I’ve had coal-fired pizza a couple of times before, but the place that served it (on Belair Road) lasted only a handful of months before closing.

My wife works in Howard County and she had noticed in recent weeks that a new business was coming to the area and the name was Coal Fire. She confirmed that it was indeed a coal-fired pizza restaurant.

It opened this past Wednesday and we had pizza from there Thursday evening. According to my wife, who picked the pizza up, the place was full already. They have just been open for dinner but they will also be open for lunch soon. The don’t deliver for quality reasons.

My wife started her meal off with a Coal Fire salad, which includes Applewood bacon. They serve oven baked wings and extras including onion rings, calamari, fries, and crab meat mac and cheese. Besides pizza they serve sandwiches.

They have 3 types of sauces for their pizza – Classic, Spicy and Signature. Signature includes a mix of the other two. They serve 12″ and 16″ pies. They also suggest no more than 2 toppings because of the crust’s thinness. THey have a Margherita Pizza as well as their Signature, which includes red peppers, red onion and signature sauce.

The thing about all their pizzas that I noticed with our plain cheese one was the freshness of the mozzarella. Coupled with the sauce and the crispness and taste of the crust, the mozzarella was great.

We will definitely be going back to Coal Fire. I’m interested in some of their sandwiches as well as some of their extras.

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Information:
Coal Fire
Located in Shipley’s Grant
5725 Richard’s Valley Road
Ellicott City, MD 21043
410.480.2625