I was out of the area for a while and when I can back it was a Harry's Hofbrau, but was a Union 76 (I worked there when I was 16) View since the mid/late 70's, things have definitely changed since then, both in the town and around the valley. MV was on the USSR's list of early nuclear targets, for good reason. Was this area a library building? As of December 2020, Fargo's Pizza in Colorado Springs announced that they would be shutting their doors temporarily but were unsure of a reopening date. I highly recommend it ;) I used to ride my bike on the dirt trails where the old Highway school used to be. I got Frankie, Johnny and Luigi's Pizza to go once and it was good. 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. I think it may have been some other kind of supermarket in the interim. What I remember from my 1982 arrival in Mountain View: Find 237 listings related to Fargo S Pizza In in Green Mountain Falls on YP.com. I won't be going back . I thought this place was absolutely perfect and much better than Redding, where I had just come from! I wished Id taken more pictures , than what I have. Fosters Freeze and Linda's were a treat. It has the peanut shells on the floor and it was a great singles dive. I can't think of anything to add to the list, and it sure brought back memories. The Safeway on Shoreline was tiny compared to today with an empty restarant space next to it, and when the Grateful Dead came to play Shoreline the deadheads would always take over the parking lot. from the shopping center where Walgreens is at grant and el camino, yes,st. And the "Generic Hamburger Stand" in the old Der Weinerschnitzel (which became Weinerschnitzel again after the generic place closed). This is such a fun list to read. I am a little bummed out that the 1st and last schools I attended, San Ramon Elementry and Old Mt. My daughter and her friends hang out at the In-n-Out burger on Grant or at our local smoothie places. The Cellar was in the 4900 block of El Camino, on the Los Altos side and operated from 1969-85. . I remember Payless on Grant next to that was Albertsons that had the bus depot where kids would take the bus to San Francisco during the Flower Power days. Attire: Casual. In the meantime I'll ask my family that still live in there if they know the name. Fargo's Pizza guarantees you tasty spaghetti, pizza salads and pepperoni pizza. My father liked Indian history and so I did too. My sister made one big donut with the leftover dough at the end of the shift and would bring it to the parties in a big pink box. Pretty spooky and not for the weak. More details in a comment posted to this local 2012 article: Web Link. Such great memories. Linda's Hamburger Joint on El Camino Today, my Aunt, Betty Todd (deCurtoni) passed away at the age of 84. Maybe if we had renamed it "Peking buisness district" it would still be there. Web Link Ctr) and St. James Infirmary (Moffett Blvd) with my friends back in the late 70's to mid 80's era. Chuck's Cellar on El Camino near San Antonio. These were new, and under the daily Navy P-3 airplane landing routes (4 propellers). The car dealership on El Camino with the globe on the pole was Mancini Motors. It was the site of the old Highway School. The old building was seen on the right of the road heading towards Milpitas. I found a few shell beads and many small shells from their food scavenging at the bay. Food Fair was down 3 or 4 blocks. The copper penny I once got to see the inside of the Mancini house because a friend of a friend lived there. I used to love to go in there and watch the monkeys and dream about having one of my own. There was an appliance store in town that had TV in their window and it was on after they closed. And the center's hobby shop was a fun place to browse. - Highway 237 had traffic signals; was called Mountain View-Alviso Road I remember the Old Mill theaters and seeing Return Of The Jedi. Moffet Drive In..worked there in the 60's along with the Shell station at San Antonio and El Camino. Does anyone remember the gas station on evelyn and casto back in the 60's shoreline was two lanes. I have noticed revisionist articles that claim their "whatever" was first. Try to find a gun shop in Mountain View today. S.R. Walking miles to the nearest 7-11 past St Francis for slurpees. Constantly hearing the U.S. NAVYS planes overhead. I ALWAYS START WITH THE SURROUNDING TOWNS TOO.. THEN WORK DOWN TO MTN VIEW.. HANDMADE PIZZA, PASTAS, SOUP, SANDWICHES, AN AWARD WINNING SALAD BAR, OLD FASHION DESSERTS, 13 DRAFT BEERS, WINE ON TAP and SOFT DRINKS. I went to Bubb Elementary School when Ben DeBolt was principal, to Graham Junior High, and to Awalt High School (when it was an open campus and we used to cut class occasionally and hang out at an old dry creek bed in the surrounding neighborhood). It's amazing how many good book stores we had back then. This is a great thread. The front facade are new buildings but the roof and rear are the remains of old Victorian houses. Liberty House department store at the old San Antonio Shopping Center. The Variety Store at Blossom Valley had a great big neon sign (at least I think it was neon.) This done to promote the authors or owners agenda. Delivery & Pickup Options - 381 reviews of Fargo's Pizza "Fargo's is a wild experience. Speed limit was 55 mph on all freeways (coming again soon? My wife was on-call as a dietitian at the nursing home there in the early 80s. *Screen image is simulated The Zelle related marks are used under license from Early Warning Services, LLC. Fargo's was a 10,000 sq. Tour buses would take visitors on tours to see all the trees in blossom that were a sight to behold. Best of all was C Grafton. 