North of Brooklyn Pizzeria

I ordered 4:50pm and was told to pick up my pizza in 10 minutes.
I did, and what I got was an old dried out pizza, not even edible.
I took it back and got a remake, It was good.
Check your pizzas before you leave, the box should be warm at least and the crust around the edges, not the cardboard I received.
This wasn’t the first time for this to happen at this location…
The location on Queen seems to get it right all the time, why not here.

Came 10 mins before closing and asked for the kale and bacon. They were out but instead of telling us that, they made us a fresh za. And it was so good. Bless.

Ordered a pizza at 5:30 on a Wednesday night and was told it would be over an hour and a half for delivery. Okay I could do that. Ordered a Margeritta with mushrooms and pepperoni and a Ceaser salad.
It was delivered at around 6:30 — awesome !
The salad was great, other than a couple bad pieces of lettuce and no croûton… but The bacon and the dressing itself was 10 star awesome salad.
The pizza looks amazing but it was cold and I can’t fault them for that because the delivery is on a bicycle and the delivery guy was really nice… but North of Brooklyn should purchase one of the bicycles it have heated pizza oven on the back… just sayn’ since there main method of transportation/​delivery is by bicycle. I guess I’ll have to remember next time to preheat my oven when I order and when the pizza arrives pop it in the oven for a few minutes.

There’s a North of Brooklyn pizzeria on Church!!! Whaaahhh?
Ok, I suspect everyone knew this already, but I didn’t. I love the North of Brooklyn at 650.5 Queen street, so I’m very happy to have found this one.
Why do I like this North of Brooklyn? Because there’s basically only 5 pizzas on the menu. I don’t have to think when I walk into it. I am a happy camper with any of the 5 because I know it will be good. There isn’t a long line, there isn’t a lot of much else. I go in, I get pizza, I sit, I eat.
Oh yeah, there isn’t a lot of places to sit here. Oh also, the one table they do have (there’re bar stools too) is a little crooked. It didn’t matter to me though.

I’ve been a NOB fan boy since day one, and I’ve sent many people to NOB locations all across the city.
I’m a regular, and the last several times I’ve been, the pizzas have been über meh. They’re no longer the fresh hot pizzas I used to get. Now if you order by the slice, they’re kinda sad and limpy.
My last Kale slice recently, the dough was almost inedible, and beyond cardboard like. Sadly this has happened more often than not. It pains me to update my review.
I think ordering a whole ‘za is probably still pretty good. but by the slice just hasn’t been good.
I’ll cross my fingers that this place can rebound to what was one of my favourite pizza places in Toronto.

Love the pizzas — they’re fantastic.
But don’t do delivery, unless you want to pay $ 30 for a lukewarm pizza later than promised, and missing toppings.
Website says «call and we’ll make it right». Nice idea, but really don’t expect them to want to solve your problems.

I am actually very surprised that there are mixed reviews about this pizza place! I have a soft spot for North of Brooklyn.
I had the kale and bacon pizza. The kale on top were like kale chips with the savoury bacon bits that melt in your mouth! the crust is thin and it is just great!
This place hits the spot when you have your pizza craving. You should eat the pizza as soon as possible. I find that the pizza tends to get soft as time goes on!

LOVE this pizza! Some of the best I have had in Toronto. Try the margarita pizza or the one with the white sauce… you won’t be disappointed!

I really wanted to like the pizza, but I thought the crust was really bland, not very much toppings, and it was kind of pricey for mediocre pizza.
The crust had no flavour. It was chewey, which was okay, but no flavour in the crust.
I had the pizza with kale and bacon. There was three small kale leaves, and a bit of bacon. The bacon was the only ingredient that had flavour.
The cheese was fresh, but again, had no flavour.
I probably will not go back.: (

Average 3 stars? …WHAAAATTT?
FIRST of all, I make homemade epizza all the time and know what a good marinara sauce and cheese ratio means .
North of Brooklyn gives the absolute best Margherita pizza in all of toronto.
Not pizza libretto.
Tried both and at libretto u pay the same price but get a small sized pie in relation to Pizza Pizza sizing. At north of Brooklyn their price for a pie is the sizing of an extra large and they don’t skimp out on the ingredients!
NoB has a perfect sauce, not too herby like Libretto s and you HAVE to add the roasted olives as an extra. Won’t regret it!
Homemade garlic dip is to die for as well!
For everyone who gave them a negative review, they should just stick to pizza pizza, because they don’t know pizza!

Best take out pie in the ‘hood by a long shot! The garlic knots are fantastic as are the salads. The pepperoni, sausage and semi dried tomatoes are all awesome toppings. Be sure to order extra cheese as well, it makes it way better. Don’t forget the garlic knots, they’re garlic, cheesey, salty awesomeness! This is very different from the usual chain stuff, high quality crust and sauce. Don’t get more than a couple of toppings because you want to let the flavour of of the sauce come through.
The garlic dip is too rich for me, but I know others swear by it!
The staff here are really great and excited about the food. Unfortunately once when picking up a pizza this drunk woman showed up and was screaming that she’d ordered an extra pizza and not making much sense. The staff smiled and handled her ranting despite it turning into personal attacks. It’s a drag they had to deal with that, they’ve always been really helpful and friendly with us.

