Walking miles to the nearest 7-11 past St Francis for slurpees. McKelvey Baseball Field/Park About where the Hausner Day school is now on San Antonio between Middlefield and Alma, there was an Indian mound (Ohlone--pre Spanish era) camping/living area. It was sooo easy to cut classes back then some of my friends volunteered there and always signed anyone sick. Where is Fargo's Pizza Located. Old Mill had a AMC theater in the back with cheap movies, then it turned into a big empty farmers market, then finally razed. I ALWAYS START WITH THE SURROUNDING TOWNS TOO.. THEN WORK DOWN TO MTN VIEW.. The old Highway school on the corner of El Camino and Calderon. Thanks for any insight! Does anyone remember Beto's Casa Blanca Mexican Restaurant. Joselyn's Bike Shop Yes there were also the yearly Navy air shows. 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. Online ordering available! Car dealership n Castro and el CAMINO. Andy's Chinese was the best place for Chinese on Castro. Apt. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. I was born and raised in Mtn. Didn't see any mention of Monte Vista, or Moonlight Drive-In theatres. Does anyone remember the name of this place? Oh the perils of middle age, ugh! If it bent, we threw them out. James F. Todd (Navy), who was aboard the USS Macon when it went down off the coast of Monterey (Hanger 1, was it's home back then). View was a ghost town on weekends. There was the I Magnin store where the Medical Center is now at 85 & El Camino. My grandpa and I would go through in our funky station wagon. I remember in the 70s, the Monte Vista drive-in. In around 1982-86 I was living in The Americana, a large apartment complex at Highway 85 and El Camino Real. Mayfield Mall was where The Crossings condos were buildt. Hope that you find something on the internet about it? The name of the store was called Palm Yorkshire Clothes in the Palm Plaza shopping Center. Definitely check out the History Center if you get a chance. They had a neat fish tank inside. 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. and saw a ton of great kid movies there in my pajamas! PR MediaRelease 14. Had to go to liquor store near Safeway to get a Sunday Mercury or Chronicle. Central Sioux Falls 2111 S. Minnesota Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57105 Phone: (605) 271-2677, Keystone212 Winter Street, Keystone, SD 57751Phone: (605) 666-4122, Grand Forks951 S 42nd St The moved down Sterlin Rd toward the dump (which much later became Shoreline Park). Many mini motels, and lots to do. was. In the middle of the rows of corn was a large plot of pot, strictly for medicinal purposes of course. -Paul Portola Elementary, Egan JH Los Altos High '78 Foothill 78-80 Mt View in the 60-70's was the best Did lots of educational games of learning on the 2e ! HOURS. 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. Pollo Loco. Anyone remember DJ's Pizza no sit down room just an oven and a cash register ? the best in Palo Alto. ma, There were a lot of Country Stores throughout the bay area, little shops. I'm going to add something a little different the Cold War. It was later disclosed that this was one of two centers where the US controlled their defense satellites, and downloaded intelligence. Does anyone know what was at the northeast side of the Moffett and W. Middlefield intersect? (Thank you, historic preservationists!). The Golden Wok was good too, but suddenly closed and never reopened. Does anyone remember the gas station on evelyn and casto back in the 60's shoreline was two lanes. I went to Two Guys From Italy back in the 80's which was also good but is now a Burger King. I won't be going back . Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic. Walking to the pet shop by the laundry where the lpressing shirts would wave at us. at the Huntingon Apartments. View for a bit over a year, but that is one memory of mine. Mountain View was a working-class town back in the 60s and 70s, and while I still love living here, I'm sad that high-tech has made it so hard to afford to live here. Qui Hing Low and Andy's best chinese food ever! Everyone knows who owns big chunks of that land now. I remember St. James Infirmary, but I was too young to go inside, but I do remember eating some leftover hot wings my sister brought home and lovin it. Was it part of 237? Palm variety was a store with tons of household knick knacks. Versions of it (the tree got bigger with time) became posters or advertisements, and I encounter copies periodically. For a taste of the restaurants in the area circa 1969, you can see this document preserved at the Computer History Museum. Blossom Plaza gift store called Galaxy was 2 stories and THE place to buy presents for moms . View- was also a mailman there for a couple of years in late 60's. Bayshore highway was a 4 lane undivided road. It was Treasury for a while, and Drug Barn, now vacant. Loved the tater tots at Linda's. submarines. Mountain View was a very different place back then! Wherehouse Records, Chuck's Cellar on El Camino was mentioned and John Stewart of Kingston Trio fame. I think that space is now occupied by a Chinese restaurant. 