JeanneBean wrote: I could see grease dripping off of the pizza. There was no flavor to it. It was like eating pizza with a cold. The bottom of the crust had a nice consistency, but the flavor was not good. It tasted like stale beer.
We definately won't be back. Everyone who loves this place must only love the nostalgia from their youth because as someone who has never been, it was nasty. It was also pricey. I think a Jewel Thin-n-crispy is a better product.
I have lived in the area of the Barnaby's in Niles for 10 years but have never tried it. Our friends in the n'hood mentioned it the other night and we finally gave it a try tonight for takeout, although I was a little nervous after this review of the Niles location. Our experience was quite different. We both enjoyed the pizza very much and it has moved to our "go to" thin crust local option.
Some of the other posts have mentioned that the crust is similar to Lou Malnati's. The Barnaby's
in Niles isn't a "butter crust" at all--it's actually quite a light crust. (The
Niles location crust doesn't even look like Cathy2's pictures--at least ours didn't. Those pictures look like there is more butter or oil in the crust to me.) It reminds me of when I used to make my own crust at home except much thinner and with a fancy outer ring. (I've got to learn to do pictures on this site!) Based on that, I can say that the crust recipe for the
Niles location probably has no fat or very little fat. It had obviously had cornmeal sprinkled at the bottom of the baking pan but that was the only evidence of cornmeal. It had a "just baked" bread taste.
The rest of the pizza was good as well. It was not heavily sauced, so if you like sauce I would order extra. The cheese was no more greasy than other pizzas--if anything it seemed a little less greasy. I had mushrooms and green peppers, and the bottom of the pizza was still well cooked and not soggy. The green peppers were very fresh and the mushrooms were not canned.
My husband had sausage, onions, and mushrooms and his looked good as well. Even with the sausage it still did not look greasy at all. He did say he would prefer to stick with takeout since there were so many kids in the restaurant.