We left the Navy in 1955 after John made two nine month cruises on the Princeton. That furniture place on El Monte/El Camino that sold unfinished pine furniture became Office Max? View high. I ALWAYS START WITH THE SURROUNDING TOWNS TOO.. THEN WORK DOWN TO MTN VIEW.. in the San Antonio Shopping area. 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 remember delivering flyers announcing store-opening specials (and being paid the handsome wage of 35 cents! My sisters all worked at the Weinershnizel at the corner of Castro/California. Phone Number: (415) 554-8494. Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic. They are planning to move soon to San Jose area. I grew up there in the late 70's when my grandfather retired from TWA we moved from Mountain View to Florida. Great funky atmosphere, too. Is it still good. Go Eagles! ST. JAMES INFIRMARY Hospitals and Health Care San Francisco, California 403 followers It is our mission to meet the needs of people engaged in the sex trade through advocacy, direct services . I live now in Kiseemmee Florida,but I travel to Mountain View disgusting, particularly the ones on Terminal Ave that went without San Antonio Center, Tower Records for a time, more and cheaper housing, Once in a while I would walk down Castro street and some guy in a Ford Mustang would try to pick me up, a lad of 18 at the time. 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. There was Rainbow Record Store at the light on Grant Road as you approach the shopping center. Castro Street was mostly a wasteland. I only lived in Mtn. Who was that guy who wore a dress and sat in the bleachers? The Menu Tree.. spent many days there.. Directions Advertisement. All the neighbors would then come out and talk. Harry's Hofbrau was the Food Fair Market. The old Nob Hill was Fry's Grocery Store. Web Link That page includes comments from the new owner. Super Duper market at central and Rengstorff We went to Mass at St Joseph Church and it had not changed one bit. Right next door was a large building, light blue and cube-shaped without windows or features of any kind other than a US Air Force sign on top. The redwood in front of city hall wasn't merely damaged, but actually accidentally cut down and then someone said "whoops!" PR MediaRelease Moved to Mountain View, in the Americana apartment complex next to Emporium/Capwell, now PAMF at 85 and ECR. This was a hippie/environmentalist type of grocery store. Lots of other kids participated did that continue into the '70's? One was missed ( or was not that important) The Akron store on El Camino and San Antonio, the Wherehouse replaced it. Oh gosh! The St. James Infirmary is located about 5 minutes drive from downtown Montego Bay. View, where Google is now, I had some classmate that lived out there and back then it was dirt roads and chicken coops. I put a few of those little mosaic tiles in the cougar face, in Mrs Johnson's art class when it was being built . Everybody actually went to Shakey's Pizza in P.A. Where Sterlin meets Moffet blvd there was an auto repair place where you could bu a Coke in a 6 1/2 oz bottle for a dime. Minton Lumber (gone now) It did not have a good reputation in Palo Alto. That mall also had another restaurant that had live jazz music by The Danny Hull Quintet? I frankly had more fun at St. James and spent more time there. Harry's Hofbrau (my favorite) Does anyone remember Beto's Casa Blanca Mexican Restaurant. Update Organization . For a taste of the restaurants in the area circa 1969, you can see this document preserved at the Computer History Museum. Cruising between Johnny Macs and Spiveys drive Inns on the El Organization Address: 1089 Mission St. San Francisco, California 94109. and blue workshirts. Stereo Habitat home of the first 8 track tape decks on Castro Sherm's Barber Shop at Palm Plaza Yorkshire Clothes at Palm Plaza the Old City Hall the old little park on Castro, between California and Mercey (Easter egg hunts) the old Presbyterian Church on Castro St of course the old Mtn. Location. Mayfield Mall was where The Crossings condos were buildt. He liked my sister, but never gave my friend and I candy if we came by ourselves. Downtown Mtn View was a vital business district for everyone. Went there many times in the 1975-80 period. Here is some details about the Mountain View I grew up in. Shoppers World at ECR and Escuela(Cost Plus, now - at least as of the early 2000s) 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. "Continental market" was at the old safeway on california/San Antonio road. It's not still there, is it? Oh yeah, I went to preschool at the Adobe building on Castro east of Central Expressway. I always thought the food there was better than Taco Bell. No one in my family can remember the name of this bakery! In the shopping Center was the Oasis Laundry that started out with popcorn and treats (now shoreline) my home was where the parking lot for Shoreline AmpleTheater is now. Camino Bowling Alley was near Bob's Big Boy on El Camino Real. El Camino hospital was behind orchards that ran all the way down Cuesta. I'm going to add something a little different the Cold War. Not many people were aware of this, or cared, for that matter--those bead makers were the very first Palo Alto hi-tech design engineers. Get used to it. My dad and I both had Mr Chadda and Mr Bonzell for math, heh. These were new, and under the daily Navy P-3 airplane landing routes (4 propellers). I remember when Edelweiss Dairy was on 237 and it was all farmland to Milpitas. St James Infirmary Health & Welfare Clinics Website 22 YEARS IN BUSINESS (415) 554-8494 730 Polk St San Francisco, CA 