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. Eating at the "picnic tables at Clarke's" with my mom quite often. 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. We had to say indoors and make sure cars were in covered parking. store. This is about the old originals of Mountain View. 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. -Shoreline Park was a landfill. For some, the 70's kicked off in Mountain View with a homecoming float featuring a huge EAGLE. Castro Street in the 70s was a ghost town. TG&Y between Safeway and Walgreens. As for restaurants, I was saving my pennies in those years. Who was that guy who wore a dress and sat in the bleachers? Stigs plus also a mens clothing store, dry cleaners and a small store that sold home items. "Dog City" Building mmm) on El Camino. One of my favorite 1960s childhood memories is of riding stingray bikes with neighborhood friends across big muddy meadows (now the surrounding shopping center including Nob Hill) to get Slurpees or hot chocolate at the Payless Bakery (where all my best friend's many sisters worked one after the other)followed by a doughnut. YUM! I truly felt at home. Charlie. 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. We thought the old house (still there) on the corner of Calderon and Church was haunted. State Delicatessen. -Mountain View High School was on Castro Street. "Kentucky Fried Chicken" and "Walgreens" are still the same I can remember the name. (Jason Williams) I remember the Weinerschnitzel on Castro St. The old Highway school on the corner of El Camino and Calderon. I remember seeing the Exorcist with my girlfriend at the time in the View There was a Red Barn Hamburger place on El Camino @ Rengstorff My favorite Italian restaurant was "two guys from Italy" on grant and el CAMINO. We used to go to a hardware store in what I believe is now The Village. And I have seen quite a few Tower Records; in the Bay Area, L.A., Orange County and even London. Thrifty's at the San Antonio Shopping Center for ice creams One was on ElCamino Real where the Amber Cafe is now located. My grandpa and I would go through in our funky station wagon. Wow we can't forget Art's chili bowl on el camino real. We were the group the released the Peacocks and Peahens into the community when our properties were sold and converted to Industrial! The live music downstairs John Stewart of "California Bloodlines", Crystal Pistol (3 girls, violin & guitars) Middlefield Mall Rexall drugs was our downtown drugstore. 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. The site of Nob Hill on Grant Road was a Hubbard & Johnson hardware store before it's more recent incarnations. Ahh, the way it was UndergraduateClinical Medicine. Great funky atmosphere, too. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7780cdeaf87d2c8c You could buy tires from a tire dealer in the middle of downtown Castro Street (about where Don Giovanni's is I think.) View, either the Old Highway School or the newly completed (back then) Mountain View High. My mom wored for Wells Fargo Bank but it wasn't always a wells, we also owned a short lived book store in Blossom Valley Center, how about the deli and donut store, old cal pizza use to be a paint store, now the safeway. Togo's was great, but I am not sure if it was toward Palo Alto or not. 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. We were newly wed and I was pregnant with our first child. 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 :/). I spent my early childhood in Mountain view in the 1970s. Drying apricots in the orchards on Grant Road Woody's was a real old-school place, with all the breakfast dishes or sandwiches available for ordering written on tiny chalkboards behind the counter. I see from maps now there is a pocket park on Sierra Vista by Middlefield. I have happier memories of seeing movies at the Monte Vista drive-in near Mancini Motors' tower and globe. I went to Huff elementry, Graham Jr. High and Awalt High School. 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. The first Bank of America was located where the Red Rock Cafe is now, then it moved into the building where Books Inc. is located until it grew out of that location. Bayshore highway was a 4 lane undivided road. People did there own thing and weren't into $ and status. We moved 12 years ago. I don't know when or why they would use it, maybe as a backup? My husband was stationed at Moffett Field and worked in Hangar One daily. It was mostly known as the place to get Chinese food. So we at Los Altos High salvaged it to build a giant KNIGHT which road the winning float at the following week's Los Altos High homecoming. In the 70's, the shopping center went belly-up, stood vacant for years I recall a Frye's market and Cost Plus in there. This was before 237 was an expressway. People came from miles to have New York style pizza/dinners. Carlotta Shopping Center? 