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| - Jekyll and Hyde was first published in 1886, but the issue here is much older, and more important. It's that $1M pizza question: "dine-in or take-out?" The pie is going to change in some way during the ride home, it always does. You lift that box cover up and hope your warm, respectable favorite is still inside. You fear a cold, mangled monster.
So are you for take-out or dine-in? I dine-in 99% of the time. Fresher, hotter, no sliding in the box, no temptation to sneak slices while driving, no mess on your car or carpet, easier clean up and no disposal of a cardboard box that doesn't fit in the trash or recycling. The promise of the Pizza+Beer+TV trifecta calls from the comfort of your couch, but I prefer my pies dine-in any time. Ok, not March Madness.
Not Mineo's. The restaurant has captured a nostalgia with its ambiance. Dimly lit cafeteria tables and comfortless booths transform into a cozy family spot like the days of "Book-It". Littering the walls are pizza awards (some two-decades old) and the owner's mullet-heavy family portraits (all two decades old). Love it. The soda machine glows. The counter is crowded and the boisterous kitchen loud. All that's missing is Contra in the corner.
Yet even with ALL that, don't dine-in. Mineo's pizza NEEDS that 15 minute ride home. The quarter-inch layer of mozz will bleed out grease if you dine-in when it's scalding hot. Multiple paper plates will be soaked through. You'll need another soda halfway through to wash down the extreme salt from the sauce and pepperoni. Plastic forks and knives will melt and bend as you try to cut through the chewy yet grease-soggy crust. You laugh--"Use a fork and knife?" The cheese will slide off if you don't, guaranteed.
So enjoy mineo's, which is at the lower end of Pittsburgh's best pizza. And yes, DO try this at home.
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