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Mickey's Diner

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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.
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A distinct Mickey's restaurant location under different ownership is located at 1950 West 7th Street in Saint Paul's Sibley neighborhood, Mickey’s by Willy. It is decorated in the manner of a 1950s-style diner rather than the original location which is representative of the
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Mickey Crimmons and Bert Mattson opened Mickey's Diner in 1939. Such diners had gained popularity early in the 20th century as inexpensive, often all-night, eateries. Mickey's Diner has been operating as a family-owned business since the year it opened.
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in Saint Paul, photographs of the diner appeared in local and national newspapers for a different reason. Police confronted about two hundred protesters in front of Mickey's Diner. They dispersed them with
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eras of the 1930s and '40s. The secondary location opened in 1960. The menu differs at the second location though there are overlaps. At one time there were twelve locations under the original ownership.
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Besides its architecture, Mickey's is known for its all-day (and all-night) breakfast menu. The menu features such staples as eggs,
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50 feet (15 m) long and 10 feet (3.0 m) wide, Mickey's has distinctive red and yellow porcelain-enameled steel panels and
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National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Mickey's Diner
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Ramsey County, Minnesota
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The diner is also featured on the front and back cover of the 1985
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National Register of Historic Places in Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Mickey's Diner is located in Minnesota
Mickey's Diner is located in the United States
Saint Paul, Minnesota
44°56′50.8″N 93°5′53.3″W / 44.947444°N 93.098139°W / 44.947444; -93.098139
Jerry O'Mahony Diner Company
Streamline Moderne
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diner
Saint Paul, Minnesota
dining car
prefabricated building
Jerry O'Mahony Diner Company
Elizabeth, New Jersey
rail
National Register of Historic Places
Art Deco
pancakes
hash browns
mulligan stew
hamburgers
ice cream floats
milkshakes
Minnesota
Jane and Michael Stern
Gourmet magazine
Unwrapped
Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels
Feasting on Asphalt

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