It was good but expensive, but worth it. This is such a fun list to read. It stimulates my aging brain. Frankie, Johnnie & Luigi Too! 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. I was a Mt. View High have been demolished and are now condominiums. Mt View in the 60-70's was the best the MV Eagles ruled Linda's on El Camino was the place to go for lunch Paresean burgers $.25 The copper penny Middlefield Mall Thrifty's at the San Antonio Shopping Center for ice creams Super Duper market at central and Rengstorff Red Barn for a Barnbuster 85 was Central Expressway I also remember the huge billboard on 237,alongside the crop fields, advertising Tai Ming Lo restaurant in bold red letters. I remember the Wherehouse Records store at El Camino between Clark and El Monte, although I bought most of my LPs at Tower Records on San Antonio in the 70's and 80's. Is it still good. I remember the P-3s flying over, often with a prop feathered for training. 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. It is a lovely thread to read and I am pleased to see it is still getting new posts after 5 years! The Infirmary was destroyed by an arson fire in 1998. . I Magnin was at Stanford where the Macy's Men's Store is now located. I was here in the 70's though I lived in Palo Alto. 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. ??? 1999 - Opening of the. There was an underpass that allowed children to go beneath the busy road to get to school. Karen, Pretty spooky and not for the weak. Dear Newbie- Director of Finance And Accounting at ST. JAMES INFIRMARY View profile View profile badges The place was on the eastern end of the complex. . So, you see, we talked about earthquakes, but the real unexpected danger, now thankfully past, was nuclear attack. The original Emporium at Stanford was taken over by Bloomingdales. and it is too bad that someone did not foresee all the changes coming and head off There used to be a tree diagram inside the lobby that showed the true history of early Silicon Valley--but when I went back to photograph it about 1975 it had been removed when they did some remodeling Several Fairchild Semiconductor engineers left and started other companies that later became big players and the history is on that tree diagram. 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. We lived in a trailer park just going north on 101 from the main gate at Moffett. So by posting to this thread, you inadvertantly ensured that it will continue to grace the front page. HOWEVER, whoever, and I used to know the name because I used to call I think it is like over $3000 for a studio. What about the holiday decorations in both the Mayfield Mall and Old Mill Mall and shops like that jelly belly booth with every imaginable flavor I so enjoyed. Someone said that Linda's sold horse meat burgers. Print Edition/Archives I just remembered "The Menu Tree" Does anybody remember The Menu Tree? The Old Mill also had an FM radio station at one time where you could watch the DJ's at work, through a large window. I didn't care much for the place, but Did anyone go to Crittenden for elementary school?! chicken. Der Wiener Schnitzel on Castro was a great place to skip off campus from Mountain View High for some munchies. Oh, I miss that barbecue And I remember the candy store at the Old Mill. I remember the Gemco store being where Target is today and you had to show a membership ID card to even go in the door. Lots of good memories there Things have changed but the one thing that seems the same is Edith Landels elementary school, that place seems timeless. Thanks for the link to the 1969 restaurant guide, Richard. and is where Silicon Valley essentially started. Florentine Restaurant I loved the moffett drive-in. PT, I don't think it was a library. My price and style at the time. Andy's Chinese was the best place for Chinese on Castro. Thank-you for the memories. Liberty House department store at the old San Antonio Shopping Center. Uncle Otto's Cheescake where I went nearly every day for lunch takeout, and they were the best!Mountain Mikes Pizza..I believe it is still there. My uncle had a Moped (gas powered scooter) club. Eddies Sport Shop, The Instep for Addidas. Grant Road was only 2 lanes with no sidewalks! I left the area in 1986 and moved to the Santa Cruz/Aptos area, with only occasional visits. Any others going further back? We lived on Cornelia Ct., and I attended Bubb School for the 4th - 6th grades when we moved back to Green Bay, Wi. Grew a huge garden every summer. wow such great memories. It's located on Castro St. across the street from Red Rock Cafe. Sun and SGI were a couple of the large employers, fighting out the workstation market. The sign for the shop was misspelled as "Sheespkin House", and as a teenager I giggled every time I drove by. I remember you could hear the Carr's pet store on Evelyn This used to be my playgournd. That Food Fair on Bonita and El Camino was a good place and I was sorry to see it $3,128,456. I wished Id taken more pictures , than what I have. WOWwee!!!! no one mentioned Continental MKT. Did we grow up OK? 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. Does Anyone Remember the La Cabana? Open fields around the neighborhood were great places for playing baseball and hide and seek. Our baby was born in March and I came home to Indianapolis Indiana to stay with my parents until his leave in September 1953. Thank you for that :) Andys and Qui Hing Lo were the two best restaurants. The site of Nob Hill on Grant Road was a Hubbard & Johnson hardware store before it's more recent incarnations. It was sad to see it go. There were two chains, Pollos and Pollo Locos. It also had a smallish, old-fashioned PBX switchboard with plugs and cables. Downtown Mtn View was a vital business district for everyone. The copper penny View was 'Yorkshire' and all numbers began YO7-xxxx. 