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While many restaurants and food businesses have struggled to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, not all are in that category.
Square Pie Guys, which opened in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood in July 2019, is opening a second location, this time in Oakland. (We profiled co-owner
Marc Schechter when he made pizza for the homeless in September 2018 and co-owner
Danny Stoller after Square Pie Guys opened).
Since pizza travels well, is easy to deliver and is seen as comfort food, the new business was primed to do well during the shutdown, but the frequent appearance of its pizza on critics’ best-of lists didn’t hurt, either. (Its burger has made those lists as well). Square Pie Guys is known for Detroit-style pizza, which not only is square-shaped, but also has crispy cheese baked into the crust.