Some guy would provide entertainment by dancing and picking up a dinner table with his teeth and begin swinging it around.I ended up on his shoulders while he was doing a greek dance step and the whole room got up and everybody started dancing to the greek music . It's located on Castro St. across the street from Red Rock Cafe. i worked at rhodes and lunched at the menu tree. Rite Aid was called Thrifty then Payless with Alpha Beta Gocery Store next door. 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. Little violets that filled the back shady patio if the landlord was slow to mow. Located in the South of Market district of San Francisco, the mission of the St. James Infirmary is to provide compassionate and non-judgmental health care and social services for all sex workers while preventing occupational illnesses and injuries through a comprehensive continuum of services. total expenses. I have happier memories of seeing movies at the Monte Vista drive-in near Mancini Motors' tower and globe. . Is it still good. I attended some classes at Foothill College..remember their "new" lazer light shows for the time!It seems that it was just that perfect place with so many things to do and so many people starting businesses. I lived right behind the Mayfield Mall, and mostly what I remember are annual magic shows, Easter egg hunts, great decorations at Christmas, and the fantastic egg-rolls that a man sold from a cart. Clarke's is great. Printer's Inc. https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-St-James-Infirmary/330535863804 Star & Bar gas station? Camino. El Zarape, Qui Hing Low, Fosters hamburgers, the original "Big Mac" at Johnny Macs, Lindas, The Red Barn, the Sylvania pit, . Qui Hing Low and Andy's best chinese food ever! Old Mill on California Street where the Crossings housing is now located. At halloween time, they had the best selection of wax whistles, plastic lips, and dracula teeth. It once comprised 7 buildings, of which only two still stand. On one side, there was a collection of large satellite dishes. It's was a PayLess the last time I noticed. I stopped at Omalley's a week ago and two of the "old regulars" didnt believe me when I told them I thought it had been the Dublin Inn before it was Francesca's. There was also a Kelly's at Stanford Shopping Center before it went so upscale. submarines. All of this is mostly gonelike Linda's. When Shoreline was still Bailey Ave. and it was just a 2 lane road. Thank you for that :) 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. Blossom Valley True Value Hardware Minton Lumber (gone now) Web Link. The tulip tree next to it, with bare branches I filled with lights at Christmas while blaring my record of Bach's "Magnificat." The wait to eat inside is a little much, though. There was an appliance store in town that had TV in their window and it was on after they closed. in downtown Castro, where the landmarks have shifted dramatically!). The vibe was great. 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. 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. Tour buses would take visitors on tours to see all the trees in blossom that were a sight to behold. -Mountain View High School was on Castro Street. The Handyman store on Grant road I remember when there was a break between Sunnyvale-Mountain View. And I second the notion of Web Link being a AWESOME place on the web to see the rich history of Mountain View. tree that always got decorated during Christmas time, and unfortunately got damaged and chopped down during Castro st. renovations. We would order the largest pie,and all the drinks refilled over and over again. Dave Fisher Where the loop is now. In 1999 we took a nostalgia trip back to San Francisco and Mtn View and then on to San Diego. Albertson's bakery had the best brownies i've ever tasted. Thank you for any info. Tidal lands existed along the bay. In the 60's on the corner of Middlefield Road and Moffett Blvd. This is a used 40 year old t-shirt, it isn't in mint condition. Songroth Brothers (gravel & cement) next to the railroad tracks near Alma & San Antonio? St James Infirmary. At the little mall with the hobby store upstairs they used to decorate extensively for Christmas. We moved 12 years ago. And San Antoinio Mall where Menu Tree was located. Too many memories to mention. I worked at Rhodes which became Liberty House, which became random stores which is now a new mega mixed used complex. 