94109 CLOSED NOW Showing 1-1 of 1 Map View Places Near Mountain View, CA with St James Infirmary Los Altos (3 miles) Sunnyvale (5 miles) Palo Alto (8 miles) Cupertino (8 miles) Stanford (8 miles) Alviso (10 miles) The book also said that the owners of Fargo's wanted to build a hotel on the site, but that project obviously didn't go through. The Variety Store at Blossom Valley had a great big neon sign (at least I think it was neon.) They had a neat fish tank inside. $3,592,796. And San Antoinio Mall where Menu Tree was located. I remember the pre Gemco store named White something, was it White Castle? Circulation & Delivery in the 70's best pizza ever !!!!!!!!!! Anyone remember Clints ice cream? People reminisce, for example, about Linda's. The Infirmary was destroyed by an arson fire in 1998. . Florentine Restaurant ( The only Italian place in the middle of all the Chinese Restaurants ) was located where Xanh now is. And seeing their adds at the drive-in during intermission? Linda's and the Red Barn My mom used to take me there and I remember always ordering the grilled cheese sandwich and jello for dessert. ever. Shogun was about a half a block up El Camino from Rambus. submarines. 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! In the 80's I remember the cookie factory well. Ferry Morse Seed Company I wish I I was teaching at Foothill Jr. College. Always busy and great New York Style pizza never had any since!! I think the biggest change is East Mt. She was a long time Sunnyvale resident with roots back to old Mountain View. St James Infirmary on mountain dulcimer - YouTube The narrator, Joe McKennedy, seems to be a jerk. The high school games at Foothill and how exciting it was and still is being in Mountain View. The nightclub at the Old Mill was called Fargo's. Amazons live to be 50~60 years so he may still be alive. There was the I Magnin store where the Medical Center is now at 85 & El Camino. I moved to Mtn. [melissabee, 11/08/2009] Uniroyal Gal - Confirmed Gone All sources list the location of St. James Infirmary Bar & Grill as 390 Moffet Blvd. Please keep the memories alive. We'd see it on the right side of the road when we drove from Mountain View to Alviso or Milpitas. We used to have regular apricot fights in the orchards that are now Cuesta Park. The field where they sold Christmas trees and fireworks on El Camino Real east of Calderon (across from Tuban Ford). Hello California! -Housing was affordable and the city was considered working class. Wow--Been here since 1966--On Hwy 237(Mountain View-Alviso Rd) there was a place called the Heidle Beer Garten--Best burgers and beer in the city. I didn't care much for the place, but I remember that well. But as for Mountain View, it is better than ever. I lived there from the '50s thru to 1984. We went wild over it. I remember in the late '60's entering my cat in the local "pet parade". There were a lot of Country Stores throughout the bay area, little shops. Jocelyn's Bike shop, Movie Rental Place next to the post office, and Jack "n" Jill kids clothing store was there, I think close to the Vacum Cleaner sales and repair place. (Jason Williams) I remember the Weinerschnitzel on Castro St. I recall that Fargo's was a pretty happening spot for live music in its day. 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. View in late 1961 after my parents divorced. His GF dies, which leads him to tell us how great he is and then plan his own funeral.. 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. -San Antonio Center was a mall (yep, three malls!) 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. Nothing here to do about old places in Mtn. Obituaries, Send News Tips As a kid my friends and I would like to knock on the windows and aggrevate them. It's an open field now that runs north along W Middlefield. I used to love to go there as a kid with my great-uncle who spoiled me rotten with pancakes. -Paul Portola Elementary, Egan JH Los Altos High '78 Foothill 78-80 I will be 79 in November 2013. Bowling Alley Does anyone remember the Old Plantation restaurant, just off El Camino, on the Los Altos side of San Antonio Rd? Loved that park. I always loved Frankie Johnnie and Luigi too. It was also easier on the pocketbook. Mountain View has provided some good times and good memories. The Golden Wok was good too, but suddenly closed and never reopened. See who you know in common. Taco la Paz on El Camino Real, a Taco Bell knock-off, where I also worked for a couple years. It took a long time, but we did walk home. thinking how much it reminded me of Mountain View of the 70's. St. James Infirmary was made possible because of the unique vision of Sex Worker rights activists from COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) and the Exotic Dancers Alliance (EDA), and a timely event in the . -----Brentwood Grocery Store/Safeway The persimmon tree in "our" front yard and the people who would drive up and try to strip the fruit. (0.37 mi) Plaza Resort Club Hotel (0.21 mi) Legacy Vacation Club Reno Studio Suite, SUNDAY Check-In (0.23 mi) Stunning Views On Riverwalk Wow Factor 1BR 2BA (0.21 mi) Legacy Vacation Resort Reno; View all hotels near St. James Infirmary on Tripadvisor Not it seems mostly prepared food, but it used to be they cut the meet and did their Actually the whole page is excellent if you want to follow them on Facebook. . My 'Tiny Tots' (preschool) was at the Adobe Building where we would take walks holding onto a rope to cross the Expressway! (These two are still there, but the Byte Shop bit the dust by the late 70s.it was first opened around 1976, and I visited it often.) Had a fun summer vacation visiting my dad and his partner, they owned Yes there were also the yearly Navy air shows. Betty is the last of a generation of the deCurtoni family who settled in Mountain View from San Francisco in 1906, on what was the family ranch along Church Street (35 Church Street, still in family) belonging to her Grandfather and Grandmother, Frank and Mattie. 