Barro's Pizza
8940 E Indian Bend
Scottsdale, AZ 85256
480-302-6555
What a surprise to see a Barro's Pizza in Scottsdale, Arizona!! From the Barro's Pizza in Arizona website, the family opened pizza restaurants, with her sons, in California in 1968, then moved to Arizona in 1980! They now have 38 locations in the Metro Phoenix area!
Barro's Pizza used to be a very popular chain in the Los Angeles area! I've been to the Diamond Bar Barro's, their official name is Barro Brothers Pizza, (maybe the brothers broke away from the family and opened their own restaurant?) and the Whittier Barro's.
This Barro's is huge, with one dining room filled with long tables and bench seating, another smaller room with about ten tables, a front room with even more tables, and tables outside. The day I went a youth baseball team came in and basically took over the place!
Large mushrooms and jalapenos, $14.75. This was a good pizza, reminded me of the old Barro's, but they were just off. The pizza was a bit well done, if they had taken out the pizza 3-4 minutes earlier, it would have been a just right. But, towards the outer crust, the crust was break apart, like the dough was stretched too thin in that area. The ratio of mushroom to jalapeno was off. The pizza was covered with about 60% mushrooms and 40% jalapenos. Some slices had all or mostly mushrooms. The sauce was flavorful, with a good mixture of herbs and spices.
Service was very good. The young lady who helped me was nice and friendly. Luckily, I came in about 5 minutes before the youth baseball team and my order came out quickly.
When I go back to Scottsdale, I will give Barro's another chance.