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 my kids were small, the biggest thrill for them was hearing the music and seeing the ice cream truck come down our street. Linda's was great ( I know the recipe for their sauce!) Ahh, the way it was Our first home! Thank You all for your shared memories. Blue Sky Cafe - vegetarian restaurant in a wooden cottage west of Castro. Ken's House of Pancakes was the best (and maybe the only) middle of the night meal in town. My Family knew the people who owed the big spooky looking house across the street. I now live in Napa Valley and I haven't found anything like that here. The concession stand at McElvey Park was run for ever by an old guy named Levy, who loved baseball. Every Sunday night we would go to the store after dinner and my father would work on the books. The field where they sold Christmas trees and fireworks on El Camino Real east of Calderon (across from Tuban Ford). So by posting to this thread, you inadvertantly ensured that it will continue to grace the front page. We had a close neighbors that looked after each other. When I was pregnant a few years back, I had a sudden craving for these cookies from my childhood! Neither are there anymore. The next time youre wondering, Whats the best pizza near me? you know who to call! Fargo's Pizza Company brings to life an obscure piece of mountain lore featuring the hard-drinking, straight-shooting, freethinking gambler named Fargo who prowled the mountain towns a hundred years ago . Special Pubs, About Us I lived in Mountain View briefly in 1973. My memories of this time are somewhat faded by time and the fact, my Mother didn't drive, so my mobility around the area was limited to foot and my Schwinn bicycle. Thanks to everyone for the contributions. We lived on Parker Ct. 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! Wow, who've thunk back in 1975? It was mostly known as the place to get Chinese food. I know this blog is a few years old but he ran across it and boy can you bring me down memory lane I'm sure I will repeat a lot of the familiar places in Mountain View but I just wanted to share them as well. I remember Father Moss walking the streets alone late at night. Dear Newbie- disgusting, particularly the ones on Terminal Ave that went without Here is some details about the Mountain View I grew up in. Web Link That page includes comments from the new owner. There was a curve loop for students to be picked up. Does anybody remember the Sunnyview Family Club, down on Esceula? He moved his business and family out of state in 2001. Tater tots and Parisian Burgers! Fiesta Bowl in Palo Alto/The Hotel was the Cabana Hyatt house where the Beatles stayed (now the Crowne Plaza). The school dances and alot of fights in the year 1970. Back over across I remember the P-3s flying over, often with a prop feathered for training. Village Host Pizza on Castro. traffic ticket as a kid and never thought I could feel so bad! 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'. 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. Magical Mountain View [looking back--] a fruit/vegetable stand. miss those days. 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. Another pizza place I remember was Boswell's Pizza Company on Castro near California, probably more 80's than 70's. -Mountain View High School was on Castro Street. I remember delivering flyers announcing store-opening specials (and being paid the handsome wage of 35 cents! How well I remember the Town Club! Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. in Downtown Los Altos 88-96. .25 cents for mixed drinks. Also, I remember the Copper Penny a big A-frame restaurant near My front yard is now the parking of the outdoor amp theater. Gemco was called Bazaar. I'm not sure many people ever went there because the preschool was moved to Rengstorff Park facilities if I remember correctly. The old building was seen on the right of the road heading towards Milpitas. I can remember the name. I delivered San Francisco Chronicle and Mountain View News Herald papers along Thompson Ave and Alvin St as well over in Del Medio area. Karen, Coming home from Foothill College. from the shopping center where Walgreens is at grant and el camino, Where else do you go to buy hot rodding parts. I grew up there in the late 70's when my grandfather retired from TWA we moved from Mountain View to Florida. Don't forget the Red Barn with 19 cent burgers, Taco Tico and I saw someone else mentioned El Zarrape (the best). 