730 Polk St San Francisco CA 94109 (415) 554-8494. every year.GO EAGLES. Der Wiener Schnitzel on Castro was a great place to skip off campus from Mountain View High for some munchies. I was a kid here in the 1960's, My family moved here in 59. ( In door food court ) Castro St. was quite run down in the early '80s--it seemed like the poor man's Palo Altowhat a transformation! Thank You all for your shared memories. I took my parents to the Balkin Village on the Elcamino for their 25th wedding aniversary in 1973. near NW corner of Middlefield at Rengsdorf. Frankie, Johnnie & Luigi Too! Wow. Cruising between Johnny Macs and Spiveys drive Inns on the El My dad worked at Lockheed. Eddie's Gun Shop 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. When Mancini motors (Dodge dealership) was on the corner of Castro and El Camino. Can anyone tell me when it changed names and the history? This done to promote the authors or owners agenda. We got our pumpkins from a farm stand on grant road (near el CAMINO hosputal) Frankie Johnnies & Luigi's on El Camino was/is the best place for a pizza Phone Number: (415) 554-8494. Dear Community, It has been quite an exciting year full of activism and progress toward the full realization of sex worker rights. I used to work at Andys Chinese Restaurant while I was in high school. I live on the East Coast now, 35yrs. Ken's House of Pancakes was the best (and maybe the only) middle of the night meal in town. 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. It was an easy commute to Intel, about 8 minutes. That mall also had another restaurant that had live jazz music by The Danny Hull Quintet? really had an attitude and only helped the people they wanted to. It's odd to wonder how everyone got along without a phone in their pockets, and there -The Mayfiled Mall "site" was actually Mayfield Mall During the early years I lived on Leong Dr. My home had a 3 foot chain link fence; green with white trim; and was directly across the street from the 76 gas station; and next to That service station was the Denny's restaurant. A butcher shop was where Red Rock Coffee Co. is now. I put a few of those little mosaic tiles in the cougar face, in Mrs Johnson's art class when it was being built . Across the street from the school was a small gas station store that sold penny candy. How well I remember the Town Club! Versions of it (the tree got bigger with time) became posters or advertisements, and I encounter copies periodically. The school dances and alot of fights in the year 1970. Came to Mtn View in 1967 $2.00 pitcher of beer, peanuts on the floor, awesome pinball, and almost a guaranteed biker tussle every Friday night. That's Gone. i sure spent a lot of money on books and cartridges for D.V., when you mentioned Baeders cookies I knew it was you cuz. Turned out there was a mistake and the permit was supposed to be to have been issued for his small pepper tree instead. In around 1982-86 I was living in The Americana, a large apartment complex at Highway 85 and El Camino Real. The Bowling alley was/is called El Camino bowl ( I hung out there a lot from age 10 to 19) The place was torn down when 237 was rebuilt years ago. It's amazing, really, how much things have changed over the years, especially the businesses that have come and gone. I fetched that post by typing O'Malley's in the Search box (toward upper right on this page). 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. We went to Mass at St Joseph Church and shopped at Bettancourt Grocery. Computer, and I have such fond memories of that machine. Great place to grow up. View in late 1961 after my parents divorced. Creek Place Cuisine. That was Double Rainbow was the ice cream 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. and is where Silicon Valley essentially started. I was born and raised in Mtn. I can remember the name. TV was black and white till them I assume the owners knew about the misspelling and either enjoyed the humor of it, or just didn't care. mmm) on El Camino. Recipes . Imperial Gardens even had a water wheel going in their back yard. That night I learned people yelled "Where's The Beef!" The old building was seen on the right of the road heading towards Milpitas. Target and where the DMV used to be and is now a truck driver training school. This was before 237 was an expressway. Reading all the comments brought back fond memories - I grew up in Mtn View in the late 60's, early 70's, in the neighborhood that is bordered by 101, Middlefield Road, Shoreline (Sterling), and Moffit. probably know this--unless two Irish Pubs at same location is just a coincidence--I have emailed a couple of old friends who may remember if it was once the Dublin Inn. The mobile home park community; I went to Theuerkauf elementary. There were Go Eagles and Keep the Faith 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. I just remembered "The Menu Tree" Does anybody remember The Menu Tree? 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. After the Mac was introduced in 1984 I often went to Computerware, on California Avenue in Palo Alto. It also had a smallish, old-fashioned PBX switchboard with plugs and cables. And the Old Mill was really nice, and seems like it was a terrrible place to St James Infirmary located at 445 California Avenue Reno NV 89501, view menus, pictures, reviews, directions and more . This was in the mid-late 90s? 