Mineo’s Pizza House

Mineo’s used to be our go to pizza shop. But over the past several years, when we think pizza, we think A’Pizza Badamo. I don’t know what Mineo’s uses for cheese, but it never fails that all of the cheese drops off of the slice when you take a bite. My kids cannot get through eating a slice without this happening and it only happens at here. Mineo’s needs desperately to remodel the shop and for the love of God, GET A CREDIT CARD READER. This is 2016 not 1956. No one carries cash any more. I hate having to make a trip to the ATM to get cash just so I can get pizza. Clean the place up and take my debit card and you’re back on the list, until then though, it’s up the road to Badamo’s.

Mineos is by far the best pizza in Pittsburgh. 2 convenient locations.

**Warning! A legend falls… New management, new pizza, my family woke up this morning with projectile emesis within 3 hrs of eating a calzone!
I have been a huge fan of this place since my first calzone in 1994. I haven’t eaten there since 2004 or so, so I was going to take my GF there for some sunday night nostalgia snacking. We took a traditional to go. I had ½, she had ¼ pcs, and as is our custom w/​pizza we let the cats have a finger of mushy dough and sauce at around 2am when we have these carpet picnics. We woke up this morning and everyone in the house,(cats included!) were projectile emesis! I would have said, I deserved it eating so late, except the cats were sick too.
So, it looks like new management, cost cutting on toppings and the dough w/​sauce lost it’s firmness and it was quite unsatisfying, banal, and common. I would recommend Aiolio’s three doors up, unless they’ve changed too. I’m considering a call to the health department. This is unsat!

The white pizza is delicious from here, our office always gets a white and a pepperoni pizza and they never disappoint!
HOWEVER, they apparently only have a 2 Mike delivery radius, so most people in Dormont can’t get delivery.

Mineos Pizza is one of the most popular pizza shops in Pittsburgh, I assume it is because the people of Pittsburgh prefer walking around with mean streaks of fecal aftermath in their tight white Hanes. A large cheese pizza (which is 16′, or 12 slices for those of you who think that makes a difference) costs a rich neighborhoodly $ 17.50 (plus the $ 20 parking ticket which I will take half the blame for… bringing the pizzas total to $ 27.50). The kid making the pizza was exactly 12 years old and was a spitting image of Ernie from Billy Madison, I was half expecting him to pee his pants mid pie. Ernie has a lot to learn about making a pizza and the fact that it was 2 in the afternoon on a Thursday and no one in the kitchen was over the age of 20 makes sense as to why the pizza is so sloppy.
Mineos is making their pizza the traditional way, directly on the brick with no screens. Ernie smothered the dough in flour to the point that the dough was all white and a bit powdery and it left a residue on your hands. I can’t say that I blame him for that thought because if he didn’t use the giant hand full of flour to slide the pie in the oven than he wouldn’t have been able to put the 9 pounds of cheese on the pie that Mr. Mineo requires for a pizza to be deemed edible. The pie still didn’t quite make its way into the oven without turning into a wonky oval shape. The pizza was way too thin in the middle and the gelatinous wad of cheese that enveloped the pie made it pretty much impossible to pull the slices apart from each other. This is the kind of pizza that you need to eat with a spoon. You really can’t eat it like pizza, you just kind of have to pick the cheese curd off and eat it by itself and then you can eat the crust afterwards. The pizza was relatively well cooked, it lacked color but probably just because of the excessive flour. The sauce was spread on fairly well but the cheese was just wadded on with absolutely no regard for my butt hole.
The dough has that typical bad salty cracker Pittsburgh type taste to it. The crust has a pretty low hydration rate and is quite dry but you probably won’t notice because you will be too busy choking on the grease from the cheese. The middle of the pie was way too thin and the crust was pretty puffy. The flavor of the dough is generic and salty. The dough was also fairly dense.
The sauce wasn’t bad, I would be curious to try this sauce on a pie that had a sensible amount of cheese. The flavor is mostly derived from basil, oregano and sugar. They are definitely using a lot of water in the sauce and adding sugar to offset it. Its not the worst sugar water sauce I have had in the city but it certainly isn’t great. The tomatoes seem to be decent quality, no real chunks though just a thin even consistency.
The cheese ruined this pie. It tastes like a mix of mozzarella and provolone, quite possibly some cheap stuff blended in with some good stuff. I don’t understand why any pizza shop would want to put so much damn cheese on their pizza when it is by far the most expensive part. I can’t even think of a joke, I just want to take a nap.
All in all this pizza just sucks. Its sad to me that places like this are the standard for pizza in this city, its just breeding more fat oblivious ranch dressing dunkers. People don’t eat pizza like this because it tastes good, they eat it because it gets you high as fuck and releases all your happy lazy brain molecules so that you can just lard there and continue watching the latest scripted reality tv show. I am feeling pretty defeated by this pizza, both in brain and bung.
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After reading all about this place, I have to admit that I was really let down. Not being a native Pittsburgher could definitely have a lot ot do with it. Don’t get me wrong, it was not bad, but I found the pizza to have too much cheese, and the quality of the ingredients were just average, if that. If you are a New Yorker, or like a New York style of pizza, I really don’t think that you will care for the pizza here. I would recomment Aiello’s (right next to it), or even better Pizza Bellino which is a few blocks away on Forbes.

Mineo’s Pizza is my favorite pizza in the Pittsburgh region! So much so my family and I make the 30 mile journey to this location once every other week. Parking can be difficult, the dining area could use some TLC, and it is unfortunately that you better carry cash with you because that is the only form of payment they accept and it could be expensive. They do offer an ATM if you forget. Minor unfortunates, however, the pizza is a must try if you never had it.

Still one of the best pizzas ever eaten. It makes me miss Pittsburgh, it really does.

