Written by Arman Gandhi, a fifth-grade student at Louisa May Alcott Elementary School and a burgeoning scribe in the 826CHI writing program.

Like a stick figure's head, pizza is round and has stuff on it. Eat some circle-y dinner with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of awesome pizza, refreshing drinks, and other really cool meals at Barnaby's Family Inn in Schaumburg.

Since 1968, this has been Barnaby's routine: they make delicious thin-crust pizza using fresh ingredients and 100% real mozzarella cheese. You can customize the pizzas with 19 toppings, such as sausage, green peppers, and black olives. Warning: don't eat too much sugar before you come here, otherwise you'll get too hyper and drop a delicious 14-inch cheese pizza ($13.10) and it will not be pretty. The specialty Western pizza ($8.75 for 10” small, $16 for 14” large) has chicken, onions, and an amazing barbecue sauce. If you don't like pizza, Barnaby's also has delicious sandwiches, such as the half-pound Pub burger ($6.45 with fries and coleslaw). Pasta, such as the house-made ravioli comes coated with marinara sauce that looks like lava from a tasty volcano and is served with garlic bread and a small salad ($6.70). Parents don't need to worry about their kids not having a good meal and a good time, because Barnaby's has a kids’ menu, which includes a cheeseburger with fries ($3) and macaroni and cheese ($3). This is a great place for a bash.