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 The inside was as cool as the outside. View High in 78 and remember all the places mentioned. View was a ghost town on weekends. I lived in Mtn. Can't remember for sure, but I think they had sound to outside. for me. Mountain View was the southernmost town with the 415 area code. I have not returned home to Mountain View for decades and just now saw pictures of the town. All rights reserved. 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. There was a movie theater on Castro, but it only seemed to show Chinese or Mexican films and nobody went there. View and Sunnyvale at all times day and night and never had a worry. Mountain View Library centennial celebration 1905-2005 She was a long time Sunnyvale resident with roots back to old Mountain View. Families. Apt. -Shoreline Park was a landfill. And Clarkes had the best burger in Mountain View, Amber Lantern had 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). PR MediaRelease 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? It was a great time but I grew up and moved to other places for my career. Link to California State Website. That Food Fair on Bonita and El Camino was a good place and I was sorry to see it 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. There was a night club called The Infirmary lots of fun. It was good but expensive, but worth it. 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. I remember 4th of July at Rengstorff Park with fireworks. Then it burned down.) We lived in a trailer park just going north on 101 from the main gate at Moffett. AND, There were greenhouses along 237 for as far as the eye could see, along with Ferry Morse Seed Company. The front facade are new buildings but the roof and rear are the remains of old Victorian houses. 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). Saw John Stewart (formerly of the Kingstion Trio) there several times. And seeing their adds at the drive-in during intermission? I've been her since 1952 (Sunnyvale, actually). The year the Circus came to Mountain View high school field and the carnivals the school would have. $908,224. I remember the big white-and-red sign very well. I remember my mom and grandma shopping at the Purity grocery store where Golden Wok now sits, it was one of the first grocery stores in town and had smaller shopping carts for the kids to use. I believe I saw the original JUNGLE BOOK movie at the theater there : ) The name of the store was called Palm Yorkshire Clothes in the Palm Plaza shopping Center. I went to Huff elementry, Graham Jr. High and Awalt High School. I'm thinking across from thanks for the memories. Foothill College, the new campus in Los Altos Hills was talked about thruout California, for its inovative architectural style; this topic was an English class required paper for the first couple of years. We used to go to the Mexican Restaurant there that was in the middle of the mall (La Posada???) I grew up there, and spent a great deal of time in Mountain View. That place could get really crazy. Mayfield Mall, Old Mill, Rhodes department store. View native. So, though I now live about 50 miles away, downtown MV has become a kind of Mecca for me. View since I was about 6, went to Slater elementry, then Graham jr. High and graduated Mtn. was. St. James Infirmary was always rockin'. I used to ride my bike on the dirt trails where the old Highway school used to be. It's great and I am grateful to the Voice for continuing it. 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! What wonderful memories!!! wonder woman inside??? I delivered San Francisco Chronicle and Mountain View News Herald papers along Thompson Ave and Alvin St as well over in Del Medio area. 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. San Francisco, CA 94109. The original "Der Weinerschnitzel" on California and Castro. Central Expressway was two lanes a dirt road with no lights. The old Nob Hill was Fry's Grocery Store. 1998 -Arson fire destroys St. James Infirmary, a popular bar and grill that opened in 1967. St James Infirmary Health & Welfare Clinics Website 22 YEARS IN BUSINESS (415) 554-8494 730 Polk St San Francisco, CA 94109 CLOSED NOW Showing 1-1 of 1 Map View Places Near Mountain View, CA with St James Infirmary Los Altos (3 miles) Sunnyvale (5 miles) Palo Alto (8 miles) Cupertino (8 miles) Stanford (8 miles) Alviso (10 miles) Does anybody remember the Sunnyview Family Club, down on Esceula? But the best night was seeing the original Limelighters (Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev, Glenn Yarbrough). View theater, through a kind of walkway/tunnel to the parking lots behind. (Later turned into office parks.it may be where a big CAD company is now located.) 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. The movie theater may have stuck around a little longer than the mall. Spiveys was in the shopping center too. 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.. My Mother, brothers, and I moved to Mtn. Thanks for any pet related recollections you may have. We would then prowl the theater for carloads of girls to party with. where the Albertson's was.
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