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. 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. Antipasto salad to die for, (Hold the anchovies please) View was 'Yorkshire' and all numbers began YO7-xxxx. Landell's Elementary. House of Yee, an old movie theater, TAP Plastics, a good Mexican place down at the train tracks end. There were two chains, Pollos and Pollo Locos. Download our app. I remember the funnn cinco day mayo parties there everyone had fun, not all the politicle chaos its become. When it closed down we started going to the Continental Market on California Street. Last year, Voice readers and foundations contributed a total of $84,000. I know Mtn. House of Yee on Castro. I remember the Balkan Village with its Greek themed architecture. Oh, I miss that barbecue 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. Fargo's Pizza. Lockheed was designing and building spy satellites, as well as the submarine based Polaris nuclear missile. Ferry Morse Seed Company I've spent my lunch hour - and beyond - catching up on the memories and history of the city I now call home. Did anyone go to Crittenden for elementary school?! 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). I grew up next to Therekauf/Stevenson school. Shockley lab the real birth of silcon valley is still on San Antonio road as a furniture store. The field behind Cooper School was not a park yet! (I worked there from 1976-1984). When those establishments are gone, they will lament the passing of their youth like the many posts above. Mtn view has come a loooog ways but I loved it better when it was smaller and slower. The persimmon tree in "our" front yard and the people who would drive up and try to strip the fruit. I have fond memories of taking my little sister there in her stroller so I could get free candy from the manager. And seeing their adds at the drive-in during intermission? Hello. *Screen image is simulated The Zelle related marks are used under license from Early Warning Services, LLC. hundreds of cows. The Huntingdon Apts $125 a month rent now 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. The Old Mill and Mayfield malls were already mostly derelict. Speed limit was 55 mph on all freeways (coming again soon? On California there was a Best (Service Merchandise?) ----Great Western Savings/Home Savings/ Westwood Childcare Center Posted by Elizabeth, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood, on Feb 22, 2011 at 3:15 pm Now reside in New Mexico. The mall where the Crossings is now was The Old Mill. Many people used the train in those days to commute to "The City (San Francisco)". Another place I have enjoyed is Tony and Alba's Pizza. - "Castro" CalTrain station at Rengstorff Also the Time Zone Arcade. The sign for the shop was misspelled as "Sheespkin House", and as a teenager I giggled every time I drove by. Yes? The Emporium on El Camino and Sylvan Highway School had large wood paned windows, oak floors, wide halls, and huge cloakrooms! . Fargo's was a 10,000 sq. I can still taste it sometimes when I smell a truly good pizza. I remember when they opened up Fro Yo at that shopping center, when Safeway was Brentwood market and opened into a liquor store, there was a deli next store called Feinshmeckers? I have seen several of those trees over the years and they werent accurate as far as the 1950s and 60's are concerned Hewlett/Packard and Varian werent on one of them which indicated the authors lack of knowledge and research efforts. The key aspect of this pizzeria is the Italian cuisine. Moffitt drive-in where Century 16 is now, Shoreline park area being a big expanse of empty dirt and the landfill, and the shoreline house being in it's original location near where the movie theater is today, boarded up and being in shambles. Played Little League for Johnny Macs the first year of the league -- 1955? tree that always got decorated during Christmas time, and unfortunately got damaged and chopped down during Castro st. renovations. 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. There was a nursing home across the street from us. Echos of Don Sherwood and Superfrog live on in Maine. 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). 