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I believe Bazaar was in between the other two names. It used to be called the Dublin Inn as I recall from 50's, 60's and later. 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. It's driving us all crazy. Stuft Pizza San Francisco, California, United States. Mountain View in the vintage 70's and 80's years was a haven. Here is the link to one of the photos. 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. https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-St-James-Infirmary/330535863804 This thread keeps me coming back to the site each day to see what new memories have been posted. The Monte Carlo Restaurant was the Movie theater for the town How well I remember the Town Club! My sister worked at Handy Man and also payless donuts. Then on to Stacey's Books on University, and another computer store several blocks away. I have happier memories of seeing movies at the Monte Vista drive-in near Mancini Motors' tower and globe. Eddies Sport Shop, The Instep for Addidas. The Dublin Inn on Middlefield and Rengstorff United States Phone Number: (415) 554-8494 (Main Phone Number) (415) 554-8444 (Domestic Fax) Website: Main Website Facebook E-mail: admin@stjamesinfirmary.org (Main Email) Hours: Not available . I think the Old Mill closed in the mid to late 80s? I live in Florida now, but I keep checking this on-going trip down memory lane. omg Togo's turkey and Avocado. and going to Old Mountain View's Castro Street felt soooooo far away! Old California Pizza Galaxy Gifts, the Variety store, Archies Couffures, and Tots to Teens at the Blossom Valley shopping center where Mayfair Market was. View memories of that era: Dog City on Castro, Linda's Drive In, a favorite from the early 60's when I attended high school in Palo Alto, Susie's Diner, and next door- Art's Chili Bowl- where you could get 5 way chili while Art snoozed in his recliner in the middle of the room, and for pizza, Frankie, Johnnie and Luigi too- the only place still in business after 50 years! At the little mall with the hobby store upstairs they used to decorate extensively for Christmas. Dad used to spend major portions of his paychecks there, a practice which ultimately destroyed his marriage to my mother. -The Crossings was a mall called The Old Mill Dont forget about Rhodes department store, Roos Atkins, Purity Super Market at San Antonio Center. Ken's House of Pancakes' German Babies souffl pancakes with powdered sugar & lemon wedges. Mountain View has provided some good times and good memories. El Chico's Italian was on El Camino to the south. I remember the funnn cinco day mayo parties there everyone had fun, not all the politicle chaos its become. Terms of Use The Wunderman house is there still. We went to Mass at St Joseph Church and shopped at Bettancourt Grocery. The Foothill Owl mascot used to reside in the highway school tower. 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 I haven't been to Mtn. The movie theater was pretty small.I recall we usually chose the Varsity Theater up in Palo Alto over the small MV theater. Lots of fruit trees on ElCamino. (I worked there from 1976-1984). Little violets that filled the back shady patio if the landlord was slow to mow. Town dump at the end of Stierlin road. now sits. Dear Newbie- I remember the Old Mill theaters and seeing Return Of The Jedi. Ahh, the way it was Location. Shockley lab the real birth of silcon valley is still on San Antonio road as a furniture store. Hello. It just doesn't seem as fun anymore You could still find "cowboys" in the Rengstorff-Rock St-Middlefield area 20 years ago but they are long gone. The restrooms in the parks are best city in Northern California.I attended MVHS AT Castro street. I lived there from the '50s thru to 1984. View since 1992I live on the East Coast now. Cuesta Park has an artificial lake. I was a kid here in the 1960's, My family moved here in 59. I lived on the southern end of Los Altos from 1961 through about 1985. I attended Eastbrook Elementary. Frankie Johnnies & Luigi's on El Camino was/is the best place for a pizza Gonzalez, Morgan Maxwell,Davis, Capote,Addington, Hubner, . Louie comicbooks and texan horns at the elzarape. The tulip tree next to it, with bare branches I filled with lights at Christmas while blaring my record of Bach's "Magnificat." View and Sunnyvale at all times day and night and never had a worry. I wish I . He had more cattle up off Skyline and near Half Moon Bay I remember the P-3s flying over, often with a prop feathered for training. I can remember the name. There was aWhisman Gramer School on the corner of Sterling and Charlston Rd.It had 4 class rooms with two grades each room. Great Western Savings It was near the road into Alviso, home of the first Yacht Club in Calif. Village Host Pizza on Castro. Thanks to all your memories of place & business names I had forgotten. I just heard that Sono Sushi has closed too, and I really used to like that place Mountain View Hight was located in downtown M.V. I loved going with my family to the Drive-In at the corner of Grant and El Camino (hard to imagine a drive-in on that corner!!!) Had a friend that called and asked me the name of the furniture store and I have forgotten. I asked the owner, who by the way, is third generation, why? It later moved to El Camino and lost an "l" to become Pontilo's. Their ad every Tuesday on the back page of the PA Times. 