Square Pie Guys Closes Palo Alto Pizza Location

Square Pie Guys is closing its Palo Alto pizzeria at 369 California Ave., with the last Detroit-style pies coming out of the oven Friday, Oct. 30. The shutdown is the first location closure in the Bay Area chain’s history and comes barely a year after the restaurant opened on the Peninsula. Chain's First Closure Comes Just Over a Year After Opening The Palo Alto shop opened in September 2025, after a Campbell location debuted the prior month, according to East Bay Times. Square Pie Guys announced the closure on Instagram; the San Francisco Chronicle reported it is the chain’s first-ever location shutdown. Before Square Pie Guys took over the space directly, a Local Kitchens outlet there sold the brand’s pizzas through a licensing agreement, the Chronicle reported. Founder and owner Marc Schechter told the Chronicle that the Palo Alto location did not find consistent business across the day and week. Lunch performed well, he said, but dinner and weekend traffic slowed considerably.

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