Blaze Pizza Opens 3rd Tampa Bay Eatery Near USF

TAMPA, FL — Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza, known for its fast artisanal pizza, has opened a third location in the Tampa area near the University of South Florida at Fowler Avenue and North 51st Street.

Blaze Pizza will follow all of Florida’s restaurant reopening guidelines. The brand will offer dine-in, carryout via pick-up or curbside service, and contactless delivery through its website, mobile app and various third-party delivery partners (Door Dash, Uber Eats, and Postmates).

Additionally, Blaze Pizza will implement safety and sanitation guidelines, including requiring masks and gloves for all team members, availability of hand sanitizer for guests, and food safety procedures validated by a third-party auditor.

The Tampa Blaze Pizza will also feature the following: hiring of a dining room ambassador, whose responsibilities will include wiping down high-touch surfaces frequently and providing single-use eco-friendly bags given to each guest to store their personal masks while dining.

“Blaze Pizza is a concept built around customization and quality, clean ingredients,” said Dennis Sherer Operating Partner for Blaze Pizza in Tampa. “Just as we are focused on providing the highest standard in pizza, we are committed to providing the highest standards in safety while offering our guests multiple ways to enjoy our pizzas.”

The new Blaze Pizza is 2,600 square feet and offers seating for more than 60 inside with nearly 20 additional seats on a covered outdoor patio. The new Tampa Blaze Pizza also features a wall-size mural with an ode to USF. The hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily.

The first Tampa-area Blaze Pizza location opened in Lutz in January 2019. A second location opened in Trinity in September 2019.

The new restaurant aims to build strong roots in the community by offering an in-restaurant fundraiser program and virtual fundraising options that return 20 percent of event proceeds back to local organizations.

Blaze Pizza can customize one of the menu’s signature pizzas or create their own, choosing from a wide selection of real ingredients that are free of artificial colors, flavors, preservatives and sweeteners. Restaurants make fresh dough from scratch which requires a 24-hour fermentation period to produce a signature light-as-air, crisp crust. For pizza fans with specific dietary needs, Blaze Pizza offers gluten-free and keto crusts, plus vegan cheese and plant-based spicy chorizo.

Blaze Pizza currently operates 345 restaurants in 41 states and six countries.