A different kind of landmark than that I had posted yesterday. Mickey's Diner is a legend in downtown St. Paul. Oh, I could tell you stories I have been told by people who have grown up in St. Paul. Since I was not here then, I can't check the veracity of the tales, but they certainly are interesting.
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Mickey’s Diner was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and was one of the first diners to be a registered historic place. The designation helped preserve the diner during urban re-development within the city of St. Paul.
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Mickey’s Dining car has been operating 24 hours a day 365 days a year for nearly 70 years. Spanning three generations the diner has remained family owned and operated.
(Credit: http://www.mickeysdiningcar.com/history.html
To see some vintage photos of the interior of the diner, go here.
Please come see my Santa Fe blog today, too!
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I love the look, its not retro its original.
ReplyDeleteYou're not wrong Kate..couldn't be more different. I'm a bit partial to turrets..but then again retro diners :) Really enjoyed looking at the old pictures of the interior, I cam imagine some of the stories would be rather entertaining :)
ReplyDeleteThere were some great old photos on that site. This place is such a classic. It reminds me of a sandwich shop in Quincy where I grew up that I would frequent and my parents went there when they were in high school. It wasn't an old dining car like this one but, it is still landmark in Quincy. I wonder if they have a specialty that people keep going back for.
ReplyDeleteI Love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a classic! So many of these old places were sadly torn down in the name of "redevelopment." It's wonderful to see ones that have been preserved.
ReplyDeleteLove it, but unfortunately this diner I missed in my younger years!
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to "Shutters And Boards." You'll see Scotty Turner with the mike, and I'm assuming he's explaining how the song came to be. Scotty was mainly a producer and worked with all the old-time country greats!
Oops! I forgot the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEt52m_dOMk
ReplyDeleteNeat! There was one in Washington DC which looked a lot like this when I was a child.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of classic movies.
ReplyDeleteThis is something I don't see in my part of the world.
ReplyDeleteGreat diner!!! I know I've seen it in a bunch of movies!!!
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