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. I remember The Beer Garden having a very old, tall, date palm tree in the parking lot. On El Camino near Mathilda was this huge langendorff bread sign that sliced bread of buttered the slice. D.V., when you mentioned Baeders cookies I knew it was you cuz. Dial-a-bus this was back in the early 70's. We drove to the main gate and a pleasant young lady guard was given permission to escort us to Hangar One and we stepped in and took pictures of each other. Here are the places that I remember on Castro Street: 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)? Downtown only had Chinese Restaurant's except for the Weinersnitzel on the corner of Castro and California Street. ADDRESS . Bokman Chevy and Tuban Ford 25 photos. I also worked at the Ferry Morse Seed Co. in 74-77. Does anyone remember the little italian restaurant right across the street from Graham. I also remember the spooky old house standing alone somewhere along Shoreline, even after the golf course was set up. Reading all the comments brought back fond memories - I grew up in Mtn View in the late 60's, early 70's, in the neighborhood that is bordered by 101, Middlefield Road, Shoreline (Sterling), and Moffit. I remember when I moved to Mountain View in 1973 there were still orchids around. My dad and I both had Mr Chadda and Mr Bonzell for math, heh. Albertsons and Payless were connected in the middle, @ El Camino and Grant. San Antonio Center, Tower Records for a time, more and cheaper housing, Four TV spots from back in the eighties we created to broadcast our Friday and Saturday night club. The nightclub at the Old Mill was called Fargo's. 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 was born and raised in Mountain View and, except for about 6 years out-of-state for college, I've spent my whole life here. Blossom Valley also had a great pizza place called Old Cal where we would go as kids on minimum days from Blach. I actually worked down the road in Los Altos at the Boardwalk, what a shame they closed. What a great place to grow up. Sun and SGI were a couple of the large employers, fighting out the workstation market. El Camino was the best I've ever tasted, and is sadly long gone now. There's a Residence Inn there now. And across the street where Longs Drugs/Starbucks/Blockbuster is was a lumber yard/home improvement type of place, forgot the name. We would go over in our car, a still new 1951 Plymouth Belevedere hardtop convertible, on Saturday night to watch the Jackie Gleason Show. There were dozens of Dept of Defense contractors in the general area including Raytheon, doing radar research and production, and Singer, doing flight simulators. Free suicides after the little league game. And Clarkes had the best burger in Mountain View, Amber Lantern had There were contests at all the night spots and tons of costume shops in and around the areas. We loved Moffett and Mtn View. I truly felt at home. Just east of Cooper school on Eunice was a big dip in the road where it was county property, as was all the neighborhoods with no sidewalks. The car dealership on El Camino with the globe on the pole was Mancini Motors. Here is a bit of the inside scoop. on Apr 13, 2008, There's a good DVD at the public library on the history of Mountain View. Home & Real Estate I remember: A man named Chester F. Awalt donated 40 acres of orchard land to MVLA High School District for a much needed third high school; they named the school Chester F. Awalt HS. 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. When they re-did Castro Street can't remember if that was late 70's or I can't think of anything to add to the list, and it sure brought back memories. Los Gatos and Mountain View have SV's best downtowns IMO. I could go on. wow I forgot about some of the places listed above. Smelling patchoulli and knowing that the "Dead" were here They are planning to move soon to San Jose area. First gourmet burgers for me the Hawaiian with pineapple.. and the friendliest of owners. I would like to know what the name of the furniture store was where Wholefoods market is now on El Camino in Mtn. I did in 1978 and broke my arm on the monkey bars. 