st james infirmary mountain view, california
We used to have regular apricot fights in the orchards that are now Cuesta Park. 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. We would order the largest pie,and all the drinks refilled over and over again. The store located at 85 and El Camino was The Emporium, not I Magnin. Nob Hills previous location across the parking lot was called Fry's Food Store, then Food Fair, which had relocated from El Camino and Bonita Av. I encountered hundreds of rat carcasses. I'm going to add something a little different the Cold War. As a kid my friends and I would like to knock on the windows and aggrevate them. It was across the street from a bowling alley. There's a blocked off driveway off Moffett and an old parking lot inside the area. The Golden Wok was good too, but suddenly closed and never reopened. It was sooo easy to cut classes back then some of my friends volunteered there and always signed anyone sick. There would be like 50 bikes out front on those days. It's called, "Images of America: Mountain View." All rights reserved. Ken's House of Pancakes was the best (and maybe the only) middle of the night meal in town. Any one work with/through the Youth Opportunity Program (high school students) at the Mountain View Post Office? People reminisce, for example, about Linda's. (Sunnyvale went the "planned route" and tore up Murphy Avenue to give it over to a covered mall in the 70s. And the Mountain View Bakery, the Navy used to buy cakes from them for every occasion. -Downtown Mountain View was kind of a ghost town. 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. The Togos have moved around and changed a lot, but Togos used to be really great. I was told was like the 70's only more people. Yes there were also the yearly Navy air shows. I remember the wonderful Chinese bakery on Castro that had the best black bean buns..I still haven't found any to rival them. We had a close neighbors that looked after each other. They never cleaned or bothered to inspect I Magnin was at Stanford where the Macy's Men's Store is now located. Posted by Elizabeth, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood, on Feb 22, 2011 at 3:15 pm they were the "reject" cookies, but as kids, we didn't care if it was missing a corner or had a funky shape, as long as the cookie was warm and melted in your mouth. I know this blog is a few years old but he ran across it and boy can you bring me down memory lane I'm sure I will repeat a lot of the familiar places in Mountain View but I just wanted to share them as well. I always loved Frankie Johnnie and Luigi too. Thanks for any pet related recollections you may have. Minton Lumber (gone now) Did anyone go to Crittenden for elementary school?! How difficult is it envisioning what we will (or should!) The redwood in front of city hall wasn't merely damaged, but actually accidentally cut down and then someone said "whoops!" I heard that Tai Ming Lo was a really good restaurant. .25 cents for mixed drinks. Lived in Mtn View on Nilda Ave from 1957-1969.Went to Bubb for kindergarten, St Joseph's for grade school, Holy Cross fot high school. Tater tots and Parisian Burgers! A big Tower Records across the street, a "Best" (not the same place as Best Buy) where I bought a ton of stuff, a hobby shop, and so on. No grass, just blacktop. There was a fancy hotel with a big fountain in the front. Many of the streets were unpaved and had chickens and peacocks roaming around. Little violets that filled the back shady patio if the landlord was slow to mow. Is the staff stagnant, lazy and amateur. There also was an ElZarape Resturant on San Antonio Road. 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. Did they really stop the church bells from ringing though. The lumber yard and hardware store on El Monte near El Camino was called Hubbard & Johnson; I used to do a lot of business there. It was my grandpas restaurant!!!! Was it part of 237? Thanks to all your memories of place & business names I had forgotten. BIG difference. Recipes . Andy's Chinese Restaurant. And don't forget the Camino Bowl, a great place to go bowling before it got torn down and replaced with businesses/condo units. I've lived in the neighborhood since 1967. Mayfield Mall where HP had offices and now is empty. People moved alot slower , talked a little slower . I believe I saw the original JUNGLE BOOK movie at the theater there : ) I also remember the huge billboard on 237,alongside the crop fields, advertising Tai Ming Lo restaurant in bold red letters. Mayfield Mall was where The Crossings condos were buildt. It closed in 80/81 school year. Mobile site. Community Calendar 2) A very hot classmate whom I had a secret 6th grade crush on named Sandy Allen Thanks for the memories people. Eddies Sport Shop, The Instep for Addidas. Stuft Pizza Grew a huge garden every summer. Any recall/information about the Mountain View Ice Company? View Music.. Is this bakery still in existance? Fiesta Bowl in Palo Alto/The Hotel was the Cabana Hyatt house where the Beatles stayed (now the Crowne Plaza). Bubble gum was the best flavor. Smelling patchoulli and knowing that the "Dead" were here really had an attitude and only helped the people they wanted to. I also remember P-3's flying over my house hourly from Moffett Field and the Blue Angels Air Show annually with Fireworks on July 4th The tulip tree next to it, with bare branches I filled with lights at Christmas while blaring my record of Bach's "Magnificat." Gemco was where Target is now. He also went on to explain that, in the 70's, their were quite a few brothels operating on Castro!How things have changed! The lot was empty for several years. Watching SP commute trains at San Antonio and Alma Thanks for bringing back some good-ole memories! The Boardwalk is a good burger and beer place on the El Camino with a friendly vibe. Mountain View was and still is a great city. They had a neat stairway with upper level seating. [melissabee, 11/08/2009] Uniroyal Gal - Confirmed Gone All sources list the location of St. James Infirmary Bar & Grill as 390 Moffet Blvd. the Library, the City Hall area, Steven's Creek trail Mountain View is Amazons live to be 50~60 years so he may still be alive. Mayfield Mall and Old Mill for shopping Centers There was a Red Barn Hamburger place on El Camino @ Rengstorff Was the Chinese restaurant Qui Hing Low? There was a huge barrel of pickles there does anyone remember that? 