2. 719-394-9623 (154 reviews) Closed until Fri at 11:00 AM. Further up El Camino was the "other" part of shopping in Mountain View, the San Antonio Shopping Center. I remember the Rexall drug store on Castro and J.C. Penney's and if you now go to Mayer Electric it still has the squeaky floors Penny's had upstairs. Where I would play baseball in the parks and rec league for poor kids in the summer. We had a wonderful wholesale bakery in that neighborhood, where you could buy a big bag of shortbread cookies for a $1. Does anyone remember the old building along the Mountain View-Alviso Road (237) that was on the corner of either Maude or Middlefield? Thank-you for the memories. 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.. Fiesta Bowl in Palo Alto/The Hotel was the Cabana Hyatt house where the Beatles stayed (now the Crowne Plaza). We'd see it on the right side of the road when we drove from Mountain View to Alviso or Milpitas. From our glittering Victorian Old West saloon architecture to our genuine player piano,we are likely the most unique family dining establishment you have ever seen! It was farmland with a few ranch homes. GTE's greatly reduced operation was moved to Santa Clara a few years ago. Getting a traffic citation for making a u-turn in front of the Post Office (considered in the business district although 1 block east of Castro and seemingly behind the actual business on the street. Whenever the free time I always like to revisit entire areas and scenes. Shogun was about a half a block up El Camino from Rambus. television dealer in the building that burnt down recently. Keep em' coming Mountain Viewers. We loved Moffett and Mtn View. 5 cents/10 cent Woolworth ice cream cones at woolworths in the San antonio shopping center. Mayfield Mall and Old Mill for shopping Centers 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?) 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. I've spent my lunch hour - and beyond - catching up on the memories and history of the city I now call home. 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. I remember seeing military officer's/personal around the community (the base was on the other side of the free way overpass) felt like the norm. What was the name of that Ice Cream place on the corner of San Antonio and El Camino..they had ginormous bowls of ice cream (where that guy used to sell flowersremember that?) I moved to Old Mtn View in the late '70s.remember Gemello Winery? Who remembers Frankie, Johnnie and luigo too, before major expansion, on Friday and Saturday nights the line to get was so long. Another pizza place I remember was Boswell's Pizza Company on Castro near California, probably more 80's than 70's. I still can't believe it's gone! I remember the fun Easter egg hunt; company picnics; dept. It was a hofbrau or road stop kind of place. Not it seems mostly prepared food, but it used to be they cut the meet and did their - The Emporium department store at El Camino and Hwy 85 no one mentioned Continental MKT. but others are not Fairchild, Atari, National Semi, Intel All these parts but no real use until the computer, more jobs more people. 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)? There were dozens of Dept of Defense contractors in the general area including Raytheon, doing radar research and production, and Singer, doing flight simulators. The owner had a old pick-up. D.V., when you mentioned Baeders cookies I knew it was you cuz. 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. Miles Tone wrote: "The Decor furniture store that became Office Depot at El Monte and El Camino was also once a grocery store, in the 60's I think"? I went to Fremont Hi, but met lots of students from Mt. We ate at Ken's House of Pancake's (apple pancakes! My dad and I used to go there for breakfast, back around 1980 or so. You are correct Emporium, I used to shop there all the time. I bought my first maternity clothes at JC Penney's near the drugstore on Castro. He explained that this was restraunt row, and it kind of came with the territory. 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). It was near the road into Alviso, home of the first Yacht Club in Calif. I used to work at Andys Chinese Restaurant while I was in high school. the Library, the City Hall area, Steven's Creek trail Mountain View is At corner of Castro/El Camino where Wash. Mutual located, Mancini Motor (Chrysler Dealer)had world globe on a top of round column, that column with globe came from Treasure Island World Fair in 1930's. View since I was about 6, went to Slater elementry, then Graham jr. High and graduated Mtn. Graham middle school is known as Graham junior high. It was hard to find parking. Some of the best people and food ever. There were When I'm visiting friends in the area, we often end up on Castro Street for meals. I remember the big white-and-red sign very well. 