A fast casual pizza chain based in California is set to open its first locations in Upstate New York.

Blaze Pizza, which describes itself at "Fast, Fire'd" is opening its first Upstate NY pizzeria near Schenectady at the Mohawk Commons in Niskayuna with other Capitol District locations to follow.

The chain works like Subway or Chipotle where the pizza is assembled in front of you then baked in a quick as three minutes in a wood fired oven.

According to the Blaze Pizza website, there are two exisiting locations in New York on Long Island and another is planned downstate in Whites Plains.

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