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| - Saw their ad on TV that showed a new location had just opened in Fairlawn. Unfortunately, I drove by or tried to stop-in three different times, and each time the windows were covered with paper. I heard they had a few problems opening, but finally they unlocked their doors early this month. I stopped in around 5:00, on a Friday, and of course they were a little busy. But the process didn't take any longer than their other locations when busy. But should they turn out to be much more popular, Pizza Fire should think about adding to or expending the bake ovens.
Anyway, I decided to test them by creating my own pizza. I ordered a Three-Topping for $7.49. My sauce of choice was the original Neapolitan, covered with shredded mozzarella, and topped with pepperoni, bacon and mushrooms. The dough is fresh and they stretch it out when you order. When baked, my pizza measured about 10 1/4 inches across, roughly an inch smaller than I'm used to getting at other Pizza Fire locations. So maybe a bit of training is necessary as I am sure there are corporate standards that should be met. The sauce was terrific. There were fourteen slices of pepperoni. And the toppings covered from within an inch to a half-inch from the edge.
The only thing I didn't like was the bacon. I'm a big bacon fan, but it has to be crisp. The bacon on the pizza wasn't. The bacon was obviously pre-cooked (don't know if P.F. does it or if it arrives that way from an outside source) and crumbled. But, as a fan of bacon, I know personally that, if allowed to sit, bacon absorbs back some fat and softens up. The length of time they bake the pizza is not enough time for bacon to re-crisp. So, don't order it with bacon unless you are O.K. with it not being crisp. Oh well, that's my problem, and I am not going to penalize Pizza Fire for my idiosyncrasy.
The other Pizza Fire locations are on the Belly network. When I was here they did not have the network on-line. So, no credits.
I am going to give this location four stars. I would like to give it 3 1/2, at least until they work out the kinks and bugs and are comparable to the other Pizza Fire stores, but Yelp doesn't allow that. I am placing it towards the bottom of the 4-star list.
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