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. TownSquare I lived on the southern end of Los Altos from 1961 through about 1985. There was a Penneys store (now Meyer's), Sim's Shoes, Veglia's Store, Arminini Drugstore and two popular Chinese restaurants: Andy's and Qui Hung Low (?). Web Link. I went to Two Guys From Italy back in the 80's which was also good but is now a Burger King. 85 was Central Expressway Surely so that's the first and possibly only place I would go to eat if I ever came back to visit. And probably ensures I will make Mountain View a destinationthe next time I visit relatives in the area and patronize the MV businesses so, Steve, it may bore you, but, it's not all a waste! My parents still live there, and I visit them often. Check your account balance. Bubb Elementary School opened without asphalt pavement. Performance & security by Cloudflare. The school dances and alot of fights in the year 1970. So, you see, we talked about earthquakes, but the real unexpected danger, now thankfully past, was nuclear attack. disgusting, particularly the ones on Terminal Ave that went without Just loved reading all these posts and bringing back all the memories. They had a huge selection of bottled beers from around the world. in the San Antonio Shopping area. Dont forget about Rhodes department store, Roos Atkins, Purity Super Market at San Antonio Center. Fabric store in the Purity Market building (Later torn down) 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. Flower Shop In the shopping Center was the Oasis Laundry that started out with popcorn and treats 80's things began to happen, and now I think Mountain View is nicer and Did they really stop the church bells from ringing though. Clarke's is great. I don't remember if it was in Mountain View or Palo Alto. I lived in Mountain View briefly in 1973. Is it still good. St. James Infirmary just outside of Moffett Field Naval Air Station was a frequent place as well as The Country Store, but that was south past Sunnyvale on El Camino. -Whisman Station was a big industrial campus for GE. I sure miss that restaurant. Hah, when I was going to Foothill I loved just down Bonita from the Food Fair Market House of Yee, an old movie theater, TAP Plastics, a good Mexican place down at the train tracks end. View High in 78 and remember all the places mentioned. The lot at Moffett and Middlefield held the temporary library while the one downtown was being rebuilt. Web Link That page includes comments from the new owner. Anyone remember the drive in theaters? on Friday nights after football games. Does anyone else remember playing at the little playground there before the movie started? Bokman Chevy and Tuban Ford I had only been here for a day or two. Lots of small apartments everywhere and all very kept up. When I first moved to Mountain View in 1983 I went to the movies at the "Old Mill" shopping center. But the best night was seeing the original Limelighters (Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev, Glenn Yarbrough). the best Chicken place in the area, Pollo Loco! Poking around the unrestored Rengsdorff house in that surreal setting all sky and wet/flat lands, pre-development and amplitheater. It is a lovely thread to read and I am pleased to see it is still getting new posts after 5 years! Don't forget Andy's Chinese Restaurant on Castro Street. Phone: (605) 666-4151, Urbandale, IA That was Restaurant. Having just gone to Watsonville for the first time a few months ago, I was I have just returned to Sunnyvale after ten years in L.A. Since I was so young I am not sure about the cities for these places. Mountain View has provided some good times and good memories. 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. Also had an acre of land. Special Pubs, About Us (I worked there from 1976-1984). . Spectra Physics Lasers started up 1961 in Mt. Those were the days !!!! They had monterey pines and stone pines freshly cut for sale. We lived on Parker Ct. A few years back I did a few interior deconstructions on the North side of Castro close to Central Express Way. The Army Surplus store on San Antonio was a cool place to find war fashion and boots. Wi-Fi: No. But then maybe younger people know where all the new nightspots are. . Central Expressway was two lanes a dirt road with no lights. El Zarape Resturant on El Camino I will be 79 in November 2013. I lived in Mtn. ***. Going into the back of the store was always a scandalous adventure as a child The Monte Vista drive-in movie theater was on Grant Road behind where the Walgreens is now (bunch of housing there now.) Obituaries, Send News Tips Overview. Little violets that filled the back shady patio if the landlord was slow to mow. And to this very day, Prince's music reminds me of how happy I was to have discovered Mountain View! General Electric and the "big" Orange Pumpkin Grocery Store The year the Circus came to Mountain View high school field and the carnivals the school would have. By