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. There was a motorcycle suspension shop on Leghorn called Simon's it later morphed into Roxshox. were a lot less photos of people's lives back then. I frankly had more fun at St. James and spent more time there. I thought this place was absolutely perfect and much better than Redding, where I had just come from! The little lady in the kitchen i think her name was "short" best tacos for 25 cents. The Best Pizza & Chicken In Downtown Fargo. I also grew up in Mountain View and attended Landels, Graham and Mountain View High on Castro Street. Or, taking a local bus home from San Francisco Airport, down El Camino to my street (View), and rolling the bag home. I think Rotten Robbie's is still on the corner of Whisman and Middlefield, maybe even the Wagon Wheel restaurant next to it. The town had a Bobs Big Boy, Linda's drive in, foster freeze, Wiener schnitzel, st James infirmary, Denny's restayeant (great for after a long night if dancing), GEMCO, Carrs pet store, emporium, mervyns, Sears, tower RECords, warehouse records, jcpennys, cost plus, tony Roma's, lots of used car lots along el CAMINO real, kens house of pancakes, thrift store next to cuisimanos (sp?) And I too remember the table game with the volley ball at St. Francis with very fond memories, thank you for bringing that memory back to me. But looks aren't everything --- so we offer a choice of twenty-five great pizzas, our special pastas, sandwiches, soup and award winning salad bar . probably know this--unless two Irish Pubs at same location is just a coincidence--I have emailed a couple of old friends who may remember if it was once the Dublin Inn. Bubble gum was the best flavor. It was a beautiful spanish style building which should of been restored and named a historical landmark. Funny I can't remember the name of that music store. I was told was like the 70's only more people. [emailprotected]. "The Rumpus Room" (I shot the 8-ball in on the break on New Year's Eve!). View, where Google is now, I had some classmate that lived out there and back then it was dirt roads and chicken coops. I'm thinking across from --Tim. Oh, how I long for the old days!!! In the shopping Center was the Oasis Laundry that started out with popcorn and treats Express / Weekend Express There were 11 Emporiums from Santa Rosa to Salinas with local ones at Hillsdale, Stanford, Stevens Creek and Almaden. The place was on the eastern end of the complex. I enjoy reminiscing the things that made Mountain View so great. Wasn't Handyman over there near the Oasis Laundry and what used to be Super Duper market at central and Rengstorff Hello Father, we would sayHello boys..his response..Keep the memories coming . My parents owned the store with my father's cousin and wife. 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. thanks for the memories. by Newbie, Whisman Station, Songroth Brothers (gravel & cement) next to the railroad tracks near Alma & San Antonio? I remember the following: It's time has expired. was a great a place to do one's laundry and occasionally meet people. COLORADO SPRINGS A Colorado Springs staple is reopening after the pandemic forced them to shut down for seven months. Bob's Big Boy, When did the Old Mill and Fargo's Pizza close. Overview. Mesquite grilled - best BBQ chicken View since I was about 6, went to Slater elementry, then Graham jr. High and graduated Mtn. I thought that was absolutely amazing. BIG difference. He was in port until early February and they sailed to Japan and Korean War. on the discussion! 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 just remembered "The Menu Tree" Does anybody remember The Menu Tree? At halloween time, they had the best selection of wax whistles, plastic lips, and dracula teeth. had kept it. Mountain View was sleepy and boring and we used to consider it lower class It just doesn't seem as fun anymore Your IP: When we moved to Palo Alto, we would take the bus for 10 cents and go to Mayfield Mall. JCPenneys was on Castro Street And to this very day, Prince's music reminds me of how happy I was to have discovered Mountain View! And San Antoinio Mall where Menu Tree was located. :-( 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 Scuitlebutt on El Camino Real. 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!!!!!!! Just loved reading all these posts and bringing back all the memories. La Petit Boulangerie, Florentines Pasta Shop, TOGO's!!!!! "Dog City" Building Nice to remember everything tho. Mountain View High School was on Castro Street. I have fond memories of the Mountain View Movie theater and remember Palm Plaza, long since torn down. This thread keeps me coming back to the site each day to see what new memories have been posted. The recreation department was second to none. I remember that well. mmm) on El Camino. Google, Ebay and others seem to like that area. Those were the days !!!! 