Take an East Bay Pizza Tour with Square Pie Guys Founder Marc Schechter

Tag along on a trip through Richmond and Berkeley for the best slices of pie on this side of the Bay Bridge

Dianne de Guzman is a deputy editor at Eater SF writing about Bay Area restaurant and bar trends, upcoming openings, and pop-ups.

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MarcMarc Schechter is an unabashed pizza fan. It makes sense, as Schechter founded Bay Area brand Square Pie Guys with good friend Danny Stoller, helping to popularize Detroit-style pizza in San Francisco. Schechter’s journey behind the pizza peel first began at home, making pies for friends while navigating a day job, then begging PizzaHacker owner Jeff Krupman to hire him for a weekend gig after trying their pies in 2018 — despite having no restaurant experience whatsoever. Schechter eventually took on other industry jobs including at Pizzeria Delfina, while also lending a hand with Krupman’s PizzaHacker pop-up at Vinyl Wine Bar. He eventually started a pop-up with Stoller and they gained a solid following, leading to three permanent locations of Square Pie Guys in San Francisco and Oakland.