachi's was a little "head shop" that sold beads, incense and other weird stuff in a little stucco building on the east side of El Camino when you sat at the El Monte and El Camino stop light. You had to have a membership card to get in, I think the card was $1. Web Link. We got our pumpkins from a farm stand on grant road (near el CAMINO hosputal) look like in 30 years? 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). People moved alot slower , talked a little slower . Frankie, Johnnie & Luigi Too! View High in 78 and remember all the places mentioned. Central Expressway stopped at Castro. I delivered San Francisco Chronicle and Mountain View News Herald papers along Thompson Ave and Alvin St as well over in Del Medio area. Who was that guy who wore a dress and sat in the bleachers? Everyone remembers the Old Mill, but do you remember the fantastic candy store there? 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 remember the New Library that has since been replaced with a newer library. . i sure spent a lot of money on books and cartridges for Where else do you go to buy hot rodding parts. Dear Newbie- Thanks for an interesting trip down memory lane. Posted by Elizabeth, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood, on Feb 22, 2011 at 3:15 pm Walking the underground runoff tunnels that go next to now "Shoreline" my friend and I started at Stevenson School culvert up to almost el camino avenue under ground. I never bothered to buy an alarm clock! Payment Types: All Major Cards. I don't know who occupies the site now. hand towels of a working hand air dryer for almost year despite my The other was located after you pass the train tracks going towards Moffet on left side near the corner of Moffet and Sterling. My mom used to take me there and I remember always ordering the grilled cheese sandwich and jello for dessert. Mountain View Library with great new book selections inside the entrance usually getting no farther than that to stop and read. Wow, I read every response. The wait to eat inside is a little much, though. Blossom Valley Shopping Center was an orchard; as was most of the surrounding land. Canadian bacon, beef and fresh tomatoes. 1. That's Gone. Mountain View, CA. I remember delivering flyers announcing store-opening specials (and being paid the handsome wage of 35 cents! I'm not sure many people ever went there because the preschool was moved to Rengstorff Park facilities if I remember correctly. View.. Anyone remember the Community School of Music on California street. View not Mt. Linda's drive-in had the BEST hamburgers (Parisian burger) and fries in town. $6.99 NEW Pizza Hut Melts. My kindergarden classroom was the 1st near the entrance, I remember feeling excited and part of an elite school that invested in Apple computers. Oh one last thing the phone prefix for Mtn. Florentine Restaurant ( The only Italian place in the middle of all the Chinese Restaurants ) was located where Xanh now is. Blossom Plaza gift store called Galaxy was 2 stories and THE place to buy presents for moms . Thanks for the memories people. You could still find "cowboys" in the Rengstorff-Rock St-Middlefield area 20 years ago but they are long gone. You could buy tires from a tire dealer in the middle of downtown Castro Street (about where Don Giovanni's is I think.) Unfortunately, Moffett had been closed. OK,I THINK WE'VE COVERED ALL OF MT. The car dealership on El Camino with the globe on the pole was Mancini Motors. I CAN STILL VISUALIZE THE BILL BOARDS ON THE WALL.. Next door was an ice cream store, I think it was called Dons. - El Camino Real was just 2 lanes each way in places, some blocks lacking sidewalks, some with diagonal parking . for me. The King of Clubs was a big Navy bar and we used to go to Denny's across the street. 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