Dakota Pie, LLC partnership of Mort Bank, Dave Glaser, Brad Bender, Brandon, Helbling and Mike Srnsky have secured the franchise rights to build Blaze Pizza restaurants in North Dakota and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Their first Blaze Pizza will open in Fargo at 1443 42nd Street South on October 19. A Sioux Falls Blaze Pizza will open in the second half of 2018. They also plan on opening Blaze Pizza restaurants in Minot and Grand Forks. Two or more locations will be built in Bismarck.

Blaze Pizza was founded in California five years ago. The concept: fast, affordable, high-quality pizza that is ready in just three minutes. The build-your-own pizza is made from fresh, made-from-scratch dough. Healthy and artisan ingredients are available as well as traditional pizza ingredients.

Blaze Pizza has grown from 2 restaurants to over 200 in just four years. It’s the fastest growing restaurant chain in U.S. history! NBA Superstar LeBron James is a franchisee and owns 10 percent of the company.