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 the site of the old Highway School. Oh, if anyone can remember a few other night spots in Mountain View, one by the Old Mill Mall and another I believe was Froggers or a name similar. Mr Knight was a wonderful employer and friend. Los Gatos and Mountain View have SV's best downtowns IMO. Lockheed shared Moffett NAS with the Navy VP-31 squadron, flying P-3 Orions day and night, patrolling the waters of the west coast for USSR submarines. There was an old farm house circa 1900's that was at the intersection on 237, near where the Union Pacific railroad crossing used to be, called The Beer Garden. wonder woman inside??? Not it seems mostly prepared food, but it used to be they cut the meet and did their At one time, a band that later turned out to be Santana could be heard practicing in Malachi's basement while you waited for the light to turn green. yes,st. State Delicatessen. The Old Mill shopping center was kind of cool. It was a nice time and if I could, I would go back; maybe in the near future! near NW corner of Middlefield at Rengsdorf. We had 2 A&W Burger places in Mountain View. I also have very fond memories of the Variety Store at Blossom Valley Shopping Center where we all got candy for a nickel, the Galaxy Gift Store where we got every Christmas Present for my mother for about a decade, I think, and Tots-to-Teens where my mom took me for school clothes (and I had to get size "6x" which meant I was not skinny enough :/). Hours: Sunday to Wednesday: 11:00 AM - 3:00 AM. I think the globe on the building came from '39 or '40 worlds fair(s), but don't quote me on that. View was a great town back then and still is today. Andy's Chinese Restaurant. What got me into computing was the Commodore Vic-20 8 bit 6502 When Central Expressway was built. In the median of Castro in front of the city hall was a huge redwood? El Zarape, Qui Hing Low, Fosters hamburgers, the original "Big Mac" at Johnny Macs, Lindas, The Red Barn, the Sylvania pit, . and may again, but why don't people do their jobs when they are Full Hours. at Steven's Creek? If you had to grow up somewhere in the 60's and 70's, Mountain View had it all and was a real community where we all knew each other (absolute Americana). ie Apricots, cherries, prunes. We went to Mass at St Joseph Church and it had not changed one bit. South Palo Alto, I attended Wilbur Junior High on East Meadow, class of 1957 and Cubberley class of 1960 on Middlefield Rd just before San Antonio. Flower Shop Albertson's bakery had the best brownies i've ever tasted. Speaking of burgers, Hobees when it started in the 70s (?) They had the best selection of cheesecakes All in all I think it was a better time Loved that park. Tater tots and Parisian Burgers. Original post made I was born in Lost Altos and lived there until 1971. I remember: Some of the best jobs around Further up El Camino was the "other" part of shopping in Mountain View, the San Antonio Shopping Center. Drive-in Movie Theater where Walgreen's is. Fabric store in the Purity Market building (Later torn down) View your latest FICO score. 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 Skip to main content. Then a few years later it became Ontilo's. I am not sure it was called As for the tire store it was located where the bead store is now. I believe I saw the original JUNGLE BOOK movie at the theater there : ) We had a wonderful wholesale bakery in that neighborhood, where you could buy a big bag of shortbread cookies for a $1. Eddies Sport Shop, The Instep for Addidas. Delivery & Pickup Options - 381 reviews of Fargo's Pizza "Fargo's is a wild experience. Rite Aid was called Thrifty then Payless with Alpha Beta Gocery Store next door. Down the drive was a grilled chicken place called Pollo now I cannot remember. and is where Silicon Valley essentially started. + many more) I was part of the last graduating class of old Mtn. First I rented in a duplex on Sierra Vista: 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 . The only things going in the downtown were Printer's Inc. and a few restaurants like Szechuan Gardens, Dynasty, Fu Lam Mum and Florentine. Foothill College, the new campus in Los Altos Hills was talked about thruout California, for its inovative architectural style; this topic was an English class required paper for the first couple of years. Are you thinking of White Front in Sunnyvale by Toys R Us. "NEWBIE" 3. Who was that guy who wore a dress and sat in the bleachers? I used to get a postcard in the mail for a discount. The grocery store was Diamond Ranch in 1970 until 1971, before Diamond Ranch was Les Brothers grocery store since we moved to MV in 1951. Navy jets flew overhead constantly, then it was the Orion P-3 submarine chasers. You could still find "cowboys" in the Rengstorff-Rock St-Middlefield area 20 years ago but they are long gone. 