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." The tire dealership on Castro was called Paul Auger's Tires. Munson's Drugstore on El Camino and Castro Everyone knows who owns big chunks of that land now. His GF dies, which leads him to tell us how great he is and then plan his own funeral.. It was a German resteraunt and pub. The redwood in front of city hall wasn't merely damaged, but actually accidentally cut down and then someone said "whoops!" I think the Angels had several social functions there. Imagine. 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, Tower Records for a time, more and cheaper housing, And the "Generic Hamburger Stand" in the old Der Weinerschnitzel (which became Weinerschnitzel again after the generic place closed). First gourmet burgers for me the Hawaiian with pineapple.. and the friendliest of owners. 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. - The Emporium department store at El Camino and Hwy 85 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. Then there was over where the medical center is the Emporium clothes He moved his business and family out of state in 2001. 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. hundreds of cows. One thing for certain, everything changes. There are several stains scattered on the shirt. go. 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. The Old Mill and Mayfield malls were already mostly derelict. 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. And GTE @ the Central Park Apts. When the infamous 'dog house' was built. Since I was so young I am not sure about the cities for these places. Thanks again:). Bicycles wagons all sorts of things hanging on the walls. 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! Is Mountain View better or worse without it? Wherehouse Records, Chuck's Cellar on El Camino was mentioned and John Stewart of Kingston Trio fame. Loved that park. Are you thinking of White Front in Sunnyvale by Toys R Us. My parents still live there, and I visit them often. I remember a Chinese restaurant near the Mt. Sold See item details Similar items on Etsy ( Results include Ads ) Christmas Gifts for Boyfriend - Video Game T shirt for Him - Boyfriend Gifts from Girlfriend - Funny Tshirts UnicornTees $19.99 FREE shipping I think it was White something. View theater, through a kind of walkway/tunnel to the parking lots behind. Red Barn for a Barnbuster Opened in 1967, it was known for its kitschy decor, notably a 30-foot-statue of Wonder Woman, and Buffalo Wings and burgers. 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. I seen the fire dept. I wonder what businesses we have today are worth fighting for. I remember when Edelweiss Dairy was on 237 and it was all farmland to Milpitas. 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. Village Host Pizza on Castro. 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. Does anyone else remember playing at the little playground there before the movie started? and the home of greasers etc. Best hamburgers in the south bay. It was also interesting to see that 1984 W. El Camino was once a Holiday Inn. :-( There was a fancy hotel with a big fountain in the front. I can't think of anything to add to the list, and it sure brought back memories. from the shopping center where Walgreens is at grant and el camino, It is known for its kitchy decor, notably a 30-foot-statue of Wonder Woman. Just loved reading all these posts and bringing back all the memories. Remember Freeman - Sondgroth paving, where Old Mill was built (and eventually razed) Was this area a library building? I used to love to go there as a kid with my great-uncle who spoiled me rotten with pancakes. I grew up there, and spent a great deal of time in Mountain View. Here is a bit of the inside scoop. Home & Real Estate $2.00 pitcher of beer, peanuts on the floor, awesome pinball, and almost a guaranteed biker tussle every Friday night. A block down from Printer's Inc. That area around Middlefield/Ellis was where Raytheon? Feinschmuckers Deli, remember Best products store. Downtown was a quest area with a few Chinese restaurant. Well at least Clark's burgers is still around! You could get excellent fresh artichokes at a reasonable price back then. It did not have a good reputation in Palo Alto. BIG difference. Carrs pet store at the beginning of Castro Street was where me and my dad would always go to buy chicken feed for our chickens. The Menu Tree had quite the selection. The list goes on and on. From Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org After the Mac was introduced in 1984 I often went to Computerware, on California Avenue in Palo Alto. They would have this giant table with holes in it, and you would roll a ball and make bets where the ball would stop and then you would win whatever amount it landed on if you had that same bet. How well I remember the Town Club! Had a fun summer vacation visiting my dad and his partner, they owned S.R. Where that big El Camino Medical group complex is at 85/El Camino used to be the Emporium Capwell department store. OJ Cooper school. There was a Chinese restaurant named Andy on Castro st. 1970s very good food I have lived in Mountain View since the mid 70's. What got me into computing was the Commodore Vic-20 8 bit 6502 My dad was laid off in '90 my step mom is still with the company under new name General Dynamics. Which is something we would'nt likely have done in the 70s. It seemed like a great concept. There are many more places I can talk about while I lived in the area. It later moved to El Camino and lost an "l" to become Pontilo's. 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