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. The Indian lady who started that was a visionary, it Hah, when I was going to Foothill I loved just down Bonita from the Food Fair Market He was in port until early February and they sailed to Japan and Korean War. Pretty spooky and not for the weak. I cannot believe I am reading this article still. In Mountain View. 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. They give me the best care one could hope for. 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 ! San Antonio Hobby Shop --four locations till it closed in '05 Also had an acre of land. Was this area a library building? that place but it was short-lived. .25 cents for mixed drinks. Driving to Stanford via ElCamino Real one could smell skunks from the open fields. I moved to Old Mtn View in the late '70s.remember Gemello Winery? Get used to it. I went to Two Guys From Italy back in the 80's which was also good but is now a Burger King. In the shopping Center was the Oasis Laundry that started out with popcorn and treats Bokman Chevy and Tuban Ford Pollo Loco. I remember the following: On one side, there was a collection of large satellite dishes. A lot has changed since then. I remember the following I'd say more, but, well, there's a little book you can pick up at the library or at Books Inc that has tons of photos of Mountain View's history and will probably answer a lot of your questions. I live in Mountain View from 1958-1976 it was and still is one of ***. The Kaiser bldg was a shopping center with a grocery store Lucky and the best bakery. had kept it. We had a "Food Fair" grocery store on El CAMINO between Castro and grant/237 My first "job" was gathering eggs at a chicken farm on Old Middlefield in early 50s' (the fork hadnt been built yet, so there was just "Middlefield Rd" no "old" Middlefield. St. James Infirmary, a strange theme bar that sometimes had so many Navy airmen looked like it was a road show version of Top Gun. The mobile home park community; I went to Theuerkauf elementary. We lived on Parker Ct. Grant Road was only 2 lanes with no sidewalks! Lots of other kids participated did that continue into the '70's? Drying apricots in the orchards on Grant Road It was across the street from a bowling alley. It was an easy commute to Intel, about 8 minutes. $2.00 pitcher of beer, peanuts on the floor, awesome pinball, and almost a guaranteed biker tussle every Friday night. Had a fun summer vacation visiting my dad and his partner, they owned Ya Luv these comments.. I am not sure it was called Bobs Big Boy became a Japanese restaurant became another restaurant. Had to go to liquor store near Safeway to get a Sunday Mercury or Chronicle. So many memories attached to them from those whose formative years were spent there. Dances on friday night at the rec center were great.. Eagles Rule!!! 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.. The original "Der Weinerschnitzel" on California and Castro. Mailing Address PO Box 426788 San Francisco, CA 94142 "The Rumpus Room" (I shot the 8-ball in on the break on New Year's Eve!). View for a bit over a year, but that is one memory of mine. Rhodes had midnight madness sales. Mountain View was sleepy and boring and we used to consider it lower class My Grandma used to take me to Mervyn's downtown when it was still a diner, and not a bar. I think it won't broke due to all the free pizzas that they gave away. Mayfield Mall Construction went on for quite a while and the place was really novel with JC Penny holding the anchor spot. Mountain View was home to the St. James Infirmary Bar & Grill. (Now Shoreline park) I used to go to the menu tree for a bite to eat. 1) Playing park league flag football in the 3rd grade and getting knocked out cold on a kick off by a "BIG" kid named Rudy. I remember in the late '60's entering my cat in the local "pet parade". There was Rainbow Record Store at the light on Grant Road as you approach the shopping center. I thought that was absolutely amazing. I've lived in the neighborhood since 1967. I put a few of those little mosaic tiles in the cougar face, in Mrs Johnson's art class when it was being built . They had a student built Totem with Paly, Cubberley, Wilbur and Jordan mascot heads. My uncle had a Moped (gas powered scooter) club. 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. Did lots of educational games of learning on the 2e ! Eddie's Gun Shop Then there was over where the medical center is the Emporium clothes There was always lots to do in the neighborhood- during summer, the owner of the little east side grocery store would have a monthly quick-draw competition in the side parking lot. AND, There were greenhouses along 237 for as far as the eye could see, along with Ferry Morse Seed Company. Fond memories of Palm Plaza buying candy there on days we walked to church, buying comic books once a week at store on Miramonte? Our Mom would send us to Hap's Grocery on Calderon with a quarter to buy a loaf of bread and tell us to keep the change! I grew up next to Therekauf/Stevenson school. My parents work for the Government Telecommunication Co. GTE. their facilities. Can't remember for sure, but I think they had sound to outside. And the center's hobby shop was a fun place to browse. Privacy Policy When Mancini motors (Dodge dealership) was on the corner of Castro and El Camino. wonder woman inside??? From Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Its where the first IC was made by Noyce? Music Store