the way, the tree diagram cited in the Nov. 14, 2015 comment above, showing "the true history of early Silicon Valley," does exist in durable forms. We are lucky some parts of the old town remain and we have " a downtown area " unlike Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Cupertino. Skip to main content. Does anyone remember the name of this place? Mesquite grilled - best BBQ chicken I joined the Navy in Mt View in 1961, went on an old Destroyer, was in Vietnam in 1964, the Tonkin Gulf Incident, got out in 1965 and went to work for a small electronics company as a Field Service Engineer. If it's boring you, CHANGE THE CHANNEL! near NW corner of Middlefield at Rengsdorf. View Fargo's Pizza's menu / deals + Schedule delivery now. Car dealership n Castro and el CAMINO. St. James Infirmary was always rockin'. When my kids were small, the biggest thrill for them was hearing the music and seeing the ice cream truck come down our street. I am kind of amazed at how many people get that wrong. Cruising between Johnny Macs and Spiveys drive Inns on the El Many of the streets were unpaved and had chickens and peacocks roaming around. As mentioned above where My dad and I both had Mr Chadda and Mr Bonzell for math, heh. Arby's had the best fries then. It's odd to wonder how everyone got along without a phone in their pockets, and there 1015 East Veterans way, Mukwonago WI 53149 Like to give a shout out to all the families that participated in making Mtn View such a fun place to grow up. I remember going to both Fargo's (Old Mill Sh. Loved the tater tots at Linda's. Address: 228 Broadway North Fargo, ND 58102. We would often drive over to St James, especially on Sunday afternoons when they had drink specials. There used to be that drive in place Linda's that is now Wolfe Camera, I think, or was. The Eagle was simply left at the old MV High football field. gf Spinach Salad. It was across the street from a bowling alley. 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). it used to be. A block down from Printer's Inc. thanks for the memories. My apartment($125/month) at 515 Central looked out over onion fields in 1966. Blogs Go Eagles and Keep the Faith You forgot Herman's Sporting Goods. also went to Cubberly High school in 50s-60s. so YOU can make the salad YOU have been waiting for! Ken's House of Pancakes was the best (and maybe the only) middle of the night meal in town. Fotomat Drive Up I know Mtn. The small open spaces like the corner of Cuesta and Grant Road and on Shoreline Blvd were homes that had to be moved for the widening of the those respective streets. Everyone knows who owns big chunks of that land now. workshirts in high school early 70's. Palo Alto was 'Davenport'. 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. Fargo's was considered the classier place. Mountain View Surplus sold all the clothes I needed at the time old surplus blue jeans I wonder what businesses we have today are worth fighting for. I was born and raised in Mtn. Full Hours. Was it part of 237? The Camino Medical Group building at El Camino and 85 is on the site of the defunct Emporium-Capwell store. HOURS. Please if any one has any thing that could help I would appreciate it. 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). We also went to Country Gourmet on El Camino (I think it's still there), and of course the food court in the Old Mill. But to leave this on for weeks and weeks is very ridiculous and very boring. The parks would take us on a tour to the downtown firehouse and police station where we got to slide down the firepole! I was part of the last graduating class of old Mtn. Employees at Fargo's Pizza have . I went to school with their children "military brats". Thanks for the memories people. The Old Mill had that Upstart Crow Bookstore and (I think) the "Jumping Frog," a dance place where I saw a full sized 1940s style dance band one night. I frequented it in the mid 90s. The others were demolished in the 1990s for the present-day Whisman Station development. I took my parents to the Balkin Village on the Elcamino for their 25th wedding aniversary in 1973. 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! Does anyone remember Mountain View X-mas Tree Farm? Anyone remember the Hell Angels' moving into the house on 237 and then filming in parts of Mountain View and Sunnyvale? Great town to start a career in Semiconductors. The first job I ever had was scooping ice cream in THAT Thrifty's Drugs, when cones were 5, 10, & 15 cents. Los Altos Travel ( In door food court ) I am looking for any one who might possibly have any information on who owned The Rumpus Room and or The 101 Club back in the 80's???? Here are the places that I remember on Castro Street: Someone said that Linda's sold horse meat burgers. Wow, I read every response. The name of the store was called Palm Yorkshire Clothes in the Palm Plaza shopping Center. La Petit Boulangerie, Florentines Pasta Shop, TOGO's!!!!! For the longest time on ECR (80's) there was a great little store selling seat covers (I think it was near Castro). Advertising Info View High in 1965 go Eagles