{"id":100426,"date":"2026-01-30T05:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T05:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/100426\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T05:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T05:07:09","slug":"mineos-pizza-house-is-open-at-pittsburgh-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/100426\/","title":{"rendered":"Mineo&#8217;s Pizza House is open at Pittsburgh International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMESSAGE DURING THEIR GRAND OPENING TODAY. IT\u2019S OFFICIAL. MINEO\u2019S CAN NOW FILL THE FOOD COURT WITH THE AROMA OF FRESH PIZZA PIES. GIOVANNI MINEO OPENED THIS PIZZA SHOP IN SQUIRREL HILL IN 1958. TODAY, HIS GRANDSON, GIOVANNI, THE THIRD RUN MINEO\u2019S AIRPORT LOCATION. WE\u2019RE NOW HERE. WE\u2019RE READY TO SELL THESE PIZZAS. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE A UPS PROGRAM AT OUR LOCATION. WE\u2019VE BEEN SHIPPING PIZZAS SINCE THE 90S. NOW THIS IS A NICE EXTENSION OF THAT. AS A FLIER, YOU CAN COME IN, GRAB A PIE, TAKE IT ON YOUR FLIGHT. MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY SAY THEIR AIRPORT LOCATION WILL FEATURE A TASTE OF MINEO\u2019S TRAVEL SIZED PIZZAS AND HOAGIES THAT THEY SAY ARE EASY TO CARRY AND STORE ON FLIGHTS. MINEO\u2019S IS SHARING A CONCESSION SPACE NEXT TO MARATHON DINER, OWNED BY THE JANUS FAMILY. WITH MORE THAN 30 YEARS AS AIRPORT CONCESSIONAIRES, MINEO\u2019S JOINS ME. CASA CATENA AND BAD EGG AS THE NEWEST FOOD OPTIONS ON AIRSIDE. WHEN THIS NEW TERMINAL OPENED AND WE DID THIS TERMINAL REDEVELOPMENT, WE HAD A FOCUS ON SENSE OF PLACE THAT WHEN YOU LANDED HERE IN PITTSBURGH, YOU KNEW THAT YOU WERE IN SOMEPLACE UNIQUE. AND THERE\u2019S AN ICONIC BRAND THAT WE\u2019RE EXCITED TO WELCOME HERE TODAY, WHICH IS MINEO\u2019S, THAT BRINGS PIECES OF PITTSBURGH HERE TO THE AIRPORT. I WANT TO THANK MY MOTHER AND FATHER BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. IT\u2019S A SPECIAL OCCASION. I KNOW THEY\u2019RE UP IN HEAVEN, LOOKING DOWN RIGHT NOW AND SMILING. AND TONIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY ARE THRILLED THAT MINEO\u2019S IS BRINGING THAT UNIQUE PITTSBURGH VIBE TO THE FOOD COURT ON AIR\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Mineo&#8217;s Pizza House opens new location at Pittsburgh International with ribbon-cutting ceremony<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769019068_844_wtae.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WTAE logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 11:42 PM EST Jan 29, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCheers and tears of joy filled the food court at Pittsburgh International Airport when Mineo&#8217;s Pizza House officially opened Thursday.What started out as one pizza shop in Squirrel Hill in 1958 has now expanded into several locations, with the airport as the newest.&#8221;We&#8217;re now here. We&#8217;re ready to sell all of these pizzas.  As you all know, we have a UPS program at our Squirrel Hill location. We&#8217;ve been shipping pizzas since the 90s. Now this is a nice extension of that.  As a flyer, you can grab a pie, take it on your flight,&#8221; said Giovanni Mineo III, named after his grandfather, who started Mineo&#8217;s.&#8221;I want to thank my mother and father, because without them, none of this would have been possible,&#8221; said Dominic Mineo, co-owner of Mineo&#8217;s. &#8220;It&#8217;s a special occasion.  I know they&#8217;re up in heaven, looking down right now and smiling.&#8221;Mineo&#8217;s is sharing a concession space next to Marathon Diner, owned by the Janis family, with more than 30 years as airport concessionaires.Mineo&#8217;s joins Mi Casa Cantina and Bad Egg Breakfast Bar as the newest food options on airside.&#8221;When this new terminal opened, and we did this terminal redevelopment, we had a focus on sense of place &#8212; that when you landed here in Pittsburgh, you knew you were in someplace unique. And there&#8217;s an iconic brand that we&#8217;re excited to welcome here today, which is Mineo&#8217;s, that brings pieces of Pittsburgh here to the airport,&#8221; said Bryan Dietz, the airport&#8217;s vice president of air services.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Cheers and tears of joy filled the food court at Pittsburgh International Airport when Mineo&#8217;s Pizza House officially opened Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>What started out as one pizza shop in Squirrel Hill in 1958 has now expanded into several locations, with the airport as the newest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re now here. We&#8217;re ready to sell all of these pizzas.  As you all know, we have a UPS program at our Squirrel Hill location. We&#8217;ve been shipping pizzas since the 90s. Now this is a nice extension of that.  As a flyer, you can grab a pie, take it on your flight,&#8221; said Giovanni Mineo III, named after his grandfather, who started Mineo&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to thank my mother and father, because without them, none of this would have been possible,&#8221; said Dominic Mineo, co-owner of Mineo&#8217;s. &#8220;It&#8217;s a special occasion.  I know they&#8217;re up in heaven, looking down right now and smiling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mineo&#8217;s is sharing a concession space next to Marathon Diner, owned by the Janis family, with more than 30 years as airport concessionaires.<\/p>\n<p>Mineo&#8217;s joins Mi Casa Cantina and Bad Egg Breakfast Bar as the newest food options on airside.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When this new terminal opened, and we did this terminal redevelopment, we had a focus on sense of place &#8212; that when you landed here in Pittsburgh, you knew you were in someplace unique. And there&#8217;s an iconic brand that we&#8217;re excited to welcome here today, which is Mineo&#8217;s, that brings pieces of Pittsburgh here to the airport,&#8221; said Bryan Dietz, the airport&#8217;s vice president of air services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MESSAGE DURING THEIR GRAND OPENING TODAY. IT\u2019S OFFICIAL. 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