Vintage Sport T Jersey St. James Infirmary Bar Resturant Mountain View Ca. 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. 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! Shaw's Ice Cream. Neither are there anymore. The sign for the shop was misspelled as "Sheespkin House", and as a teenager I giggled every time I drove by. The Moffett Drive In was our cheap entertainment. fumes overhead. Trying to locate a Amazon parrot that was left at a store in that time frame. I have fond memories of taking my little sister there in her stroller so I could get free candy from the manager. It's easy to be nostalgic. Lockheed was designing and building spy satellites, as well as the submarine based Polaris nuclear missile. There was Rainbow Record Store at the light on Grant Road as you approach the shopping center. 4. Calif. street was still 2 lanes, too. Later on. Two Guys from Italy Rest. Fond memories of seeing "Animal House" there in around 1978. Across the street on Evelyn (which was a dirt road in places) was Ferry-Morse, but HP more recently occupied the site. I got Frankie, Johnny and Luigi's Pizza to go once and it was good. I recall that Fargo's was a pretty happening spot for live music in its day. It was near the road into Alviso, home of the first Yacht Club in Calif. remember hanging out at rengstorff park alot, swimming every summer the vampire movies they would show every Ithink wednesday or friday after school (mvhs) for free in the auditorium. Nothing here to do about old places in Mtn. We frequented Bourbon Street night club in the Old Mill Mall which had again great food and night life. Dairy Bell restaurant had burgers at 5 for $1 and some really good greasy deep fried taco's. I've spent my lunch hour - and beyond - catching up on the memories and history of the city I now call home. By then, St. James and Fargo's had both closed, but Mountain View had really developed an impressive downtown that I have enjoyed (especially considering it is a suburb of Silicon Valley). View Jailon's full profile. Where else do you go to buy hot rodding parts. Mountain View was the southernmost town with the 415 area code. Web Link. I haven't been to Mtn. Dont forget about Rhodes department store, Roos Atkins, Purity Super Market at San Antonio Center. This page has been a really interesting read. The St. James Infirmary is located about 5 minutes drive from downtown Montego Bay. every year.GO EAGLES. Any one work with/through the Youth Opportunity Program (high school students) at the Mountain View Post Office? Linda's was my favorite place for take-out as a child (I LOVED the tator tots!) I lived briefly in Mtn View from September to December 30, 1952. Wow, so much has changed. 2023 Mountain View Online. Thanks for bringing back some good-ole memories! (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 Website. I live in Mountain View from 1958-1976 it was and still is one of Now it is El Charro's Mexican Restauraunt. Please keep the memories alive. Thank you anyone and everyone for any info. We used to go to a hardware store in what I believe is now The Village. 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. My grandmother and stepmother both worked at Liberty House in the San Antonio Shopping Center, and the Menu Tree was the best place ever ever ever (besides the fantastic Hobby Shop). TV was black and white till them Munson's Drugstore on El Camino and Castro ----Woolworth's/Wells Fargo Bank/ Long's Drug Store NO Flashlights!!! I will be 79 in November 2013. Google, Ebay and others seem to like that area. Director of Finance And Accounting at ST. JAMES INFIRMARY View profile View profile badges chicken. I remember Dog towers,A very cozy public library with a fireplace, A big fire at Mountain view high school in 1974 and spending every day at Fairmount park.The city had a great summer recreation program that gives me some of my best childhood memories.Especally going up to Deer hollow farm in the Los Altos foothills.I was very lucky to be able to spend my childhood years in Mountain view. 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. Dear Newbie- The only other big event was the art and wine festival and a chinatown. the best in Palo Alto. You could drive up el camino and art would be sitting outside reading. I remember in the late '60's entering my cat in the local "pet parade". On California there was a Best (Service Merchandise?) Facilities include two wards for males and females, an administrative block, a chapel, staff quarters and a separate dwelling for street people. It was a good one, too. Mt View in the 60-70's was the best I remember the big white-and-red sign very well. Los Altos Travel Linda's drive-in had the BEST hamburgers (Parisian burger) and fries in town. 