memoriesAndy's Chinese rest.,Linda's , drive in theater, dog city, Mayfield mall, soooo long ago. I think it won't broke due to all the free pizzas that they gave away. I developed a routine I still remember fondly. -----Brentwood Grocery Store/Safeway Der Wienerscnitzel, Harry's Hofbrau (best place EVER) 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. We'll see if the condo development goes through for that location. Star & Bar gas station? Fun times in the '70's. The Old Mill shopping center was kind of cool. Get used to it. I heard that Tai Ming Lo was a really good restaurant. I believe they also had live music and entertainment from Greek/Mediterranean culture. My front yard is now the parking of the outdoor amp theater. I used to get a postcard in the mail for a discount. 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 Winery Restaurants and shops were popping up around the area, some were really good to lunch and dine at. And regrettably been here ever since. Registering a complaint with the City of MV when my landlord (1904 Bates house at California & View Street - next to the little home in the orchard tower) planned to cut down his 2 story tall Australian Pine (Casuarina equisetifolia ) because it dropped too much "mess." Ken's House of Pancakes' German Babies souffl pancakes with powdered sugar & lemon wedges. Food Fair turned into Harry's San Antonio Hobby Shop --four locations till it closed in '05 I could go on forever on how much this city has changed. This was back in the first days of the home computers. The Mancini house on Church St. was the place to go on Halloween because of the great treats and to sneak a glimpse at the marble interior. Also, there was Mings where the kids never ate because it was too fancy for kids. 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 My mom and dad both went to the original MVHS -- though I went to LAHS (who stole their mascot and not a few of their teachers). It's time has expired. Name of the bowling alley near Cherry Chase Golf Course? - Highway 101 was 3 lanes each direction, Hwy 85 was 2 lanes and ended at Stevens Creek Blvd. Order pizza in Fargo, and we will bring you steaming hot pizzas straight out of the oven so you can enjoy the most flavorful dishes on this side of town. 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. I remember Father Moss walking the streets alone late at night. Cuesta Park has an artificial lake. Updated: Jul 2, 2021 / 07:52 PM MDT. There also was Handyman hardware store where Radio Shack is today. "Continental market" was at the old safeway on california/San Antonio road. Grew up in Los Altos in the 60s-90s. 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. I think it was White something. My folks moved to Mountain View from San Bruno in 1962 when I was 4. then. I think everyone also remembers the Menu Tree there as well, so that has to be mentioned. As a community, Moutain View is far better off having had such people as molders of what we have today. Did lots of educational games of learning on the 2e ! Standard Brands was built on the corner of 237 and El Camino Real, so many open fields built up. build houses so close to the train tracks. There was also a Kelly's at Stanford Shopping Center before it went so upscale. The one in the shopping Center at 85 and Yes there were also the yearly Navy air shows. The school was later used as the temporary site for Foothill College until it opened in 1961. This was a Navy town back then. 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. And our wonderful married life started in a beautiful and wonderful place named Mountain View CA and Moffett Field Naval Air Station! 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. were really arrogant and unhelpful probably one of the reasons Apple The moved down Sterlin Rd toward the dump (which much later became Shoreline Park). It was more laid back and had more friendly and fewer conceited image conscious people. I did like the St. John's Infirmary, on the Moffatt Field side of the railroad tracks. The Simpson Buick car dealership used to be on the northeast corner of El Camino Real and Castro with a Chrysler dealer that had a huge tower with a globe on top on the opposite corner where the big bank is now. When Shoreline was still Bailey Ave. and it was just a 2 lane road. Thank you anyone and everyone for any info. Does anyone remember the little italian restaurant right across the street from Graham. I used to love to go there as a kid with my great-uncle who spoiled me rotten with pancakes. Fond memories of seeing "Animal House" there in around 1978. It later moved to El Camino and lost an "l" to become Pontilo's. Shoppers World at ECR and Escuela(Cost Plus, now - at least as of the early 2000s) Town dump at the end of Stierlin road. Wasn't there a Card Room called SUTTERS on 237? Thanks for an interesting trip down memory lane. You could get your gas pumped by the attendant a the Texico station--- Skychief or SuperChief for you today? The 7-11 at the end of Alvin on Middlefield Rd brought us the Slurpee when it opened in the mid 60's. I seen