Does anyone remember the little italian restaurant right across the street from Graham. Mountain View had that," Small Town USA " feel . Children can walk at night without fear. How bout the Greek resturant on elcamino. I also briefly had a place in your fair city. (After returning from two rainy years near Portland, a few times. mmm) on El Camino. View in 1975. My dad and I used to go there for breakfast, back around 1980 or so. I frankly had more fun at St. James and spent more time there. Bobs Big Boy became a Japanese restaurant became another restaurant. So to that, I say, thank you :) No one can remember them, but they were great for the time when I was young. It also had a smallish, old-fashioned PBX switchboard with plugs and cables. I can't think of anything to add to the list, and it sure brought back memories. Also the Time Zone Arcade. Just a few things I didn't see mentioned. Michelle again. Mountain View near Castro was a wonderful place to live. My parents still live there, and I visit them often. Does anyone remember the gas station on the corner of Castro and California Street. The train to Santa Cruz rail bed is a jogging trail now. -San Antonio Center was a mall (yep, three malls!) That mall was a flop from Day One and has since been sort-of-converted back into something else. Nice to remember everything tho. 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. Thanks for bringing back some good-ole memories! I haven't used it, but you might be able to find some helpful resources there. I also remember the spooky old house standing alone somewhere along Shoreline, even after the golf course was set up. I frequented it in the mid 90s. The Chinese market on Castro street was a pharmacy/rite aid type store. We would order the largest pie,and all the drinks refilled over and over again. The painting behind the altar of the Holy Family was still there. Imperial Gardens was doing big business on Rengstorff and El Camino and also Peng's further up on El Camino, both specializing in dim sum. 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. We lived in a trailer park just going north on 101 from the main gate at Moffett. But to leave this on for weeks and weeks is very ridiculous and very boring. KEEP ALL THE GOOD MEMORIES COMING.. ONE OF THESE YEARS I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE A BOOK ON THE SCHOOL CAFERTERIA'S - FOOD I RECALL EVERYONE USE TO RAVE ABOUT THE FOOD ( LAUGH ) SOME OF IT WAS PRETTY GOOD ! I still can't believe it's gone! What a story that was. House of Yee on Castro. thinking how much it reminded me of Mountain View of the 70's. The Almanac Eating at the "picnic tables at Clarke's" with my mom quite often. I remember going to both Fargo's (Old Mill Sh. Had a small house with no heat except the fireplace and, most likely, the last outhouse in Mt. Vintage Sport T Jersey St. James Infirmary Bar Resturant Mountain View Ca. Michael T is right, there were 7 buildings. View since 1992I live on the East Coast now. The Old Mill and Mayfield malls were already mostly derelict. Nice thread full of great memories! But as for Mountain View, it is better than ever. . The Togos have moved around and changed a lot, but Togos used to be really great. The St. James Infirmary is located about 5 minutes drive from downtown Montego Bay. 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. 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. It began to boom in the 90s and is now a destination. where Rengstoff and El Camino split off with El Monte .. that was a dirt Please if any one has any thing that could help I would appreciate it. Mountain View Hight was located in downtown M.V. Then a few years later it became Ontilo's. it was Baily Rd Does anyone remember the name of the coffee shop next to rower records? El Camino was the best I've ever tasted, and is sadly long gone now. They had a huge selection of bottled beers from around the world. See who you know in common. Apt. The Variety Store at Blossom Valley had a great big neon sign (at least I think it was neon.) Families. Oddgothgirl was the ice cream place you were thinking of Coldstone Creamery by chance? The grocery store in same center was my "pac man " destination. Also, does anyone remember where on ECR Matt's Club (dive bar) was? There was a motorcycle suspension shop on Leghorn called Simon's it later morphed into Roxshox. 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. The Huntingdon Apts $125 a month rent now It just doesn't seem as fun anymore More like this Route 66 Oklahoma Route 66 Road Trip Historic Route 66 Travel Route Tulsa Oklahoma Old Neon Signs Vintage Neon Signs Old Signs Metro Diner This is the website of Frank Romeo. Wasn't Handyman over there near the Oasis Laundry and what used to be I think that space is now occupied by a Chinese restaurant. Frankie Johnnies & Luigi's on El Camino was/is the best place for a pizza --Tim. Mountain View has provided some good times and good memories. 