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. How about the California Bakery and the Beauty College right in town and how you always took out of town visitors to Andy's restaurant for the best chinese food or Linda's for the magnificent Perisian burgers and tater tots. Wow, so much has changed. I remember the small TV store on El Camino and I think Castro where I bought my first Went to Crittenden in the 80's, Graduated from Los ALtos High. During the summer many of us were required to work in the fruit harvest. 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. Grew up in MV and graduated from MVHS in 1971. Mountain View was starting to have some interesting stores, so sometimes I'd stop there. Surely so that's the first and possibly only place I would go to eat if I ever came back to visit. This page has been a really interesting read. Also worth noting but less strategic is NASA Ames research center, which was doing key research on human physiology and support systems in space and wind tunnel research. 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. No one in my family can remember the name of this bakery! The recreation department was second to none. Dairy Bell restaurant had burgers at 5 for $1 and some really good greasy deep fried taco's. My dad worked in the telephone company central office at Hope & Dana streets in the '60s and '70s. It began to boom in the 90s and is now a destination. Then the City Castro Street was mostly a wasteland. I'm was 12 years old. I was part of the last graduating class of old Mtn. Blossom Plaza gift store called Galaxy was 2 stories and THE place to buy presents for moms . My Mother, brothers, and I moved to Mtn. I used to ride my bike down El Camino when it was 4 lane, no center divider and no sidewalks. I do remember the French Quarter food mart and the Mexican restaurant was called La Posada. 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. What a great place to grow up. Domestic Fax. My sisters all worked at the Weinershnizel at the corner of Castro/California. I can't think of anything to add to the list, and it sure brought back memories. 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. Had the best ravioli anywhere. I highly recommend it ;) I was a kid here in the 1960's, My family moved here in 59. There was an old farm house circa 1900's that was at the intersection on 237, near where the Union Pacific railroad crossing used to be, called The Beer Garden. Worked at A & W for school credit in 1974 and 1975 for MVHS then after graduation moved to San Jose/Los Gatos area joined US Navy and retired.Live in MS now, Let's not forget when the Hells Angels Visited this little town A couple of good books on Mountain View history are: "Milestones - A History of Mountain View" by Mary Jo Ignoffo and "Images of America - Mountain View" by Nicholas Perry. In the summers, kids rode their bikes all over town and hung out at the local neighborhood parks. The one in the shopping Center at 85 and Never dreamed of planes before or since, despite having been a sky diver and knowing well of the Blue Angels. The Foothill Owl mascot used to reside in the highway school tower. Another pizza place I remember was Boswell's Pizza Company on Castro near California, probably more 80's than 70's. I remember in the late '60's entering my cat in the local "pet parade". Where the amp. Cruising between Johnny Macs and Spiveys drive Inns on the El When Central Expressway was built. I have fond memories of taking my little sister there in her stroller so I could get free candy from the manager. I actually worked down the road in Los Altos at the Boardwalk, what a shame they closed. ), saying 'two of the "old regulars" didnt believe me when I told them I thought [O'Malley's] had been the Dublin Inn before it was Francesca's. ' Thanks again:). Came to Mtn View in 1967 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. She was married to Cpt. We used to eat at The Menu Tree and the kids got the $1 burger basket. I would hope it still exists in someones attic and wasnt destroyed. some of the problems. This is such a fun list to read. Does anyone remember the gas station on the corner of Castro and California Street. Miramonte Avenue had NO traffic after 5:30 PM, at Sladkey (later Questa Drive). But as for Mountain View, it is better than ever. Is it still good. Nostalgia is great, but I think I prefer the current downtown MV to the sleepy street of the 1970s. across the street was the Commodore Computer Store. 2 talking about this. Linda's drive-in had the BEST hamburgers (Parisian burger) and fries in town. I loved going with my family to the Drive-In at the corner of Grant and El Camino (hard to imagine a drive-in on that corner!!!) We would often drive over to St James, especially on Sunday afternoons when they had drink specials. road on the one side where the shopping center is now, and the it was View since 1992I live on the East Coast now. st james infirmary 504 greenwich street, san francisco, ca 94133. total revenue. No cell phone, no internet, no answering machines, just good friends, good times. Today, my Aunt, Betty Todd (deCurtoni) passed away at the age of 84. I remember when there was a break between Sunnyvale-Mountain View. I do remember Carr's Pet Store. These all mostly faded-out by the late 1990s. It was also easier on the pocketbook. In the 50's, MV had a downtown city park on Castro. Can anyone tell me when it changed names and the history? Did lots of educational games of learning on the 2e ! The Chinese market on Castro street was a pharmacy/rite aid type store. 