Mino

By Staff/ on July 23, 2020 Eat your pizza with a view of the bay at Mino in downtown Naples along Dockside Boardwalk. Your pizza comes fired fresh from a brick oven and your pasta is homemade. Start with salad and soup, say yes to the Funghi Truffle pie with whitetruffle oil and prosciutto and end with a dessert you wont find at many other pizza places. Mino serves cool, creamy gelato in a handful of irresistible flavors including vanilla hazelnut and salted caramel. The final course is so good youll find yourself returning just for a cool treat. Named by Cigars and Spirits Lifestyle Magazine, one of the top 10 best Old School Pizzerias in the U.S. NOTE: Business closes at 9:00 pm, but last call for food and beverages is at 8:45 pm The best Italian cuisine in the business…Eat at Mino in Naples, FL. You cant be disappointed… Guaranteed!” Tom Watson (71 Career Professional wins, 8 PGA Tour Major Champion, 6 times PGA Tour Player of the Year, Inducted in 1988 in the World Golf Hall of Fame) Our pizzas are Neapolitan style… what to expect about Neapolitan Style pizzas? History – Pizza as we know it today (dough topped with tomatoes and cheese) was invented in Naples, Italy. Before the 1700s, flatbreads existed but were never topped with tomatoes now a common characteristic of pizza. Tomatoes were brought to Europe in the 16th century by explorers returning from South America, but they were believed to be poisonous by many Europeans until poor farmers in Naples began to top their flatbread with it in the late 18th century. The dish soon became popular, with visitors to Naples seeking out the poorer neighborhoods to try the local specialty. Typically, there are a couple of Neapolitan pizzas variations; Pizza Marinara and pizza Margherita. The Marinara pizza, which does not have cheese and it is offered in our Menu, is so named because it was traditionally prepared by la marinara, the seamans wife for her husband when he returned from fishing trips in the Bay o