Blaze Pizza Offers FREE Pizza at July 31 Grand Opening

Blaze Fast Fire’d Pizza is set to open in a blaze of glory this week at 6230-A W. 95th St. (next to Chipotle) in Oak Lawn.

The fast-casual, artisanal pizza joint is planning a grand opening celebration on Friday July 31. From 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., the restaurant will be offering FREE build-you-own artisanal pizzas to anyone who follows Blaze Pizza on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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Blaze Pizza serves up fast and affordable, custom-built artisanal pizzas, fresh salads and s’more pies. The Oak Lawn location features an open kitchen and outdoor patio. The interactive open kitchen format 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 generous-sized, personal pizzas are sent to a blazing hot oven where pizzasmiths fire it to perfection in 180 seconds. The restaurant handcrafts its 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.

Blaze also offers pizza fans with specific dietary needs, gluten-free dough and vegan cheese. The Oak Lawn location will offer wine and craft beer.

The Chipotle-esque, DIY pizza chain has become the leader of the do-it-yourself pizzeria trend, proclaims brandchannel.com.

Blaze Pizza has six locations in the Chicago area. Oak Lawn is the first location in the south suburbs to land one of the Southern California pizzerias.

The restaurant is planning a soft opening for Friday, July 30. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; and 10:30 a.m. to midnight, Friday and Saturday.

This story has been updated with new information.