I’ll Miss Them

I already do, since we stopped eating there as much long ago to save money.  Who?  Mina’s, a family sub and pizza restaurant in Easton, near the office I am closing.

Today I was planning to go continue going through stuff anyway, but the fact and timing of that was enforced by my partner, who has limited time between work, law school and studying for same, coming down to grab all too little of the stuff that was up for grabs.  I sent him with a file cabinet, two folding tables, an old laptop (P166), and a few odds and ends.

Which still helps, and makes the place look a fair bit emptier.  That and it solidifies what remains as a slate of items for me to deal with, one way or another.

Anyway, I went there on coffee and no breakfast, had a Snickers for lunch near 2:00, and found myself thinking I’d surprise Deb with Mina’s, achieving the additional benefit of saving me from cooking.  Plus it has been months, and while they are excellent in general, the things they do that we most go there for are at least as much unlike anyone else as going, say, to D’Angelo’s for a Number 9.

So it came time and I called them.  The owner recognized my voice instantly, asked how I was, took my order, asked how was business, and was shocked to hear I was closing the office.  I was amused that when I punched in the number and hit dial, the Blackberry screen displayed “Mina’s” because I’d put them in the address book at some point.

I took a load to the car and headed over, timing it so the stuff would be fresh and hot enough to have a chance of being slightly hot after going all the way to Middleboro.  The delivery guy was outside the door, grinned to see me and had to visibly resist the urge to hug me, going instead for a handshake.  The rest of the place was as friendly and excited to see me, and they approve of the baby’s name.

They asked me again about the office, and I was kicking myself for not having any of the new business cards on me for the first time since I got them.  I told them I’m doing something similar, but from my house and probably just one the side so I have to get a job too.

They are the nicest people!  I’d be thrilled to have them local to the apartment, the way Chinatown is local to us.  Indeed, the Chinese place on the same plaza as Mina’s, Ho Yon, is also superlative.

Anyway, we had already decided that now and then in the future we’ll have to go there, even if we have to eat on the premises (they do have some tables).  They are just that good!  They didn’t disappoint tonight, being at least as good as ever.  We split a meatball sub, one of the things they do best, and shared a Hawaiian pizza with the kids.

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