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. There are several stains scattered on the shirt. In the median of Castro in front of the city hall was a huge redwood? Makes me hungry just thinking about it. 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). This thread keeps me coming back to the site each day to see what new memories have been posted. Dial-a-bus this was back in the early 70's. The Bowling alley was/is called El Camino bowl ( I hung out there a lot from age 10 to 19) There was an A&W Root Beer, Bob's Big Boy Hamburgers, Bowling Alley, Gelato ice cream, Foster's freeze ice cream, Mike's Pizza, were on El Camino Real. funniest dance place ever! No one can remember them, but they were great for the time when I was young. You could bring your empty bottles and get them filled. was a great a place to do one's laundry and occasionally meet people. Andy's Chinese was the best place for Chinese on Castro. I think it may have been some other kind of supermarket in the interim. 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. Seeing Whitesnake at Shoreline Amphitheater and then being there when they had to close it down to clean all the methane (because flicked lit cigarettes were flaring up) lolgood timesgood times, Thank you everyone for the 60's memories my family and I lived on stierlin rd. When it closed down we started going to the Continental Market on California Street. Original post made by Richard Gambatese, Old Mountain View, on Feb 6, 2009 I was a couselor at the Mt.View Methadone Clinic which was in the County Building at the intersection of Stirlin Rd and Moffett Blvd. No cell phone, no internet, no answering machines, just good friends, good times. It's called, "Images of America: Mountain View." I took a part time job at Knight's Drugstore at the soda fountain, having my 18th birthday celebrated there with wonderful fellow employees. A family run business- all their first names started with "D" Dean, Don, Dale, Dennis, etc their last name was Steinke. My friends and I would literally rollerskate down the middle of Castro St., on Saturday's with no problem. We lived on Parker Ct. Blue Sky Cafe - vegetarian restaurant in a wooden cottage west of Castro. I was born in Lost Altos and lived there until 1971. Privacy Policy We were the group the released the Peacocks and Peahens into the community when our properties were sold and converted to Industrial! In 1999 we took a nostalgia trip back to San Francisco and Mtn View and then on to San Diego. Bubb Elementary School opened without asphalt pavement. Also, Chef Chu's nearby, my first exposure to high-end Chinese food. Tackle football on the weekends at Monta Loma school with the forniers and walshes in the mud. Back over across View. Me and my friends rode our bikes all over Mtn. Hah, when I was going to Foothill I loved just down Bonita from the Food Fair Market If you grew up in that neighborhood, you would remember the smell of those cookies! Further up El Camino was the "other" part of shopping in Mountain View, the San Antonio Shopping Center. What wonderful memories!!! 1998 -Arson fire destroys St. James Infirmary, a popular bar and grill that opened in 1967. was. There's also a history center in the library. they were the "reject" cookies, but as kids, we didn't care if it was missing a corner or had a funky shape, as long as the cookie was warm and melted in your mouth. Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic. In the shopping Center was the Oasis Laundry that started out with popcorn and treats best city in Northern California.I attended MVHS AT Castro street. Get introduced. I remember The Beer Garden having a very old, tall, date palm tree in the parking lot. The list goes on and on. came in and told them they could not sell food or drinks. Anyone remember Clints ice cream? One of the things I really liked about the area was that there were small artisan shops, whether they were small restaurants with health food items on the menu, sprouts and tofu, or if they were jewelry and clothing shops, privately owned. Lived in Mtn View on Nilda Ave from 1957-1969.Went to Bubb for kindergarten, St Joseph's for grade school, Holy Cross fot high school. There were 11 Emporiums from Santa Rosa to Salinas with local ones at Hillsdale, Stanford, Stevens Creek and Almaden. Does anybody remember the Sunnyview Family Club, down on Esceula? There was a political scandal of sorts when big money started offering what seemed high sums for all the old run down shacks and houses north of Moffet Field east of 101 and south of San Antonio. 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. 