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! The live music downstairs John Stewart of "California Bloodlines", Crystal Pistol (3 girls, violin & guitars) The Menu Tree had quite the selection. Stig's Bakery DV. Left in 68 to join the USMC. I have noticed revisionist articles that claim their "whatever" was first. I remember seeing the Exorcist with my girlfriend at the time in the View The Japanese teppan place I was trying to think of was called Shogun, on El Camino west of San Antonio. 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. There is a Historic marker in front of a small building on Charleston just before it crosses San Antonio. The restaurant is massive, with an upper balcony overlooking a crowded lower floor, and is usually very loud and bustly. I forgot something! Anyone remember the drive in theaters? Taco la Paz on El Camino Real, a Taco Bell knock-off, where I also worked for a couple years. In Mountain View. There also was an ElZarape Resturant on San Antonio Road. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. and it is too bad that someone did not foresee all the changes coming and head off 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. Does anyone remember the name before Gemco? Arby's at San Antonio and California Makes me hungry just thinking about it. I Do remember the Blue Angel fleet air performances during summer. Their downstairs cellar was a nice and intimate showroom and upstairs they had good steaks. There was Rainbow Record Store at the light on Grant Road as you approach the 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. All the neighbors would then come out and talk. Print Edition/Archives I do remember the French Quarter food mart and the Mexican restaurant was called La Posada. I have lived in Mountain View since the early 70's. (Probably "Looking Back") It once comprised 7 buildings, of which only two still stand. I lived briefly in Mtn View from September to December 30, 1952. Those days of MV being a quiet, bucolic suburb are over. I moved to Mtn. Thursday to Saturday: 11:00 AM - 4:00 AM. Well at least Clark's burgers is still around! How difficult is it envisioning what we will (or should!) Louie comicbooks and texan horns at the elzarape. We used to eat at The Menu Tree and the kids got the $1 burger basket. You could buy tires from a tire dealer in the middle of downtown Castro Street (about where Don Giovanni's is I think.) Liberty House department store at the old San Antonio Shopping Center. There was a night club called The Infirmary lots of fun. ), I remember moving to Mtn View in 1965 from Sunnyvale so that my dad could live closer to his clothing store that was located on Castro St. Moffet Drive In..worked there in the 60's along with the Shell station at San Antonio and El Camino. My co-workers and I would go to lunch on Castro St. every day--we loved Florentine (great pizza bread), Mekong (run by a former Vietnamese diplomat), and the Blue Sky Cafe, where I believe I had my first tofu sandwich. It's great and I am grateful to the Voice for continuing it. The lot at Moffett and Middlefield held the temporary library while the one downtown was being rebuilt. A&W near the corner with Castro. Mtn View seemed the same right in old downtown but the shops were all different. and the home of greasers etc. Please keep the memories alive. As a kid in the 70s, we would go there in the afternoon with our parents and get a match box car from there extensive collection. Bullfarbers ? Too many memories to mention. My favorite place, of course, was Chuck's Cellar. - The Emporium department store at El Camino and Hwy 85 He liked my sister, but never gave my friend and I candy if we came by ourselves. but others are not Fairchild, Atari, National Semi, Intel All these parts but no real use until the computer, more jobs more people. She made donuts with leftover dough the size of bike tires. And our wonderful married life started in a beautiful and wonderful place named Mountain View CA and Moffett Field Naval Air Station! The difference between Fargo's Pizza Co. and those other guys is practically so we offer a choice of twenty-five great pizzas, our special pastas, HISTORY - Fargo's Pizza Fargo's Pizza Company brings to life an obscure piece of mountain lore It was a great time but I grew up and moved to other places for my career. I remember the pre Gemco store named White something, was it White Castle? Charlie. I remember the A&W chain next to the Social Service Agency. There are many