Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Mickey's Diner


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.

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.
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!

11 comments:

  1. I love the look, its not retro its original.

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  2. You'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 :)

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  3. There 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.

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  4. What 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.

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  5. Love it, but unfortunately this diner I missed in my younger years!

    Here'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!

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  6. Oops! I forgot the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEt52m_dOMk

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  7. Neat! There was one in Washington DC which looked a lot like this when I was a child.

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  8. Reminds me of classic movies.

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  9. This is something I don't see in my part of the world.

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  10. Great diner!!! I know I've seen it in a bunch of movies!!!

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