Square Pie Guys to close Palo Alto pizza restaurant

San Francisco Chronicle · Aviva Bechky · 2026-10-28 17:20 UTC

Square Pie Guys first opened as a pop-up and spread to six locations. This marks the Detroit-style pizza chain's first closure, said owner Marc Schechter.

Square Pie Guys, the local, rapidly expanding Detroit-style pizza chain, is closing a location for the first time.

The Palo Alto restaurant, at 369 California Ave., will make its last pizzas on Friday, the business announced on Instagram.

“I’m still trying to grow Square Pie Guys,” owner and founder Marc Schechter told the Chronicle. “They can’t all be home runs.”

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