Blaze Pizza

Blaze Pizza at 667 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101 brings the chain’s fast-casual, build-your-own pizza format to central Pasadena, close to the Playhouse Village area. Its main appeal is customization: diners move through an assembly line choosing crust, sauce, cheese, meats, vegetables, and finishing drizzles before the pizza is rapidly fired. With a relaxed dining room, outdoor seating, late hours on weekends, and plenty of plant-based choices, this branch works especially well for casual lunches, quick dinners, and groups with different tastes.

The atmosphere is lively and informal rather than restaurant-date polished. Counter ordering keeps meals moving quickly, while dine-in, takeout, delivery, and outdoor seating add flexibility. Current published hours are 10:30 a.m.–11 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 10:30 a.m.–midnight Thursday through Saturday, making this Pasadena location particularly useful for a later pizza stop. Parking can require some planning; customers mention street parking as well as nearby paid options.

The Blaze Pizza menu follows the brand’s familiar formula of personal 11-inch pizzas, with four crust choices and more than 35 toppings. The Build Your Own remains the safest recommendation for first-timers because it allows extensive customization without committing to a preset flavor profile. Current signatures include the Spicy Pepperoni, finished with jalapeño, garlic, and hot honey; the meat-heavy Carnivore; and vegetable-focused options such as the Herbivore. Salads, cheesy bread, desserts, and lemonades round out the meal. Pricing falls in the affordable-to-moderate fast-casual range, with value strongest for diners who take advantage of multiple toppings.

Vegetarian and vegan diners have unusually good flexibility for a pizza chain. Original, high-rise, and house-made gluten-free dough are listed as vegan, with vegan cheese and plant-based chorizo also available. Anyone with celiac disease or a serious gluten allergy should be more cautious, however, because shared preparation areas can create cross-contact.

Customer feedback for this exact Colorado Boulevard branch is generally favorable. Diners repeatedly praise the fresh toppings, quick cooking, friendly employees, crisp crust, vegan customization, and clean casual setting. Half-pizza options and blood orange lemonade have also earned positive mentions. Complaints tend to focus on inconsistency: some guests have encountered disengaged service, a dining room being partly closed down well before closing time, or pizza that was merely average rather than memorable.

This Pasadena Blaze is best for students, families, solo diners, pre- or post-entertainment meals, and groups whose members want different toppings or dietary options. It is less suited to a romantic dinner or anyone seeking traditional wood-fired Italian pizza. For a first visit, choose a Build Your Own or Spicy Pepperoni and pair it with lemonade; this branch makes the most sense when speed, customization, and an easygoing meal matter more than formal atmosphere.