Blaze Pizza, Bound Brook, NJ

Date: 6/3/2018
Location: Bound Brook, NJ
Pizza Ordered: (red)Vine
Website: https://blazepizza.com/

Blaze Pizza is the newest pizzeria on the block in the Bridgewater/Bound Brook area. They provide a chipotle-style pizza building experience with fresh ingredients, delicious options, and a spacious and trendy seating area.

The first thing you appreciate when walking in the door is a warm atmosphere and trendy, modern adornments. The tinted windows bathe the restaurant in a beautiful glow. There are plenty of delicious options to create, or you can DIY and customize your order. They create a perfectly circular pie that gets toasted to perfection in their oven. They have a huge selection of ingredients and toppings and they even offer vegan cheese!!

I decided to go with the (red)vine pizza with a side of "donuts" (their version of garlic knots) and the blood orange lemonade. My girlfriend opted to create a plain pie with vegan cheese. The (red)vine had a fantastic red sauce, delicious cheese, and a very pleasant sea-salt taste. The crust was perfectly crispy with a pleasant toasting on the base. The blood orange lemonade has an amazing taste and I've made it a habit to get every time I eat at Blaze. The "donuts" were super fluffy with just the right amount of garlic and olive oil. The vegan pizza had the perfect ratio of cheese to sauce and the cheese had a nice thin spread that eliminated the overly gooeyness that is often a challenge with melting vegan cheese. Overall, this pizzeria is the bomb and I have returned several times since my first meal.

The vegan cheese topped pie is pictured above.

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