I did a taste test of pizza places in the area recently, and Mineo's was part of the line-up. I'd heard great things about it and knew it was a local old-school place (the kind that only takes cash). I was very fair and got the same toppings on every pie I ordered so that i was judging them equally.
I was so disappointed with my meal at Mineo's. The pizza was just...nothing special. I've had more distinctive pizza pies at Vocelli's for God's sake. It was simply a generic pizza and didn't have anything special to write home about it. It's a very standard pizza.
The place itself is sort of a dive, but if they had out-of-this-world pizza they could get away with being quirky instead of just depressing. But they don't. It's making me sad just remembering having to sit in that Formica-laden place while a group of teenage, pimply boys watched tv and giggled behind the counter while they made my food.
By contrast, A'Badamo's just a block away has mouth-watering genuine New York-style pizza and they take credit cards to boot!
Anyways, now every time I seen someone walk out of Mineo's with a big pizza box I shudder and withhold the urge to cry, "Why!?!" at them.