the fire dept. A Palo Alto Co-op store was on the corner of San Antonio and El Camino. What got me into computing was the Commodore Vic-20 8 bit 6502 The mall where the Crossings is now was The Old Mill. Shoreline used to be called Steirlin Road, and before that part of They had a student built Totem with Paly, Cubberley, Wilbur and Jordan mascot heads. I've lived in the neighborhood since 1967. The old days of a quiet little town with orchards and farms and friendships that lasted a lifetime John Puppo, Don Lawson, Ed Mylrea, Lorena Mylrea, Maggie Mylrea, Charles Moore, Lawrence Anderson, Pete Stahor, Stan Anderson, Marty Spangler, Doris Awalt, Irv Carter, Alan Cranston, Peppy Martinez, Pete Janovich, Jack Randall, Bob Mastin, Helen Shearer, Jean Mockbee, Andy Janovich too many to recall and too many departed Maybe they are all now gathered together at my Grandmother's old Creamary that sat next to the old Mountain View Theater. Is the waterfall still there? was a great a place to do one's laundry and occasionally meet people. got that right and Commodore is not more. Echos of Don Sherwood and Superfrog live on in Maine. I worked at Rhodes which became Liberty House, which became random stores which is now a new mega mixed used complex. Thank You all for your shared memories. I have lived in Mountain View since the mid 70's. - not so Newbie anymore. The place was on the eastern end of the complex. I never bothered to buy an alarm clock! Contact Us She made donuts with leftover dough the size of bike tires. Downtown was a quest area with a few Chinese restaurant. Not just the Gemco in Mountain View, but all the stores in the Gemco chain across California were bought out by Target. Does anyone remember the name before Gemco? It took a long time, but we did walk home. 5000 Merle Hay Rd, Urbandale IA, 50322 About the only remaining part of downtown is Colonel lee's Mongolian BBQ and Meyer's Appliances. Anyway it was big. The California Street area and Cuesta Park has become a gang area. the best mexican food was on castro the "cabana". Good root beer or delicious wine are waiting for you at this place. We'd also get lunch at Weinerschniztel (at the corner of Castro and California). train go by when you were watching movies in the Old Mill Theaters. 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? There was a big cattle ranch out there too. I believe it is still vacant. Neither are there anymore. A&W near the corner with Castro. The bottle was refundable for a nickle at the store where you could buy a candy bar for five cents! The house prices went up, $450,000. Phone: (605) 975-5751, Boss Burgers & Cheesesteaks The recreation department was second to none. You park in its usually almost full private lot, walk in, order your pizza, find a seat and spend the next twenty minutes hoping your number will appear on a sign behind a mirror. I do remember the French Quarter food mart and the Mexican restaurant was called La Posada. Wow, so much has changed. The nightclub at the Old Mill was called Fargo's. Thank you for that :) 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. The Foothill Owl mascot used to reside in the highway school tower. Remembering that when our family drove to First Baptist Los Altos we went up Castro St. to many times and saw Doberman Pincher dogs inside as guard dogs at the newly built High Rise down town, dog poop on the vacant expance of concrete floors when you look into the windows here BoofA is currently standing . as it was completely VACANT. Web Link. It's great and I am grateful to the Voice for continuing it. Every Sunday night we would go to the store after dinner and my father would work on the books. During the summer many of us were required to work in the fruit harvest. I remember the following When they re-did Castro Street can't remember if that was late 70's or Old Mountain View High was diagonally across the street from St. Joseph's church, one of my sisters was one of the last graduates from that high school before it got tore down (what a shame). They had these numbered grey totes that the checker put the groceries and purchases in, and placed it on a conveyor belt which sent it to the front of sidewalk., where you would present your claim ticket and another clerk would load it in your car. My friend lived very close. House of Yee on Castro. . 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. Food Fair where Harrys Hofbrau is. Stig's Bakery People reminisce, for example, about Linda's. See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for Fargo S Pizza In locations in Green Mountain Falls, CO. JoAnn Fabrics was called New York Fabrics. thinking how much it reminded me of Mountain View of the 70's. Wherehouse Records, Chuck's Cellar on El Camino was mentioned and John Stewart of Kingston Trio fame. hand towels of a working hand air dryer for almost year despite my I remember that well. These all mostly faded-out by the late 1990s. Mountain View Library centennial celebration 1905-2005 There was Rainbow Record Store at the light on Grant Road as you approach the shopping center. color TV set for like $325. Lockheed was designing and building spy satellites, as well as the submarine based Polaris nuclear missile. where Rengstoff and El Camino split off with El Monte .. that was a dirt some highlights, like the Co-op Supermarket which became the old Rite Aid Downtown Mtn View was a vital business district for everyone. I helped the owner fix his truck once. Speaking of pizza, have you followed the curious path of Pontillo's Pizza that was on Rengstorff near El Camino? 