Mickey’s Dining Car, 7th Street, Saint Paul, MN
Built in 1937 and moved to this location in 1939, this prefabricated structure was manufactured by the Jerry O’Mahony Diner Company and is an example of the Streamline Moderne style. Built to resemble dining cars on trains, the diner was moved to this spot and opened by Mickey Crimmons and Bert Mattson, and remaining a locally-owned and operated venture ever since, being featured in popular media. Restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 almost put the iconic diner out of business, being narrowly saved from closure by a fundraising effort that ended up exceeding its goals, with plans for the diner to resume operations in the spring of 2022. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Mickey’s Dining Car, 7th Street, Saint Paul, MN
Built in 1937 and moved to this location in 1939, this prefabricated structure was manufactured by the Jerry O’Mahony Diner Company and is an example of the Streamline Moderne style. Built to resemble dining cars on trains, the diner was moved to this spot and opened by Mickey Crimmons and Bert Mattson, and remaining a locally-owned and operated venture ever since, being featured in popular media. Restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 almost put the iconic diner out of business, being narrowly saved from closure by a fundraising effort that ended up exceeding its goals, with plans for the diner to resume operations in the spring of 2022. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.