:-( Landell's Elementary. Lets not forget The TownClub, R-Club, Cottage, The OakRoom, Mervyns. Having just gone to Watsonville for the first time a few months ago, I was Was the Chinese restaurant Qui Hing Low? It was a great time but I grew up and moved to other places for my career. Was it part of 237? Gregg's Pharmacy Don't forget the Red Barn with 19 cent burgers, Taco Tico and I saw someone else mentioned El Zarrape (the best). Wherehouse Records, Chuck's Cellar on El Camino was mentioned and John Stewart of Kingston Trio fame. Grocery Store 85 was Central Expressway I spent many a quarter there playing air hockey and the Night Driver video game. Mayfield Mall with the Grayhound station next to it became HP, and will now become more housing, the original San Antonio mall with Menu Tree (what a great place to eat), the little water fountains and a Woolworths where BevMo is now. Cuesta Park has an artificial lake. My parents work for the Government Telecommunication Co. GTE. Arby's on San Antonio, where I worked for a while, and was taught that a fry should break, never bend. I have lived in Mountain View since the mid 70's. Shoppers World at ECR and Escuela(Cost Plus, now - at least as of the early 2000s) YP, the YP logo and all other YP marks contained herein are trademarks of YP LLC and/or YP affiliated companies. 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. And great memories. Shaw's Ice Cream. There were a lot of Country Stores throughout the bay area, little shops. Mountain View Library centennial celebration 1905-2005 The original Emporium at Stanford was taken over by Bloomingdales. As for the slot car racing place in Mt View, it was called D&S Hobby, in Carlotta Shopping Center, which used to be across from Franciscan Glass, off the west bound loop of the San Antonio Rd overpass. For a taste of the restaurants in the area circa 1969, you can see this document preserved at the Computer History Museum. Later on. Two Guys from Italy Rest. The Handyman store on Grant road El Chico's Italian was on El Camino to the south. 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). 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. Grant Road was only 2 lanes with no sidewalks! ST. JAMES INFIRMARY Hospitals and Health Care San Francisco, California 403 followers It is our mission to meet the needs of people engaged in the sex trade through advocacy, direct services . I now live in Napa Valley and I haven't found anything like that here. YP advertisers receive higher placement in the default ordering of search results and may appear in sponsored listings on the top, side, or bottom of the search results page. 1089 Mission Street. Waitresses in shorts; orders placed in car windows, fantastic. I remember: 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). 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. Embarcadero Media on, with the High School being down towards El Camino. It was near the road into Alviso, home of the first Yacht Club in Calif. I also remember the 50s holdout restaurant Linda's, farther down El Camino (at Escuela, evidently). But so did Thousands of Deadhead fans, noise complaints and traffic jams. Does anyone remember the helicopters flying overhead (every Monday evening, if I remember correctly) spraying Malathion? But My fav of all was Stickney's BBQ in Paly.. Man I wish The family would bring in back.. my Family knew Red Stickney Good times Keep bringing the memories back ! I lived in a complex of yellow apartment builings on Montecito Ave. That street seems relatively unchanged. Surely miss those days, Looking for pet stores in the Mtn View, Los Altos areas in the mid 70's. Great times when Mountain View really felt like families where the heart of the community not transplants!!!!!! Frankie Johnnies & Luigi's on El Camino was/is the best place for a pizza Sometimes I don't even recognize the downtown area. Everyone remembers the Old Mill, but do you remember the fantastic candy store there? I once got to see the inside of the Mancini house because a friend of a friend lived there. We lived in Palo Alto and it was a completely different world south of San Antonio road, much different from snooty Palo Alto. 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. What wonderful memories!!! Dreamed of a jet in a small group colliding with a tree, a few days before the Blue Angels had their first (?) YP - The Real Yellow PagesSM - helps you find the right local businesses to meet your specific needs. Anyone remember the Hell Angels' moving into the house on 237 and then filming in parts of Mountain View and Sunnyvale? Terms of Use 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! I never bothered to buy an alarm clock! St James Infirmary, Attn: Development PO Box 426788 San Francisco, CA 94142 Donate today and ensure that sex workers of all genders continue to have access to quality non judgemental care as well as build in our advocacy programs to center those most marginalized in our community and meet the needs of our community. Where the loop is now. She was married to Cpt. Der Wiener Schnitzel on Castro was a great place to skip off campus from Mountain View High for some munchies. [emailprotected]. Thank goodness, Foster's Freeze and Clarke's Charcoal Broiler are still there. 