Again. Lame pizza. I love a classic marguerite. Again this slice came w one leaf of dries out basil. Sad.
The Caesar? Lack body, poorly rounded, heavy on a the pointless dressing and overwhelmed with pork bit.
How can you miss so bad?

Really good pizza, really GREAT customer service, had an issue and these folks made it their mission to make me happy, and boy did they ever, Alex a huge thanks to you sir,!!! and the Delivery guy was also super awesome, just fantastic customer service…
The pizza is very thin crust, and quite delicious, fresh toppings, really good pepperoni, was unaware that there was sesame seeds on the pepperoni pizza, but it was all good, very tasty, next time i’ll ask for it a bit more well done than it was, but that’s my personal taste, overall a VERY, VERY GOOD pizza with very high quality ingredients. I’ll definitely be back
You guys are awesome! :) Thank you!

A few months ago my friends and I had a girls night that’s started with pizza and wine (classy I know). I wanted to go eat but they said that I HAD TO TRY THIS AMAZING PIZZA that a coworker recommended. So I gave in and said sure. I like pizza but I don’t LOVE it. Well people, this pizza changed my mind. They have a very simple menu but you can tell they use quality ingredients. The pizza that actually blew me away was the white pizza. I never like white sauce on my pizza but they pizza was perfection. Topped with Mozzarella, Garlic Ricotta and Arugula (perfect balance).I just couldn’t stop eating it. They also have really good garlic knots! If you live in the area they deliver by bike lol very hipster.

Please. Good tasting pizza but I waited 45 minutes to get it after I pre-​ordered by phone. Total time after placing the order: 1 hour 22 minutes. This place is run by children. No experience. No professionalism. No interest in working there (or anywhere else probably). Who waits an hour and a half for pizza? I did unfortunately and it will be the last time I ever set foot in this place. Worst experience ever.
So I gave them another chance. Ordered delivery. Took 1 hour 15 mins. Got the pizza but without the salads. I asked the delivery guy why nobody called. He shrugged his shoulders. I Then called and spoke with Alex Potter, the owner. He said he had plenty of salad but ran out of containers to put it in. I asked why they didn’t call me, it took over an hour for delivery. He said it wasn’t a priority and that salads were considered an appetizer. This place is a joke.

Was quite impressed with the taste– my bf picked it up so I did not see the place itself. It was a nice change from the typical fast food pizza, it’s more jersey style.
Don’t get the garlic sauce, it’s basically just garlic purée, it’s too strong.
I would get this again for sure but it won’t replace dirty old Pizza Pizza for a hangover cure.

Super tasty.
Not amazingly original but tasty. Definitely good to have a smaller scale pizza place nearby when I get the craving.
A bit over the top price wise given the simple product, but delicious and worth a splurge sometimes. Had the basic pizza and loved it. Would definitely be worth a visit or a call. The crust was amazing. Thin, perfectly done.

Used to order on the reg from the Queen West location. Great pizza, joke-​worthy delivery (cold pizza, mussed toppings, inexplicable wait times), as others have noted.
Few months ago I moved to Church and Richmond. You would think a restaurant at Church and Maitland would figure out a way to deliver to an address less than a mile away. You’d be wrong. Lmao.

Updated review: After two months I figured it was time to give North of Brooklyn another try, considering how much I liked the location on Queen.
I ordered two slices and asked them to leave the slices in the oven a little longer (they were barely warm last time).
This time the pizza was hot and slightly crispy — just the way I like it. My margherita slice was quite good but missing a kick to the flavour. Just a little bland. My friend’s pepperoni slice was also quite good.
A solid there stars this time, I have a feeling this place will get better over time, even if it’s a little on the expensive side.

Torture, pure torture… that’s the only way I can describe waiting in this shop for my pizza. Each pizza that came out before mine smelled better than the last. This is olfactory heaven in this shop.
This is a rather new outpost (open about 1 week) of the popular pizza joint on Queen West near Trinity Bellwoods Park. As the name implies, they specialize in Brooklyn-​style pizza, which means a thin crust cooked to a crisp. This new location, located in a basement shop beneath Woody’s is already doing a mean business. There’s already a hipster single-​speed bike with purple wheel parked in front… very Brooklyn.
The PIZZA choices are pretty simple. I had the interesting Kale & Bacon Pizza ($ 4.40 for a slice) It was generally quite tasty, although, it didn’t quite work out perfectly. The kale itself had dried a bit too much during cooking and the slice as a whole was too salty (not sure if that was coming from the kale itself as well). The crust was cooked perfectly. The white pizza on display looked awfully good and gets topped with arugula just before serving. The slices are somewhat small, ¹⁄₆ of a pizza and thin-​crust, so it’s not exactly value if you’re really hungry.
The STAFF were super friendly and nice. It was awesome to see so much work being done by hand in the open kitchen. It looks like they’re doing a good job to make things from scratch with quality ingredients.
The VENUE itself is quite small. This isn’t really an eat-​in sort of place. A smallish table or two plus 5 or 6 seats at a bar. Nice view (and smell) of the kitchen.
DELIVERY starts April 15. According to the website this location will deliver from University to Parliament and roughly from Front to Bloor/​Davenport. $ 3.50 charge for delivery with a 1 pie minimum.
OVERALL, I’m thrilled to have a local pizza place in the village. It sure beats the giant chains that pervade the neighborhood. I’ll definitely be back.