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. Walking to the pet shop by the laundry where the lpressing shirts would wave at us. When my kids were small, the biggest thrill for them was hearing the music and seeing the ice cream truck come down our street. Hello California! Chevy's occupies that site today. Now -- this one may be way in my imagination, but I remember as a child that at the corner of Escuela and ECR there used to be a shoestore in the shape of a house (before the Cost Plus moved in there). There were dozens of Dept of Defense contractors in the general area including Raytheon, doing radar research and production, and Singer, doing flight simulators. Remember???? It started when high tech (ie computers) hit the area. They had monterey pines and stone pines freshly cut for sale. The car dealership on El Camino with the globe on the pole was Mancini Motors. On El Camino near Mathilda was this huge langendorff bread sign that sliced bread of buttered the slice. ----Jocelyn's Bike Shop. Now it is a Karate Studio. then. I wonder what businesses we have today are worth fighting for. The grocery store at the Palm Plaza was for years called Bee Foods. Where the amp. I fetched that post by typing O'Malley's in the Search box (toward upper right on this page). My brother and I called it "the popcorn room". 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 helped the owner fix his truck once. Foster's Freeze Ice Cream on El Camino Real 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)? I heard that Tai Ming Lo was a really good restaurant. It had a flush toilet, but was just a small shed built over the septic tank. Maybe this has been covered already but does anyone remember the bike shop, "The Bicycle Tree", that had a section of a large tree in the shop where the tree had grown around an old bike frame? Circulation & Delivery There used to be that drive in place Linda's that is now Wolfe Camera, I think, or was. I think the globe on the building came from '39 or '40 worlds fair(s), but don't quote me on that. The high school games at Foothill and how exciting it was and still is being in Mountain View. st james infirmary 504 greenwich street, san francisco, ca 94133. total revenue. I went to Huff elementry, Graham Jr. High and Awalt High School. I was part of the last graduating class of old Mtn. Does anyone remember the gas station on evelyn and casto back in the 60's shoreline was two lanes. Bayshore highway was a 4 lane undivided road. where the Albertson's was. 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. The first time we saw "Great America" parkway..and all the drive in movie theaters and how we would sneak are friends in and have great ol' times. Her father, Frank and his wife Sara brought into the world, her brother, Charles (1913), and sisters, Doris (Laurie/1912), Elva (Kankel/1917) and Barbara (Welch/1920) all preceeded her in death and all graduated from Mtn. Well at least Clark's burgers is still around! I have we have one of the best downtowns in the area with such a great selection of places to eat and hang out. Welcome to THE VINTAGE MOUNTAIN VIEW SHOP, your one-stop shop for apparel and gift items commemorating long-gone spots in and around Mountain View, California! And don't forget the Camino Bowl, a great place to go bowling before it got torn down and replaced with businesses/condo units. I Do remember the Blue Angel fleet air performances during summer. -Housing was affordable and the city was considered working class. Find related and similar companies as well as employees by title and much more. I seen the fire dept. We got our pumpkins from a farm stand on grant road (near el CAMINO hosputal) It's hard to find entertainment like that anymore. Just loved reading all these posts and bringing back all the memories. First gourmet burgers for me the Hawaiian with pineapple.. and the friendliest of owners. The World Famous St. James Infirmary .. Mt. Hubbard and Johnson was on the corner of El Monte and El Camino, where Longs and Starbucks are today. Thanks for taking me on a trip down memory lane! Down the drive was a grilled chicken place called Pollo now I cannot remember. 