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Mickey's Diner

Saint Paul, United States of America

Mickey's Diner

Mickey's Dining Car is a classic diner in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Designed to resemble a railroad dining car, the prefabricated building was constructed in 1937 by the Jerry O'Mahony Diner Company of Elizabeth, New Jersey, then shipped to Saint Paul by rail, opening in 1939. I

ts unusual architecture made it a local landmark. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and commerce. It was nominated for being "a beloved, longstanding and unique social institution," an unaltered example of railroad car-style diners, and one of the few surviving examples of its type in the American Midwest. The diner ran in continuous operation at the same location on West 7th Street from 1939 until the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The diner remained closed from this point until it reopened on the morning of October 3, 2024.

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