Thick Midwestern-style slices at Gate B8 break the po’boy streak
Midway Pizza in Terminal 1 near Gate B8 leans into heavy, Midwestern-style pies instead of the usual MSY po’boys and seafood. Price point sits in the middle ($$), with a big slice running about what you’d pay for a sit-down sandwich elsewhere in the terminal. Rating hovers around 3.5 stars, so expectations should be set to “airport decent,” not destination dining.
Hours typically track with flight banks, opening early afternoon and running into the late-night departures out of B8 and nearby B6/B10. You’ll see whole pies in the case plus oversized slices; one Yelp reviewer said a single slice filled them up pre-flight. Standard toppings (pepperoni, sausage, veggies) share space with a couple of combo pies that rotate depending on what they’re baking that day.
The move here is slice service, not custom pies. Google and Yelp reviews mention that made-to-order whole pizzas can run 20–30 minutes in the oven, which is dicey if boarding starts 35 minutes before departure. Slices that just came out hold up fine on a short hop to ATL, IAH, or DAL; slices that have camped under the heat lamp get called out as lukewarm and dried on the edges.
Regulars on Yelp say they walk up and ask, “What just came out?” and then pick from those pies only. They skip custom builds unless they have more than an hour until pushback. One Google review put it bluntly: not cheap, but still more satisfying than the pre-wrapped sandwiches a few doors down toward B4.
Watch out for: slices pulled from the back of the display case and anything that looks like it’s been sitting longer than 10–15 minutes; that’s where most of the 1–2 star complaints land. If your departure time is inside 40 minutes, stick to a ready slice and pass on whole pies.
Pro tip: check your boarding time at the B8 monitor, then order only if you can give Midway Pizza at least 15 minutes before you need to be in the boarding lane.