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. Frankie & Johnnie Luigi's on El Camino RealI lived in the "flat" above the resturant. The Foothill Owl mascot used to reside in the highway school tower. Downtown Mtn. Pollo Loco. Rite Aid was called Thrifty then Payless with Alpha Beta Gocery Store next door. [emailprotected]. Rexall drugs was our downtown drugstore. Carr's pet store on Evelyn Had a friend that called and asked me the name of the furniture store and I have forgotten. And I remember the candy store at the Old Mill. There is a Historic marker in front of a small building on Charleston just before it crosses San Antonio. Had the best ravioli anywhere. You could hear the Saint Joseph bell ring everyday at 12noon. When we moved to Palo Alto, we would take the bus for 10 cents and go to Mayfield Mall. We could see Monte Vista drive in from our roof . It was also easier on the pocketbook. The only electric signal lights were on El Camino Real. View, either the Old Highway School or the newly completed (back then) Mountain View High. . I used to ride my bike on the dirt trails where the old Highway school used to be. It has helped me bridge the gap of what Mountain View used to be. My uncle had a Moped (gas powered scooter) club. The tulip tree next to it, with bare branches I filled with lights at Christmas while blaring my record of Bach's "Magnificat." On Saturdays I'd drive up El Camino. Man what a time You could actually walk across town or to school and not worry about anything but being late. Mountain View was starting to have some interesting stores, so sometimes I'd stop there. .25 cents for mixed drinks. I also remember the original House of Humor in the shopping center at the corner of Grant and ECR. I forgot Roger and Chez Yvonne restaurant on ECR at El Monte.. nd the 88 cent store instead of 967 or 96whatever it was YOrkshire and there were still party lines To answer Lee's question from Aug 13th, according to the book "Milestones - a History of Mountain View" the Old Mill's water wheel was removed in 1988 and then the mall was demolished by the mid 90's to make way for the Crossings development. We had one of our early department picnics at a a hamburger joint in an orchard, near where the old Route 237 crosses Central Expressway. Now, did anyone mention Frankie Johnnie & Luigi Too!? Loved the tater tots at Linda's. I thought that place was so cool when I was young! :-( the MV Eagles ruled 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 . Thank you for that :) I believe it is still vacant. I worked at Rhodes which became Liberty House, which became random stores which is now a new mega mixed used complex. Does anyone remember the name before Gemco? Then I moved to the Monterey area working for an educational publishing company, but try to enjoy Mountain View on occasion when I visit friends and family in the area. I lived in Mtn. There was a motorcycle suspension shop on Leghorn called Simon's it later morphed into Roxshox. That area around Middlefield/Ellis was where Raytheon? I used to love to go in there and watch the monkeys and dream about having one of my own. Spivey's resturant never closed their doors; the Monte Vista Drive-in was right behind it; the Chevron station (across Grant Road) was there, but a whole lot smaller; and an old barn closed off the t-intersection of El Camino & Grant Road, it was an auto repair shop. There was a drive in theatre on Grant Road across the street from Erik's Deli. Mountain View (and the rest of the Peninsula seems quite different now). Did anyone go to Crittenden for elementary school?! 20 planes about 2 minutes apart, talk about noise pollution. TG&Y between Safeway and Walgreens. I don't remember if it was in Mountain View or Palo Alto. View High in 87. --Tim May, You can see some of the past if you go up the Parking structure off Castro. The Chinese market on Castro street was a pharmacy/rite aid type store. thanks for the memories. Knights drugstore was an Asian restaurant. Baseball team sponsors, Civitan, Freeman Songroth, Gienger and Hays Funeral Parlor, Raytheon, Cliffs Chevron, Kiwanis, Collishaw Sprinklers, RW Consruction, Oddfellows. They had a neat stairway with upper level seating. Organization Address: 1089 Mission St. San Francisco, California 94109. "Continental market" was at the old safeway on california/San Antonio road. It was also interesting to see that 1984 W. El Camino was once a Holiday Inn. BIG difference. Dana Elementary School, at Dana and Bailey; closed and demolished. I don't know who occupies the site now. What got me into computing was the Commodore Vic-20 8 bit 6502 Other notable Mt. 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. Almost every VA patient naysayer Ive listened to has problems best cared for in the VA mental department. Advertising Info There were a few other places in Sunnyvale, but Friday night at the Jack in the Box parking lot on El Camino by Grant Rd was where me and my gearhead buddies stopped to watch the show and surreptitiously quaff a brew or two. ***. They were just fantastic. Does anyone remember Johnny Macs drive-in? I ALWAYS START WITH THE SURROUNDING TOWNS TOO.. THEN WORK DOWN TO MTN VIEW.. I remember Sakura Gardens at 2116 W. El Camino and it did have some beautiful Japanese gardens inside. Mountain View was home to the St. James Infirmary Bar & Grill. It is the second left turn from the Cornwall College playground and is erected on the Albion property. What I remember from my 1982 arrival in Mountain View: 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? Palo Alto Online St. James Infirmary Mountain View, CA. There was no parking garage. -Downtown Mountain View was kind of a ghost town. Since I was so young I am not sure about the cities for these places. 