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? The Old Mill shopping center was kind of cool. --Tim May, You can see some of the past if you go up the Parking structure off Castro. It was officially opened by Portfolio Minister . 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. Watching SP commute trains at San Antonio and Alma Try to find a gun shop in Mountain View today. Original post made Jerry Reed(1937-2008) was a country music singer, songwriter, and actor, who specialized in a variety of novelty numbers. I used to ride my bike down El Camino when it was 4 lane, no center divider and no sidewalks. I loved the moffett drive-in. 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. Wow we can't forget Art's chili bowl on el camino real. Went to Crittenden in the late 60's . Does anyone know what bakery I'm talking about? Crusin with Dave G and the Cuz Glenn. Does anyone remember the name of the diner on the lower level of the Mall? We'd go to Bee Foods (formerly Lucky) sometimes and grab something for lunch (where Kaiser is now) and there was Palm Variety in that shopping center too. We would then prowl the theater for carloads of girls to party with. When Pacific Press was still in town. I went to Landels elementry school until 1979. 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. 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. Thrifty's at the San Antonio Shopping Center for ice creams Wow, what memories! chicken. The Indian lady who started that was a visionary, it i sure spent a lot of money on books and cartridges for This was in the mid-late 90s? Lots of fruit trees on ElCamino. There would be like 50 bikes out front on those days. Dear Newbie- despite the rude owners great sushi. More. 2. 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. I think it was White something. Chucks also once had a place in Tustin (Orange County), with no entertainment, and I quess two or three are still going in Hawaii. The field where they sold Christmas trees and fireworks on El Camino Real east of Calderon (across from Tuban Ford). 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! View was 'Yorkshire' and all numbers began YO7-xxxx. Web Link. Downtown / Midtown Cross Street. I remember Bank of America where it used to be next to that tire store, and is now a sushi restaurant in front (if you go inside and look at the floor, you'll still see the original mosaic flooring at the entrance), the Asian supermarket being some sort of drug store? The only things going in the downtown were Printer's Inc. and a few restaurants like Szechuan Gardens, Dynasty, Fu Lam Mum and Florentine. 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. Does any one have the shortbread cookie recipe made by Baders' in Mountain View. There used to be that drive in place Linda's that is now Wolfe Camera, I think, or was. Went to MVHS when it was on Castro St. While I was struggling to get through San Francisco state in the mid '70s, the owner of the Town Club could have put his kids through Harvard with the money my dad used to spend there. Did lots of educational games of learning on the 2e ! In the mid 80's is when everything started to change..I have a little memory of downtown, I'm a Castro City resident, so I remember San Antonio and the Old Mill more. There was an underpass that allowed children to go beneath the busy road to get to school. Keep em' coming Mountain Viewers. Maybe thanks to the float, the Los Altos football team flushed the Santa Clara High Panthers (the float's tasteful theme) enroute to a Santa Clara County championship. Opened in 1967, it was known for its kitschy decor, notably a 30-foot-statue of Wonder Woman, and Buffalo Wings and burgers. Well at least Clark's burgers is still around! I took a part time job at Knight's Drugstore at the soda fountain, having my 18th birthday celebrated there with wonderful fellow employees. There was a Red Barn Hamburger place on El Camino @ Rengstorff No longer. We lived on Parker Ct. Definitely check out the History Center if you get a chance. We had a "Food Fair" grocery store on El CAMINO between Castro and grant/237 The Dublin Inn on Middlefield and Rengstorff I think it may have been some other kind of supermarket in the interim. I won't be going back . This was such a great place in the mid to late 70's - the Baylands Park, the old white house near Shoreline. I grew up there, and spent a great deal of time in Mountain View. That Food Fair on Bonita and El Camino was a good place and I was sorry to see it Shoreline Avenue was called Bailey Avenue but I sure do miss Uncle Otto's Cheesecake and Stigs Pastry shop on Castro. Gonzalez, Morgan Maxwell,Davis, Capote,Addington, Hubner, . 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