Blaze Fast Fire’d Pizza opened the doors to its University of Central Florida location today.
The new pizza joint is located at Plaza on University, 4100 N. Alafaya Trail.
“As the nation’s leading fast casual artisanal pizza concept, Blaze Pizza serves up custom-built pizzas that are both fast and affordable. The restaurant features an interactive assembly-line format that allows guests to create their own pizza, choosing from a wide selection of fresh, artisanal ingredients – all for under $8. The generously-sized 11-inch pizzas are then sent to the blazing hot open flame oven where dedicated pizzasmiths ensure that the thin-crust pies are “fast-fire’d” and ready to eat in just 180 seconds,” a press release stated.
Dennis Sherer, managing partner, spoke to KnightNews.com about the new location.
“Our goal is to be a part of the community, be a part of the college and provide a great experience for the students,” Sherer stated.
“The energy of the employees is really great because it’s a lot of the college aged kids; they’re really good at this concept because they have to interact so if they have to interact with people they’re similar to, or if their friends come in, it makes it a more fun environment,” Houston Albritton, new restaurant opening manager said. Albritton traveled with the company to assist the opening at UCF.
Blaze Pizza at UCF seats 90 within its 3,100-square-foot interior. The millennial-type atmosphere is set with quotes that are plastered among the walls.
“This location is in such an awesome spot that I want to see this location be the busiest Blaze of every Blaze,” Albritton expressed when sharing his goals.
To celebrate the opening of the restaurant, this location is is offering FREE build-your-own artisanal pizza, tomorrow – Sept. 4 from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., to anyone who follows Blaze Pizza on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.
Sherer wanted to tell Knights that “We do the free pizza day because once you try it, you’re going to like it and you’re going to come back so give us an opportunity. Come over and see the great value, the great product and great environment and once you do we feel you’ll be back.”
The hours of operation are 11:00 a.m-10:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and extra hours Friday and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to midnight.