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. MV was on the USSR's list of early nuclear targets, for good reason. The only hardware/nursery store was on the north side of the tracks, on Castro Street. The Redrock Cafe was a butcher. Food Fair turned into Harry's Aikido lessons in a hot second floor dojo above Castro Street. Knights pharmacy was my grandmas go to pharmacy. 1998 -Arson fire destroys St. James Infirmary, a popular bar and grill that opened in 1967. I forgot something! 85 then what did they call it? Across the street from the school was a small gas station store that sold penny candy. You forgot Herman's Sporting Goods. Stigs plus also a mens clothing store, dry cleaners and a small store that sold home items. I moved to the Bay Area in 1983 from NJ, and started a new job in a technology company on No. Target used to be a store called Gemco. Anyway it was big. It was hard to find parking. I have also taken several nice walks in Shoreline and Cuesta Parks. 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. Eddie's Gun Shop The walls where filled with black and white pictures of actors and sport figurs from the 30' and 40's and 50's i think it was the bolkin village?? My mom used to take me there and I remember always ordering the grilled cheese sandwich and jello for dessert. - El Camino Real was just 2 lanes each way in places, some blocks lacking sidewalks, some with diagonal parking It was a German resteraunt and pub. 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. (now shoreline) my home was where the parking lot for Shoreline AmpleTheater is now. Steve - It's pretty obvious that the Voice's website is designed to place links to the three Town Square threads that have the most recent posts. They give me the best care one could hope for. everything I knew is gone. It burned down a long time ago but I was hoping someone remembered it and could tell me about it. Next door was an ice cream store, I think it was called Dons. ever. Cruising between Johnny Macs and Spiveys drive Inns on the El Special Pubs - The constant drone of P-3 Orion aircraft overhead If it's boring you, CHANGE THE CHANNEL! it used to be. Thanks for any insight! Such great memories. "Our" red painted wood duplex and the big empty field inside the block disappeared when the block "went condo" (in '76?). I think it won't broke due to all the free pizzas that they gave away. It was Treasury for a while, and Drug Barn, now vacant. At the time was a 4 year student at the relocated MVHS class of '85. I delivered San Francisco Chronicle and Mountain View News Herald papers along Thompson Ave and Alvin St as well over in Del Medio area. Then it burned down.) (I worked there from 1976-1984). Find related and similar companies as well as employees by title and much more. Greets. Home St James Infirmary . 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. The old building was seen on the right of the road heading towards Milpitas. Lots of small apartments everywhere and all very kept up. Payless/Albertsons was on Grant road and had great garlic bread. Food Fair where Harrys Hofbrau is. It was a quiet bedroom community. That place could get really crazy. Mountain View was sleepy and boring and we used to consider it lower class [melissabee, 11/08/2009] Uniroyal Gal - Confirmed Gone All sources list the location of St. James Infirmary Bar & Grill as 390 Moffet Blvd. I remember the following: You could buy tires from a tire dealer in the middle of downtown Castro Street (about where Don Giovanni's is I think.) There was a Chinese restaurant named Andy on Castro st. 1970s very good food She made donuts with leftover dough the size of bike tires. Chez Yvonne was at 1854 W. El Camino, although I never went there. Songroth Brothers (gravel & cement) next to the railroad tracks near Alma & San Antonio? That's the closest address my childhood brain can come up with. I used to go to the menu tree for a bite to eat. 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. I didn't care much for the place, but I cannot believe I am reading this article still. 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. There's also a history center in the library. -The Crossings was a mall called The Old Mill St James Infirmary located at 445 California Avenue Reno NV 89501, view menus, pictures, reviews, directions and more . We were newly wed and I was pregnant with our first child. All rights reserved. in Downtown Los Altos 88-96. Shop for canvas prints, framed prints, posters, greeting cards, and more. 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. 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. Link to California State Website. Remember Gregg's Pharmacy and Los Altos Travel at the current Bossom Valley Shopping Center? However, I have not found anyone who remembers the name of the company and when they closed it no one seems to know where they went or if they just went out of business. The one in the shopping Center at 85 and 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. As a kid in the 70s, we would go there in the afternoon with our parents and get a match box car from there extensive collection. in the 70's best pizza ever !!!!!!!!!! Oddgothgirl was the ice cream place you were thinking of Coldstone Creamery by chance? St. James Infirmary recipe, brought to you by the folks at Cocktail Love. Kamei House Chinese Restaurant Clarke's is great. Does anyone remember the name of this bakery? 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