more places I can talk about while I lived in the area. I remember when Edelweiss Dairy was on 237 and it was all farmland to Milpitas. Gemco was where Target is now. First on Pear Ave, where we raised chickens and exotic birds. It later moved to El Camino and lost an "l" to become Pontilo's. ), 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. ' look like in 30 years? It has the peanut shells on the floor and it was a great singles dive. ***. You could get excellent fresh artichokes at a reasonable price back then. They were just fantastic. VIEW HISTORICAL SPOTS IT TIME TO MOVE ON. Great Western Savings Ken's House of Pancakes' German Babies souffl pancakes with powdered sugar & lemon wedges. Shoreline Avenue was called Bailey Avenue 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). The entire street, except for the scattering of bars and Chinese restaurants was vacant in the late 70's and 80's. Another place I have enjoyed is Tony and Alba's Pizza. Mt View east of Bayshore (101)had no paved roads--dust in summer, mud in winter. Fargo's Pizza is a restaurant located in Colorado Springs, Colorado at 2910 East Platte Avenue. Don't forget Andy's Chinese Restaurant on Castro Street. I am sure it isn't hard to keep up with the current events, sports and crime of this town a week at a time. Across the street from the school was a small gas station store that sold penny candy. 701-205-1251 Always busy and great New York Style pizza never had any since!! - Farms on Charleston north of 101, orchards on Whisman & elsewhere View high. Go Eagles and Keep the Faith Grant Road was only 2 lanes with no sidewalks! in downtown Castro, where the landmarks have shifted dramatically!). Gardens and water wheels inside the mall. This my wife's quest and wants to know where he went. Casa Maria also and there was a nice steak and ale type restaurant on the corner of El Camino and Castro St., but I cannot remember the name of it.It did have great steaks and baked potatoes with all the salad you could eat, and wine carafes. I of course remember: the hobby store near The Menu Tree, the Pacific Stereo/Sound Goods down San Antonio (which had in the 1950s been the site of Shockley Semiconductor), Tower Records, Best Products, the fabric store next door (because an old girlfriend used to buy fabrics there), the shopping center with the water wheel and gardens inside (saw "Animal House" there in 1978), Gemello's Winery off of ECR, the Heidelberg Beer Garden where some high tech buildings are now located (Daisy Systems, now Synopsis, I think), Eddy's Sport Shop (where I bought some nice guns), and the first Byte Shop, a few doors down from Frankie, Johnny and Luigi and also from Mel Cotton's Sporting Goods. now. My parents lived on View Street which is 2 blocks from Castro Street. The crowds on Castro used to be nicer and more polite and drivers used to drive better. Mtn View Dolphins swim team, coaches Sehlmeyer, Perry, and Bosmans. (Later turned into office parks.it may be where a big CAD company is now located.) In the shopping center at El Camino and Escuela was Macheesmo Mouse, the clone of the Still had the bumper sticker "Can't read? Fargo's was a 10,000 sq. - Highway 237 had traffic signals; was called Mountain View-Alviso Road My mom used to take me there and I remember always ordering the grilled cheese sandwich and jello for dessert. 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. Then there was over where the medical center is the Emporium clothes The Bowling alley was/is called El Camino bowl ( I hung out there a lot from age 10 to 19) My dad worked at Lockheed. People came from miles to have New York style pizza/dinners. Address: 228 Broadway North Fargo, ND 58102. Keep em' coming Mountain Viewers. There was a pedestrian tunnel under the El Camino at Calderon for the kids going to Highway School. The Eagle was simply left at the old MV High football field. Community Calendar The shopping center is no more, at least not anything like the original. The Foothill Owl mascot used to reside in the highway school tower. And I have seen quite a few Tower Records; in the Bay Area, L.A., Orange County and even London. came in and told them they could not sell food or drinks. View High in 78 and remember all the places mentioned. Employees at Fargo's Pizza have . I attended some classes at Foothill College..remember their "new" lazer light shows for the time!It seems that it was just that perfect place with so many things to do and so many people starting businesses. When I lived on Park Dr I used to walk over on Saturday mornings. 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