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. View, CA .. 1967-1998 .. A Fan Page For Those Who Loved This One Of A Kind Place! We'd see it on the right side of the road when we drove from Mountain View to Alviso or Milpitas. tree that always got decorated during Christmas time, and unfortunately got damaged and chopped down during Castro st. renovations. But the best night was seeing the original Limelighters (Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev, Glenn Yarbrough). I helped the owner fix his truck once. McKelvey Baseball Field/Park My Family knew the people who owed the big spooky looking house across the street. I think the Angels had several social functions there. There were 11 Emporiums from Santa Rosa to Salinas with local ones at Hillsdale, Stanford, Stevens Creek and Almaden. I went to St. Joseph's Elementary and we had to buy our burlap pants and sweaters at the J.C. Penney store on Castro. I moved to Old Mtn View in the late '70s.remember Gemello Winery? My mom used to take me there and I remember always ordering the grilled cheese sandwich and jello for dessert. Mountain View Library was very small and crowded. About where the Hausner Day school is now on San Antonio between Middlefield and Alma, there was an Indian mound (Ohlone--pre Spanish era) camping/living area. wow such great memories. I went to San Ramon, Monta Loma, Crittenden and Mountain View (72-74). We went on to have a total of eight children (with set of boy-girl twins) and we had all twenty-one of our grandchildren before we lost John at his 75th birthday Christmas 2006. Fosters Freeze and Linda's were a treat. The school dances and alot of fights in the year 1970. We could see Monte Vista drive in from our roof . Also had an acre of land. The mobile home park community; I went to Theuerkauf elementary. 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. Bullfarbers ? Munson's Drugstore on El Camino and Castro First things first. The library had only one story and was overcrowded. We frequented Bourbon Street night club in the Old Mill Mall which had again great food and night life. I also remember the spooky old house standing alone somewhere along Shoreline, even after the golf course was set up. I also forgot to mention Castro City Market on Rengstorff west of Central Expressway right by the Amtrak commuter train stop at the same location. (Thank you, historic preservationists!). So to that, I say, thank you :) Change has made the campus unrecognizable. Lots of fruit trees on ElCamino. We thought the old house (still there) on the corner of Calderon and Church was haunted. There was a political scandal of sorts when big money started offering what seemed high sums for all the old run down shacks and houses north of Moffet Field east of 101 and south of San Antonio. later and let me tell you, Mountain View was fantastic in the 1ate 1970's and early 80's when I resided in the area. On El Camino near Mathilda was this huge langendorff bread sign that sliced bread of buttered the slice. I grew up there, and spent a great deal of time in Mountain View. The mall where the Crossings is now was The Old Mill. Qui Hing Low and Andy's best chinese food ever! This my wife's quest and wants to know where he went. If you had to grow up somewhere in the 60's and 70's, Mountain View had it all and was a real community where we all knew each other (absolute Americana). Advertising Info I remember that Mayfield Mall closed right around 1983 when we moved. Thanks for any reply, O'Malley's Sports Pub (under that name) isn't quite three years old according to Elena Kadavny's blog post on this website, reporting the sale, remodeling, and renaming of what for some years had been Francesca's. I see from maps now there is a pocket park on Sierra Vista by Middlefield. Those days of MV being a quiet, bucolic suburb are over. And the Navy was the major employer of the city, at least when I was in elementary school. Who could forget WonderWoman on the main floor and (if your male) the "Not tonight I've got a headache" dinosaur in the men's room. Kamei House Chinese Restaurant The "new" MVHS used to host a carnival in its parking lot on Bryant Avenue in the 80's and there was also one that stopped at the Sears parking lot on San Antonio Rd. After the station was gone. I moved to Mtn. In the shopping center at El Camino and Escuela was Macheesmo Mouse, the clone of the There was also Fargo's Pizza at the Old Mill. My mom was a single mother of 4 and she was able to afford to feed all of us occasionally at the Menu Tree and Bobs Big Boy. I just don't know the name of it. It was an easy commute to Intel, about 8 minutes. Was this area a library building? Organization Address: 1089 Mission St. San Francisco, California 94109. My friend lived very close. 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 will never forget how nice they would fix up Mayfield Mall for Christmas. 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. ma, Albertson's bakery had the best brownies i've ever tasted. A search for "Dublin Inn" gave just a pointer to a late-2015 comment earlier on this same recollections page, signed by one Bill242 (same Bill who just asked? This was back in the first days of the home computers. 5 cents/10 cent Woolworth ice cream cones at woolworths in the San antonio shopping center. So by posting to this thread, you inadvertantly ensured that it will continue to grace the front page. And the center's hobby shop was a fun place to browse. I think it may have been some other kind of supermarket in the interim. 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. Walking to the pet shop by the laundry where the lpressing shirts would wave at us. Mountain View has changed a lot in 29 years, so my recollection of where things were may be off (esp. Hello California! It just doesn't seem as fun anymore 1089 Mission Street. It answers the "even earlier." 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. My daughter and her friends hang out at the In-n-Out burger on Grant or at our local smoothie places.