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. Many people used the train in those days to commute to "The City (San Francisco)". 10 8 8 comments Best Add a Comment LaoFuSi 2 yr. ago The other was located after you pass the train tracks going towards Moffet on left side near the corner of Moffet and Sterling. across the street was the Commodore Computer Store. The first job I ever had was scooping ice cream in THAT Thrifty's Drugs, when cones were 5, 10, & 15 cents. Had to go to liquor store near Safeway to get a Sunday Mercury or Chronicle. It burned down a long time ago but I was hoping someone remembered it and could tell me about it. 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. Old Mill had a AMC theater in the back with cheap movies, then it turned into a big empty farmers market, then finally razed. Thanks for the memories people. was a Union 76 (I worked there when I was 16) There also was Handyman hardware store where Radio Shack is today. -The Mayfiled Mall "site" was actually Mayfield Mall and it was the Mountain View Eagles. I have noticed revisionist articles that claim their "whatever" was first. "The Rumpus Room" (I shot the 8-ball in on the break on New Year's Eve!). 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. And Mountain View Surplus where I used to get my blue jeans and blue I remember going to both Fargo's (Old Mill Sh. The public library on Franklin Street, where Miss Marion the Librarian and Miss Meta Antisdell were like surrogate parents to me. And yes who can forget St. James ( cheap drinks and lot's of fun ) and my favorite place Linda's on El Camino. Chuck's Cellar on El Camino near San Antonio. Thanks to everyone for the contributions. I moved to San Jose, CA in June of 1984. Shagging foul balls at McKelvey for a quarter. I once got to see the inside of the Mancini house because a friend of a friend lived there. [melissabee, 11/08/2009] Uniroyal Gal - Confirmed Gone All sources list the location of St. James Infirmary Bar & Grill as 390 Moffet Blvd. Reminise with our review which placed SJI in our 4 divers category. The Jewell Tea Co. brought groceries right to your door without the Internet. Castro Street in the 70s was a ghost town. 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. Surely so that's the first and possibly only place I would go to eat if I ever came back to visit. We'd also get lunch at Weinerschniztel (at the corner of Castro and California). They are planning to move soon to San Jose area. Alot of great memories, thank for the thread. Thank goodness, Foster's Freeze and Clarke's Charcoal Broiler are still there. Great town to start a career in Semiconductors. baseball league teams and games. There was actually a gun shop (Eddy's) on Castro and El Camino which first moved across the street then finally went out of business about 6 or 7 years ago. My father liked Indian history and so I did too. I lived there from the '50s thru to 1984. View- was also a mailman there for a couple of years in late 60's. Which is something we would'nt likely have done in the 70s. My folks moved to Mountain View from San Bruno in 1962 when I was 4. and may again, but why don't people do their jobs when they are I always thought the food there was better than Taco Bell. Many mini motels, and lots to do. Wherehouse Records, Chuck's Cellar on El Camino was mentioned and John Stewart of Kingston Trio fame. One person would drive a car in, and 4 or more would sneak in through the hole in the fence behind the bush on the entrance road. It was a beautiful spanish style building which should of been restored and named a historical landmark. mortuary, all you can eat (pre-mega buffet) Chinese buffet near middle field road/San Antonio rd) The "shoreline house" was actually the home of Henry Rengstorff. 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. We had 2 A&W Burger places in Mountain View. Did anyone mention Holy Cross High School next to St Josephs School. Eddies Sport Shop, The Instep for Addidas. the second crash in as many years. I attended Eastbrook Elementary. Did they really stop the church bells from ringing though. Mobile site. I grew up next to Therekauf/Stevenson school. Oh one last thing the phone prefix for Mtn. He liked my sister, but never gave my friend and I candy if we came by ourselves. 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