Jul 11, 2008 5:06 pm US/Pacific
ConsumerWatch 'Bay-cation:' Milpitas
MILPITAS (CBS 5) ―
With gas prices so high, more families are staying closer to home. In this installment of Bay-Cation, a trip to Milpitas which also proves to be a trip back into time.
Chris St. Germain's father opened
Cal Skate of Milpitas back in 1977. She and her brother own it now.
"You've gotta have that taste of the '70s and the '80s to have that real feel for roller skating. The Bay Area really doesn't have a lot of skating rinks. When we first opened our business in 1977 we had 17 rinks and now were down to about 6 in the greater Bay Area. So we attract the whole Bay Area. People from San Francisco, Oakland, and even Sacramento come all the way down to our facility to skate."
Entry and skate rentals cost about $10 a person. But, if you're "Bay-Cationing" with a family St. Germain says, "A family of four can skate for $39.00 dollars and that gets you four admissions, four skate rentals, a pitcher of soda, and a pizza."
For a traditional sit-down meal a few miles away, there is a restaurant serving up Chinese food with a Muslim twist. Aisa Bivi says her relatives drive all the way from Sacramento to dine at
Darda Seafood, one of the Bay Area's few Chinese Muslim restaurants. Dishes average around $10. And the food is prepared according to Muslim religion or "Halal."
"Before they slaughter any meat, lamb, cow or goat, they say a prayer," Bivi said.
Darda Seafood is located in the Bay Area's largest Asian mall. Half of the city's 60,000 person population is of Asian descent. These newer residents are fueling development.
Tradition and history also run deep in Milpitas with the area's Native American roots. Francisco Guzman teaches a summer camp program for children in a 200-year old adobe ranch house built by Native Americans and Spanish settlers. The house is located in a museum at
Jose Higuera Adobe Park.
"The Ohlone tribe was spread from Hayward to Fremont and Milpitas," Guzman explained. "This is like a little National Park in Milpitas. It's a piece of history in your backyard."
Before heading home, fill up the tank at Shell on South Main Street or Chevron at South Park Victoria Drive. These are two gas stations that had the lowest gas prices when ConsumerWatch traveled to Milpitas.
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