For those who want the speed of Subway and the visually appealing ingredients of Chipotle, Rapid Fired Pizza may be the perfect fit. This growing pizza chain opened their latest location out of the 21 existing locations across the country.
Rapid Fired Pizza can get a thin crust pizza out of the oven in 180 seconds. As the restaurant’s name implies, their service is speedy. Even pan crust pizzas take around five minutes. The restaurant can also seat up to 100 customers.
Rather than having their grand opening on the first day of operation, Rapid Fired Pizza had a “soft opening” to allow employees to settle into work. Co-founder Jim Savakinas said it also let the corporate management help franchise owners on the first few days of operation.
Austin Baldwin, a Rapid Fired Pizza employee, said the number of employees at this location makes it a fun and quick paced job. He stopped in on his day off so his friend could get some pepperoni sticks, though the two of them had just been in the day before.
Rapid Fired Pizza does not have the convenient location of Campus Pollyeyes, but the company has been reaching out to the campus community with coupons and special deals. One customer said the chain is incomparable to Campus Pollyeyes, however.
“I got the pepperoni sticks. They’re my favorite thing here,” Ashley Mania, a University junior, said. “They’re nothing like Campus Pollyeyes. I just like how it’s fast and you can choose what’s on your food easily.”
For their grand opening Tuesday, Sept. 26, the first 500 customers will receive a free pizza. Savakinas said they expect to run out of free pizza tickets by 1:30 or 2:30 p.m.
Without any coupons or deals, a 9-inch crafted pizza or custom pizza is $7.50. The 10 crafted pizzas offered are classic recipes with an additional twist. For example, their take on cheese pizza includes mozzarella, cheddar jack, blue, goat, Parmesan and feta cheeses. Any craft pizza can be specially ordered, or customers may create a unique pizza of their own.
The pizza chain offers a reward card for returning customers. Each pizza purchased gets card holders a sticker, and on Mondays, customers can get double stickers. There is also a Rapid Fired Pizza app customers can use to place orders for pick-up or eat-in. There is no delivery option, however.
To learn more about Rapid Fired Pizza, visit their website at rapidfiredpizza.com or stop in for the grand opening at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 26.
