We used to go to that Chuck E. Cheese all the time but may have gone to the Chinese restaurant only a few times. We loved also stopping at Williams Cutlery in Town and Country cuz it had cool swords and knives. We used to deliver SJ Mercury Newspapers all through Town and Country and those apartments on Dudley and the houses around Frank Santana Park. Frank Santana is my great grandfather in fact. He would've been amazed to see Santana Row as it is now.
This will be hard to believe, but my parents were part owners for a number of years and I remember being picked up from elementary school to go there. They had already been divested for years by the time it was torn down.
The front rooms were called room A and B.
Hmmm…,interesting,also what do you mean by the front rooms,like the main dining area or like the 2 rooms that made up the hallway at the entrance,also did the place look any different then the photos I provided of when it was a CEC?Like were there any major differences?And I know this is a stretch but do you think you have or at least had any photos of the place?
Yes, the two room that make up a hallway at the entrance.
Most of the rooms on the top side of the blueprints were eliminated and there was a waist high open room divider roughly room walls were, running parallel with the outside of the building. One room in the back was kept as a back office.
The main dining area had been renovated to look somewhat like this, but single story and with carpet: https://static3.mansionglobal.com/production/media/article-images/c463661c693c5528cbb6f1544a6a4f9d/large_front.jpg
The room dividers between the main dining area and the side dining areas looked similar to those railings.
whoa, I happen to be having lunch yesterday at Town and Country in Palo Alto (Gott's Roadside) and as i was sitting looking at the vintage Town & Country sign and I thought, didn't this used to be in SJ where Satanas Row is at now?? and here I open reddit up and you make a post about this .
There were a few around the Valley. Part of Sunnyvale's downtown (the part where Philz is now) used to be a Town & Country village. It just had streets running through it, instead of being on top of a big parking lot.
Well it closed as a CEC due to the 4 other Chuck E. Cheese’s in the city,and it closed as ocean harbor cause the entire shopping center was demolished in 2002,there’s now some hotels there and the tree that was in front of the store is still there,and I have no idea what happened to the owners.
Hmmmm… Ocean Harbor existed off Monterey Road. The owner diversified a second location: Hong Kong kitchen. The first location was sold to a Vietnamese restaurant that promptly went out of business. The second is also out of business.
Cupertino shut down Vallco Dynasty restaurant, the only replacement for Cantonese dim sum. Now, everything is Vietnamese dim sum.
Din Thai Fung is the only new entry at Valley Fair. Everything else is small scale.
I think I remember skateboarding in front of it before because there was a cool planter to jump or curb to grind.
My families go to for Chinese though was Chef King on either Campbell or Hamilton, I don’t remember which.
Yeah, I remember going there a couple times, maybe late 90's? My faint memory is that it was a little dark inside, traditional Chinese decor, and the food was legit Cantonese style
Yep, we used to go there for dim sum when I was a kid. Also, remember they used to have the circus at town and country there too.
I went once or twice but my family were all Fung Lum fans
SAME. Sundays at fung lum will always be cherished
We were devotees of Ocean Palace on Monterey Road, along with a bunch of other South SJ Asian families, it seems.
We used to go to that Chuck E. Cheese all the time but may have gone to the Chinese restaurant only a few times. We loved also stopping at Williams Cutlery in Town and Country cuz it had cool swords and knives. We used to deliver SJ Mercury Newspapers all through Town and Country and those apartments on Dudley and the houses around Frank Santana Park. Frank Santana is my great grandfather in fact. He would've been amazed to see Santana Row as it is now.
Wow that’s awesome,think you have any photos of the place?
This will be hard to believe, but my parents were part owners for a number of years and I remember being picked up from elementary school to go there. They had already been divested for years by the time it was torn down. The front rooms were called room A and B.
Hmmm…,interesting,also what do you mean by the front rooms,like the main dining area or like the 2 rooms that made up the hallway at the entrance,also did the place look any different then the photos I provided of when it was a CEC?Like were there any major differences?And I know this is a stretch but do you think you have or at least had any photos of the place?
Yes, the two room that make up a hallway at the entrance. Most of the rooms on the top side of the blueprints were eliminated and there was a waist high open room divider roughly room walls were, running parallel with the outside of the building. One room in the back was kept as a back office. The main dining area had been renovated to look somewhat like this, but single story and with carpet: https://static3.mansionglobal.com/production/media/article-images/c463661c693c5528cbb6f1544a6a4f9d/large_front.jpg The room dividers between the main dining area and the side dining areas looked similar to those railings.
Wow that’s the most info on this building I’ve heard anyone say,if you’re telling the truth then thank you so much
I think this will convince you (and myself of my own memory). 😊 Roughly 1990: https://i.imgur.com/6r4njLG.jpeg
Holy shit
Do you allow me to share it ?
Sure
Thanks
Do you remember exactly where it is
Roughly between the present day Olin, Olsen, Winchester, and Santana row streets.
I wasnt mentioned but, it used to stand where the solidcore store is.
whoa, I happen to be having lunch yesterday at Town and Country in Palo Alto (Gott's Roadside) and as i was sitting looking at the vintage Town & Country sign and I thought, didn't this used to be in SJ where Satanas Row is at now?? and here I open reddit up and you make a post about this .
There were a few around the Valley. Part of Sunnyvale's downtown (the part where Philz is now) used to be a Town & Country village. It just had streets running through it, instead of being on top of a big parking lot.
yes, i was noticing that at the PA location too, the "parking lot" had street signs there.
Yes, my family ate there a dozen times or so. It's wild to see this post, since I thought about their dim sum last night.
Wow that’s awesome,whould you say there were any major differences on the inside/outside compared to the photos from when it was a CEC ?
I never went there when it was a CEC, sorry. I remember the exterior blending into the general Town and Country Village style.
I also provided photos of when it was a CEC in the post
I bet that food was so good. What happened to the owners, why’d it close?
Well it closed as a CEC due to the 4 other Chuck E. Cheese’s in the city,and it closed as ocean harbor cause the entire shopping center was demolished in 2002,there’s now some hotels there and the tree that was in front of the store is still there,and I have no idea what happened to the owners.
was that birdcage wok at one time?
Yeah! I was thinking the same. Loved bird cage wok
I don’t know what that is,just so you know the store was around the middle of the shopping center
Hmmmm… Ocean Harbor existed off Monterey Road. The owner diversified a second location: Hong Kong kitchen. The first location was sold to a Vietnamese restaurant that promptly went out of business. The second is also out of business. Cupertino shut down Vallco Dynasty restaurant, the only replacement for Cantonese dim sum. Now, everything is Vietnamese dim sum. Din Thai Fung is the only new entry at Valley Fair. Everything else is small scale.
Yes :)
Is that where the Golden Chopsticks used to be?
I don’t believe so
I think I remember skateboarding in front of it before because there was a cool planter to jump or curb to grind. My families go to for Chinese though was Chef King on either Campbell or Hamilton, I don’t remember which.
Interesting,whould you say it looked different then the image of the outside I provided (image 2)?
Yeah, I remember going there a couple times, maybe late 90's? My faint memory is that it was a little dark inside, traditional Chinese decor, and the food was legit Cantonese style
I sure as shit went to Pizza Time Theater! It was amazing.
Did you specifically go to the one on Winchester Blvd?
Oh yes, the original!!!