SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC NEWS) – This past Monday, Toss & Fire Wood-Fired Pizza opened their second location with a new restaurant in Camillus. The opening of the new location was in the works even before the pandemic. Owner Nick Sanford said COVID-19 was not going to prevent him from expanding.
“We were already considering expanding. The pandemic didn’t make us expand,” Sanford said. “It definitely was a little more, ‘Let’s take another look or two at this before we move forward and figure out how we can make it work for us,’ but we knew we wanted to expand,” Sanford added.
Sanford said he trusts his staff to carry out what he called a new approach to dining out.
“Pizza is built around being a takeout business. The landscape of how people get food has seen a pretty dramatic shift because of the pandemic,” Sanford said. “We were fortunate in that pizza was one of those items that translated well to that,” Sanford added.
Toss & Fire actually started out as a food truck line in 2015. They went on to open their first in-person location in North Syracuse in 2016, leading to the opening of the second location this week. Sanford said his restaurant has come a long way.
“We would do farmers markets, breweries, weddings, graduation parties,” Sanford said.
Sanford added that while he is excited about the second location, he’s content with the expansion.
“Not thinking about a third location right now, but never say never,” Sanford said.