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. YP, the YP logo and all other YP marks contained herein are trademarks of YP LLC and/or YP affiliated companies. Someone said that Linda's sold horse meat burgers. So, though I now live about 50 miles away, downtown MV has become a kind of Mecca for me. There's a blocked off driveway off Moffett and an old parking lot inside the area. Wasn't there a Card Room called SUTTERS on 237? A lot has changed since then. Yes? St. James Infirmary - A peer-based occupational health and safety clinic for sex workers and their families Happy New Year Everyone! There was so much land there before, and it devastates me to only have fragments of memory.. Wow, it great to read about MV in the 60's and 70's..I was born and raise in MV. I see from maps now there is a pocket park on Sierra Vista by Middlefield. If anyone knows this information, please post the answer and thanks in advance for your help. Highway School had large wood paned windows, oak floors, wide halls, and huge cloakrooms! I lived on Colony St and went to Powell School, Crittenden and Mountain View HS on Castro street. I sure miss that restaurant. A huge pepper tree was like a secret room. It was across the street from a bowling alley. This was the Bay Area bar and grill that burned down in the 90s. Web Link. Ive had both knees replaced there and the VA health care system gets a 5 star rating from me. omg Togo's turkey and Avocado. 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. It was a great place to go and drink and dance. We went to Mass at St Joseph Church and shopped at Bettancourt Grocery. One was on ElCamino Real where the Amber Cafe is now located. I remember the small TV store on El Camino and I think Castro where I bought my first - Cherry Chase golf course where Cuernavaca is now It began to boom in the 90s and is now a destination. some highlights, like the Co-op Supermarket which became the old Rite Aid As a kid I lived mostly in extreme south Palo Alto, but I was oriented more toward Mountain View than anything to the north: Mayfield Mall with its music store and Consumers Distributing catalog store; the San Antonio Center with the Menu Tree, the Time Zone arcade, and the Sears with the candy counter. I went to St. Joseph's Elementary and we had to buy our burlap pants and sweaters at the J.C. Penney store on Castro. 730 Polk St San Francisco CA 94109 (415) 554-8494. The mall was great off of, I believe Covington Rd. also went to Cubberly High school in 50s-60s. Thank you, this is definitely the place I remembered along 237 (The Beer Garden) but I'd forgotten about the old date palm. on the discussion! There was a nursing home across the street from us. HOWEVER, whoever, and I used to know the name because I used to call I was wrong re Hobee's beginnings was Rengsdorff at Alma. It was replaced by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. We lived in Palo Alto and it was a completely different world south of San Antonio road, much different from snooty Palo Alto. I'm trying to remember where the beauty college was located at, fond memories of downtown. View, either the Old Highway School or the newly completed (back then) Mountain View High. 4. There are a few holes. Wow, what memories! Please if any one has any thing that could help I would appreciate it. The original Mountain View location has always been better than the recent chain locations IMO. That remained mainly an electronics trade term for decades, although by the 1990s, general journalism was using it for the geographical area. This was the family tree of the semiconductor industry, spawned by Fairchild Semiconductor after it spun off from Shockley Semiconductor (itself located in MV on San Antonio in the 1950s, subject of historical-article link that follows) -- the industry whose rapid succession of spin-off firms, even in its first 15 years, prompted journalist Don Hoefler in 1971 to write a series of historical articles about what he dubbed "silicon valley." Recipes . Mountain View was home to the St. James Infirmary Bar & Grill. My daughter and her friends hang out at the In-n-Out burger on Grant or at our local smoothie places. 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. Food Fair turned into Harry's How about the California Bakery and the Beauty College right in town and how you always took out of town visitors to Andy's restaurant for the best chinese food or Linda's for the magnificent Perisian burgers and tater tots. Car dealership n Castro and el CAMINO. Fun times in the '70's. Speaking of burgers, Hobees when it started in the 70s (?) I had only been here for a day or two. Fosters Freeze and Linda's were a treat. I do not know what the atmosphere is now. . My favorite Italian restaurant was "two guys from Italy" on grant and el CAMINO. Further up El Camino was the "other" part of shopping in Mountain View, the San Antonio Shopping Center. my friends worked at foster freeze, red barn chicken (SJ), payless donuts, mcdonalds and arby;s in sunnyvale when i was in my high school fast food phase. That furniture place on El Camino Real called SUTTERS on 237 furniture Office. Always busy and great new York Style pizza never had any since!!!!!! 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