This is about the old originals of Mountain View. There was a Chinese restaurant named Andy on Castro st. 1970s very good food She made donuts with leftover dough the size of bike tires. It has helped me bridge the gap of what Mountain View used to be. I might be the youngest and recent entry here. Fotomat Drive Up st james infirmary 504 greenwich street, san francisco, ca 94133. total revenue. Please keep the memories alive. the second crash in as many years. The first 2 years of St. Joseph's School were held in the old classrooms of at what is now St. Francis High School. Linda's Hamburger Joint on El Camino Anybody remember Gemco? ----Woolworth's/Wells Fargo Bank/ Long's Drug Store My dad worked at Lockheed. I almost forgot: Going to Linda's for Parisian burgers and tator tots,double features at Mtn View theatre on Saturdays. ----Imagemakers Hair Salon/Vicky's Hair Salon. Open fields around the neighborhood were great places for playing baseball and hide and seek. 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. "Kentucky Fried Chicken" and "Walgreens" are still the same After the station was gone. I lived there 24 years and Neal lived there 30 years. My Mother, brothers, and I moved to Mtn. VIEW HISTORICAL SPOTS IT TIME TO MOVE ON. Mountain View Library was very small and crowded. Phone Number: (415) 554-8494. Thanks for any insight! There are a lot of restaurants that I remember. Feinschmuckers Deli, remember Best products store. The moved down Sterlin Rd toward the dump (which much later became Shoreline Park). Imperial Gardens was doing big business on Rengstorff and El Camino and also Peng's further up on El Camino, both specializing in dim sum. So many memories. My price and style at the time. And who remembers Rod Martin karate studios on El Camino near the San Antonio shopping center? by Newbie, Whisman Station, Not just the Gemco in Mountain View, but all the stores in the Gemco chain across California were bought out by Target. i remember mayfield mall, with jc penneys and world mart. Lots of small apartments everywhere and all very kept up. I also remember another Japanese restaurant on El Camino west of San Antonio that did teppan style (similar to Benihana). View theater, through a kind of walkway/tunnel to the parking lots behind. Gregg's Pharmacy Magical Mountain View [looking back--] Was the Chinese restaurant Qui Hing Low? It closed in 80/81 school year. not too far from San Antonio. Riding the old plow horse Dolly in the field next to St Joseph's, little league games at McKelvey park,helping Levy in the concession stand . Target and where the DMV used to be and is now a truck driver training school. Wow, what memories! Dear Community, It has been quite an exciting year full of activism and progress toward the full realization of sex worker rights. Blossom Valley also had a great pizza place called Old Cal where we would go as kids on minimum days from Blach. That area around Middlefield/Ellis was where Raytheon? I enjoy reminiscing the things that made Mountain View so great. Whenever I ask my husband to take me to the 'fancy market on Middlefield' he says something about Brentwood:) The library had only one story and was overcrowded. I grew up there in the late 70's when my grandfather retired from TWA we moved from Mountain View to Florida. As for restaurants, I was saving my pennies in those years. 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. Go Eagles! I also remember the 50s holdout restaurant Linda's, farther down El Camino (at Escuela, evidently). 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. Main Phone Number (415) 554-8444. 4. What a story that was. Mountain View Library centennial celebration 1905-2005 - Zen Houseplants at Middlefield and MV-Alviso Rd I wished Id taken more pictures , than what I have. Poking around the unrestored Rengsdorff house in that surreal setting all sky and wet/flat lands, pre-development and amplitheater. La Petit Boulangerie, Florentines Pasta Shop, TOGO's!!!!! How difficult is it envisioning what we will (or should!) Print Edition/Archives Special Pubs I worked at Rhodes which became Liberty House, which became random stores which is now a new mega mixed used complex. + many more) Imagine. And Clarkes had the best burger in Mountain View, Amber Lantern had Dave Fisher tree that always got decorated during Christmas time, and unfortunately got damaged and chopped down during Castro st. renovations. it was Baily Rd i went to monta loma back in 1979 then i moved to oakdale. Does anyone remember Beto's Casa Blanca Mexican Restaurant. on Apr 13, 2008, There's a good DVD at the public library on the history of Mountain View. There is a Historic marker in front of a small building on Charleston just before it crosses San Antonio. You could hear the Saint Joseph bell ring everyday at 12noon. in the 70's best pizza ever !!!!!!!!!! The persimmon tree in "our" front yard and the people who would drive up and try to strip the fruit. The Huntingdon Apts $125 a month rent now thinking how much it reminded me of Mountain View of the 70's. There are a few holes. the Library, the City Hall area, Steven's Creek trail Mountain View is Co-Op Market by Sears the pool hall on Castro.. the old theater (stinky bathrooms)and double features (25 cents) Wagner's Drugs on Castro Robert Moore Flowers on Castro Parkers Flowers on Castro Moore Furniture on Castro.. Lawrence Tires Sims Shoes Mtn. 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