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Pizzeria with ‘fast fired’ pies closes in South End Charlotte. What we know

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Blaze Pizza, a fast-casual chain serving fast-fired pies, has shut its doors in Charlotte’s South End.

The pizzeria’s Camden Road location was listed as “closed” on Blaze’s website as of Tuesday, Oct. 21, and an auction is scheduled for next month, per VanishAuctions.com.

A close-up view of a baked pizza with a puffy, golden-brown crust sits on a wooden peel. The toppings include tomato sauce, melted cheese, fresh arugula, black olives, diced vegetables, and dollops of white fresh cheese, possibly ricotta or mozzarella.
The Art Lover Pizza at Blaze. Courtesy of Blaze Pizza CharlotteFive

All items will “be sold as-is where is” Tuesday, Nov. 4, the auction house said. Shipping is not available, and winning bidders must pick up their items on a designated removal day.

A reason for the closure wasn’t immediately clear. CharlotteFive reached out to Blaze Pizza for more information on Tuesday and was awaiting a response.

The Blaze Pizza in Greenville, S.C., has closed, as have two locations in Columbia, S.C., leaving the only remaining location in that state in Boiling Springs. But several remain in North Carolina, including Charlotte-area pizza shops in University City, Concord and Gastonia.

Opened in Charlotte in 2016, the pizza joint offered artisanal, personal-sized pies with custom toppings and sauces. Customers could “build-your-own” 11-inch pizza with options including spicy red sauce, feta cheese crumbles, pepperoni and even cauliflower crust, CharlotteFive previously reported.

A detailed shot of a custom-built pizza, possibly from Blaze Pizza, highlights a well-charred crust and fresh toppings. The pizza features a red sauce base with fresh mozzarella, crumbles of sausage, black olive slices, and thin rings of red onion and fresh spinach leaves.
At Blaze, you can pick your pizza toppings from a wide array of choices. Blaze

Fresh salads and pesto garlic cheesy bread are on the menu, as are brownies and s’mores pies for dessert.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

Location: 1750 Camden Rd, Charlotte, NC 28203 (permanently closed)

Location: 8948 J M Keynes Drive, Charlotte, NC 28262

Location: 8915 Christenbury Parkway, Suite 30, Concord, North Carolina 28025

Location: 401 Cox Road, Unit 178, Gastonia, North Carolina 28054

Menu

Cuisine: Wood-fired pizza, bread and salads

Instagram: @blazepizza

An overhead shot displays three different pizzas arranged on a light wooden table, each with a thin crust and various toppings. The pies include one with pepperoni, sausage, and red onion; one with pesto, chicken, red peppers, and arugula; and one with mushrooms, red onion, zucchini, and distinct dollops of thick red sauce.
The Veg Out pizza (with gluten free crust) at top, on left, The Meat Eater pizza, right,The Green Stripe (chicken) pizza at Blaze Pizza Joyce Marshall Star-Telegram

This story was originally published October 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM.

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Tanasia is a service journalism reporter based at the Charlotte Observer | CharlotteFive, working remotely from Atlanta, Georgia. She recently joined the NC Service Journalism team and covers restaurant openings/closings in Charlotte and statewide stories. She’s been with McClatchy since 2020.

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