Blaze Fast Fire’d Pizza, the fast-casual artisanal pizza concept known for its chef-driven menu and casually hip restaurants will open in downtown Newark, on Thursday, November 19th. The highly anticipated opening is the fourth New Jersey location for Blaze Pizza, which debuted in Paramus this past November, followed by a second location in Wayne’s Willowbrook Mall in March, and a third location in Clark at Clark Commons in August.
The new Blaze Pizza restaurant is located at 691 Broad Street, across from Military Park. To celebrate the grand opening, the restaurant will offer FREE build-your-own artisanal pizzas on Friday, November 20th from 10:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. to anyone who follows Blaze Pizza on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.
Blaze Pizza describes itself as a modern day “pizza joint” serving up artisanal pizzas that are both fast and affordable. Since its first restaurant debuted in 2012, Blaze has quickly become one of the nation’s hottest restaurant concepts, with fans lining up each day for the custom-built pizzas, freshly made salads, blood orange lemonade and s’more pies. Each restaurant features an interactive open-kitchen format that allows guests to customize one of the menu’s signature pizzas or create their own, choosing from a wide selection of fresh, artisanal ingredients – all for about $8. The generously-sized personal pizzas are then sent to a blazing hot open-flame oven – the centerpiece of the restaurant – where dedicated pizzasmiths ensure that the thin-crust pies are fast-fire’d and ready to eat in just a few minutes. Restaurants make their own dough from scratch using a recipe developed by critically-acclaimed Executive Chef Bradford Kent (the “Pizza Whisperer”), which requires a 24-hour fermentation period to produce his signature light-as-air, crisp crust. For pizza fans with specific dietary needs, Blaze Pizza offers gluten-free dough and vegan cheese.
“Our mission at Blaze is really simple – we’re taking pizza back to its roots, “ said Jim Mizes, president & COO of Blaze Pizza. “By making dough in-house, carefully sourcing ingredients, and cooking by fire, we’re giving guests a great way to enjoy artisanal pizza without the wait. It’s changing the way people think about and eat pizza.”
Blaze Pizza is looking forward to continuing to build strong roots within the community. To that end, the company has developed a turn-key in-restaurant fundraiser program that returns 20% of an event’s proceeds back to local organizations, and will be partnering with local schools, sports clubs and other organizations to host fundraising events at the new restaurant.