My dad raves about this place and always encourages me to stop in. I finally gave in and stopped through one day on my way home from studying at Uptown.
I ordered 2 slices of pepperoni to go for less than $ 5. I was sad that they didn’t have an actual pepperoni pie; they just slapped pepperoni on the plain slices and tossed it in the over. That’s my only complaint.
When I got home, I was really excited to get to chewing. The bottom crust was crunchy and good (I couldn’t eat the end bits of crust because it was a little hard). The pepperoni was authentic, thick, and spicy. The pizza was super greasy and cheesy, but flavorful and delicious.
I will be trying again when I have the cash in my pocket.

It’s okay. Here is an objective review:
— The pizza is decent. It’s so standard. It’s what it looks like and what I expected, but nothing more. (Dare I say, it’s kind of like mall pizza. Not bad at all, but zero on the special or unique scale.)
— The setting is old enough that it does not look extremely clean. The whole place needs a re-​fresh.
— Sorry, but CASH ONLY is a drag in 2014. Who carries cash?
— The salads are a bright spot — very fresh and crisp, and big enough to share.
— The staff seem friendly, which is a plus.
The location is excellent, and I think that’s the back-​story. Where else does a young pedestrian get a cheap slice that’s decent?

Just as good… Dare I say… maybe better than the squirrel hill location (gasp)
Ricotta, mozzarella, and roasted red bell peppers… that’s all you need to know

Horrible. Tried it several times. Taste like frozen Pizza. Found a hair in it the first time so against my better judgement tried it again. I swear it was worse than my first experience. The locals that like this joint must have smoker destroyed taste buds.

Not quite as good as the Squirrel Hill location, but quick service. Would recommend the Sicilian Pizza over the usual style.

Just as good as Sq. Hill location. Mineo’s is as good as it gets. The pies are straightforward and not fancy. No reason for them to be. This location is also byob — bonus!

The pizza is amazing! Be careful when ordering the toppings are usually under the cheese so if you do a half and half because of a picky person you may not see the toppings.

Been going to Mineo’s for the longest time I can remember. Good pizza but certainly not the best one around town! Cash only though!

Overall: One of Pittsburgh’s better pies, but definitely for eating only on premise. Better service than Aiellos, but the pie is heavier, greasy, and not as fresh. Come here on occasion, but Aiellos wins across the board.
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Ambience: (³⁄₅). Dim lighting, dingy pizza parlor table-​tops, and framed accolades and family photos turn this into a pizza den. Crowded, booth-​only dining area save for the stools for the island in the middle. The front counter is the kitchen, so you’ll leave smelling like pizza.
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Service: (³⁄₅). Rushed but pleasant. The 10+ people behind the counter swap in and out, delivering pies and taking orders. It’s cafeteria style, vending machine included, and you do have to give them your dirty tray.
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Drinks: (¹⁄₅). Soda, and nothing special. Ice cream is served next door.
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Food: (³⁄₅). An experience in excess, and if you want grease and cheese, this is it. The cheese is thicker than the crust, slides off at least 50% of the time. 2 – 3 paper plates are soaked at the end of a pepperoni. spicy and occasionally burnt. Crust is thin and absorbs a large amount of grease. The sauce is occasionally burnt on, otherwise thin, thankfully salty. Pepperoni or mushroom are good bets here, as are onion and sausage. You DO NOT need extra cheese.

I had lived in Oakland for so long as a student that I kind of forgot that Mineo’s was still around; I’m ashamed that I did. This was one of my favorite places as a child — I distinctly remember being brought here for fresh pizza and for the chocolate cake slices they used to serve. Now instead of it being the place my parents would buy a tasty treat from, Mineo’s has become my favorite place to go and grab a snack after a long day of work in a shop down the street.
This place is not only cheap (when compared to many other places), it is outright delicious — everything is either cut from a fresh pie or is made fresh and tossed into their oven right after you order. In my experience everything comes out piping hot and cooked to perfection. If I want a single piece of pizza with a weird combination of toppings, they’ll get it ready for me, no problem! And the cheese — this is a great place for pizza with a decent layer of cheese that’s also paired with the right amount of homemade seasoned sauce. The result is a tangy mouthful of «yum» that always hits the spot.
Definitely one of the best local pizza places, even if you need to deal with things like paper plates (admittedly not the best thing to use when trying to eat pizza fresh out of an oven). The seating isn’t exactly fancy, admittedly, but still better than what you’d find at a total dive of a place. For quick eats, it works — and it’s been clean, cozy, and decent in my experience. And hey, if you really don’t want to sit and eat here, just get your pizza to go — you’ll enjoy it all the same!

Stopped in for a couple quick slices of plain red sauce. $ 1.60 each. They were really great. I loved the sauce, some of the best I have had. I sprinkled some oregano over and it was great. It was short of greatness, however, because of the amount of cheese. Way too much and really hard to get down. I would definitely go back and order a pie with ½ the amount of cheese and some toppings. Some may love the cheese but I, like Darren, found it overwhelming.

One of my favorite pizza places. Yay, I am a fan!
Walk in and notice a nice aroma and usually get a hello from the guys working.
Have been told that the ingredients are fresh even the sauce is homemade and the I like the sauce flavors, although not to spicy and a nice tomato taste. I think the cheese may be one of the reasons it is so good.
This is not a NY or Chicago style, a crust that is tasty and a thin medium (is there a thin medium?) and a nice texture with a crispy crust edge. Mineo’s seems to put more cheese on then many pizza places and usually I don’t want a lot of cheese but it works at Mineo’s. Sometimes the cheese seems to get a little greasy looking but not today, and it is always good. The pepperoni slices are thicker and very tasty.
Cash only but an ATM on sight.