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. Bob's Big Boy, When did the Old Mill and Fargo's Pizza close. Fiesta and Camino lanes on El Camino. Cost Plus? The Wunderman house is there still. I remember walking through the construction site where the new Mtn View Police Department is now standing, picked up spent shell casings in the basement level, before it had a roof over it. App Store Google Play. View was a great town back then and still is today. were a lot less photos of people's lives back then. Gas was cheap, crime was low and we had a blast growing up there. Old Mill on California Street where the Crossings housing is now located. I remember the New Library that has since been replaced with a newer library. There was no parking garage. -Downtown Mountain View was kind of a ghost town. The train to Santa Cruz rail bed is a jogging trail now. Mountain View was starting to have some interesting stores, so sometimes I'd stop there. was. Across the street from the tire store was a five-and-dime store. Mobile site. Before it was torn down, did the community come out to stop development, like they did for the Milk Pail? Smelling patchoulli and knowing that the "Dead" were here Whenever I ask my husband to take me to the 'fancy market on Middlefield' he says something about Brentwood:) Castro Street was mostly a wasteland. It was Treasury for a while, and Drug Barn, now vacant. She was married to Cpt. Palm variety was a store with tons of household knick knacks. I read someone's mother and relatives used to work at that bakery and I was wondering if they remember and would like to share and bring a little of joy to others. Still had the bumper sticker "Can't read? and it is too bad that someone did not foresee all the changes coming and head off What did they used to call 85 before it was a highway and ended Don't forget the Bickell Brothers Lumber on San Antonio and Freeman-Sondgroth Paving Company (the gravel factory) making noise and causing cracks in the windows and drywall of everyone's homes. These businesses are faced with a decision to stay open or close indefinitely. Wasn't Handyman over there near the Oasis Laundry and what used to be I would like to know what the name of the furniture store was where Wholefoods market is now on El Camino in Mtn. Minton Lumber (gone now) The best pastries ever./Photo Shop Does anyone remember the name of this place? View, where Google is now, I had some classmate that lived out there and back then it was dirt roads and chicken coops. I can't remember which of these it was that i watched. There was a drive in theatre on Grant Road across the street from Erik's Deli. I went to San Ramon, Monta Loma, Crittenden and Mountain View (72-74). The originals from back in a day we can only imagine and who so few are still around to shed light on how truly special Mountain View was back before Silly-con Valley erupted. TV was black and white till them Home & Real Estate You could drive up el camino and art would be sitting outside reading. I think the Old Mill closed in the mid to late 80s? There was a night club called The Infirmary lots of fun. Some old photos were also in the lock shop plus the lock shop has not altered building it is the Jehning Family Lock Museum. I lived there 24 years and Neal lived there 30 years. What wonderful memories!!! Even our long time neighbors can't recall the name. Remember???? Our baby was born in March and I came home to Indianapolis Indiana to stay with my parents until his leave in September 1953. When I got here in '86 the Shoreline Amphitheater had just recently been converted from the dump and methane fires were breaking out when the garbage caught fire. View for a bit over a year, but that is one memory of mine. I enjoy reminiscing the things that made Mountain View so great. (After returning from two rainy years near Portland, a few times. Privacy Policy 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. Latest reviews, photos and ratings for Fargo's Pizza at 2910 E Platte Ave in Colorado Springs - view the menu, hours, phone number, address and map. I lived on Sterling RD. Greets. It is now The Village at San Antonio Center (Web Link. I'm thinking across from Some of the best jobs around Bowling Alley I seem to be the only one in my family that remembers it and I can't find a picture or any other information. Thanks for the recap Charlie. How bout the Greek resturant on elcamino. Thanks for any pet related recollections you may have. Ate at the Chez Yvonne many times at 1854 W. El Camino. 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. 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