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| - I've been a fan of Dewey's ever since they opened up their first Northeast Ohio shop in Cleveland Heights back in late 2005. Sure, they're a chain, but they've done chain pizza right. Fresh ingredients, unique pizza toppings, local brews and a clean, hip atmosphere. They don't do much, pizza, calzones and salads, but they've perfected their menu.
The Lakewood location is still pretty new, having opened just five short years ago, but it's clear from the crowds and the Yelpers rave reviews, that they've managed to create another Cleveland-area pizza success story. The staff is always friendly, drinks are incessantly refilled, and the food, hell, who doesn't love a good pizza? You can also watch the pizza making peeps through a glass-walled fishbowl of a kitchen. Entertaining and informative. Gotta love it.
I've had several of their signature pies including the wild mushroom (a fungus-lovers feast), the green lantern (a more traditional offering with artichokes and pesto) and the billy goat (goat cheese, sundried tomatoes, green peppers). I've never been disappointed. The crust is hand-tossed, always made fresh, never frozen, and the toppings taste like they're straight out of the garden. Speaking of garden, I love their salads, too. The first Dewey's salad I ever had was their house salad and I'm convinced it started the whole "goat cheese/dried cranberry/nut/vinaigrette" thing. Now it seems that every restaurant has some variant of it.
Anyway, on our most recent visit I got the harvest salad, the seasonal offering, and it was delicious. Field Greens with dried figs, applewood smoked bacon, roasted pumpkin seeds (out of the shells, of course), and Boursin cheese. The dressing, an apple cider vinaigrette, was great and present in just the right amount. My wife opted for the candied walnut and grape salad. Field Greens with chopped sweet, crunchy candied walnuts, red grapes and Gorgonzola cheese, tossed with a citrus basil vinaigrette. Fresh, tasty and eaten pretty fast.
Our pizza was the Dr Dre. Not your standard pizza, this one was topped with sliced chicken, pickled jalapenos, fresh tomatoes, green peppers, red onion, bacon and a drizzle of ranch dressing. I've no idea why it's called the Dr Dre, but it worked. Spicy, crunchy, vegetable-y, and sweet, it had just about every flavor you could want in a pizza. Admittedly, I did miss the red sauce, but I still had no problem devouring nearly half of it.
I've definitely had pizza's that I've liked better and I've definitely eaten in restaurants that I've enjoyed more but for what Dewey's is I really dig it. Some may complain that they are overpriced and I get it. Nearly $18 for a 13" pizza is a bit steep. Dewey's isn't about cheap food. They're food is consistently good, the salads are constructed perfectly and the service is prompt and courteous. Oh yeah, and the background music is great - Phish, Hendrix, Van Morrison, and not blasting my eardrums out. It's hard not to like it.
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