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| - What good fortune it was to completely stumble upon this place on a family trip to Lakeland Farm Park. The "wood fired pizza" street sign caught my eye, my wife and I were starving, and we decided to give it a shot. From the outside, it did not look like much, and the inside was small, but once we read the specials and learned about the locally sourced ingredients, we thought, yeah, this might be good.
A few other nuances we noticed: bunches of fresh basil and thyme on the counter that was being plucked and used on the spot (think fresh-fresh-fresh), copies of Edible Cleveland at the hostess stand (if they read Edible Cleveland you know they are into the local high quality food scene), several etch-a-sketch available for kids to play with (my 2.5 year old loved it), and an awesome red wood burning pizza oven that is visible to the entire dining room floor.
We started off with a basic green salad (local greens), which we shared because it is huge! The balsamic dressing was light and perfectly dressed. We also got a set of bread sticks which arrived with a bowl of pizza sauce. The bread sticks were wood fired and combined with the sauce were excellent. I had to hold myself back from completely eating all of them. I had to save some appetite for the pizza.
My wife's pizza was a white pizza with cherry tomatoes. I selected the traditional four cheese and had extra basil added. Coming out of the wood fire, they were absolutely amazing. The quality and freshness of the ingredients is outstanding. Pizzas are roughly sized to be individual servings. In addition, the crust is very thin and crispy, so the pizzas are not very filling. Without appetizers, one could easily eat an entire pizza.
I cannot begin to convey how fantastic the pizza is at Biga. The quality and taste is unbelievable. In fact, it is so good that my wife and I made another trip to Kirtland from Hudson (~45min drive) just to get their pizza again. Second time, it was just as good.
I can see how some local people may not get it and are turned off by the price. It is high quality pizza, done in a Neapolitan style, using the freshest local ingredients as possible, all made from scratch. Biga is artisan pizza made by a person who has perfected the craft. It is not mass produced and sold by volume by a bunch of teens running the pizza parlor on a Saturday night. If you are looking for the latter, don't bother (in fact - stay away so I can get reservation when I want to eat at Biga).
As a side note, Biga does not have an alcohol license, but is bring your own bottle of wine with NO corkage fee!
I don't care that a round trip will consume an hour and half to get to Biga and back to my house; Biga is so fantastic that my wife and I have made a commitment to dine there at least once a month. If you are a foodie, I beg you to try it. You will not be disappointed.
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