Square Pan Pizza

[Aves]

Anyone remember this place back from the '80s? I think it was a SoCal thing only.

For some reason I just randomly remembered that my mom always used to take me here when we would go to Santa Monica Mall; probably to appease me since I hated going shopping as a kid. I remember really liking the pizza but considering I was in elementary school I probably wasn't too hard to please.

There is surprisingly little info on this company available online. Best I can tell the owners sold out completely to Sbarro back in the early '90s. I feel pretty confident that the pizza was probably better than that at least.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

tons of places do square/rectangular pizza, mostly in the form of a sicilian, which is a lousy pile of everything.

 

[darkswordsman17]

tons of places do square/rectangular pizza, mostly in the form of a sicilian, which is a lousy pile of everything.

Er, he's talking about a chain called Square Pan Pizza.

 

[DrPizza]

Pizza Pie are round! Not Pi R Squared!

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Pizza Pie are round! Not Pi R Squared!

zing!

 

[techs]

Pizza Pie are round! Not Pi R Squared!

DrPizza has spoken!

 

[DaveSimmons]

Never heard of them (grew up in LA), but Papa John's pan pizza is decent and rectangular.

 

[Jadow]

nuff said

http://www.rockyrococo.com/default.aspx

 

[ScoobMaster]

Are you telling me that some of you don't know about sheet pizza??

http://pudgiescortland.com/Pizza.html

http://www.nirchis.com/menu/view.nhtml?profile=menu&UID=43

 

[guyver01]

Pizza hut has pan pizza

 

[zerocool84]

 

[Heller]

I dont know how people eat the cheap pizza hut and other major chains pizza. Spend the extra four dollars for the pie at your local pizza place, as you place orders try out different local shops and see who makes it best, its not hard to find a good pizza.

 

[Eos]

I worked at a Square Pan store at a mall in Oregon starting the April before I finished high school.

The chain was bought by Sbarro about 20 months later.

 

[Aves]

I worked at a Square Pan store at a mall in Oregon starting the April before I finished high school.

The chain was bought by Sbarro about 20 months later.

I didn't realize they had restaurants that far north. Did you stay on after it was Sbarro? I imagine they just essentially just replaced everything with Sbarro menu items, logos, etc.

 

[IronWing]

Rocky Rococo has had square pizzas since the seventies. A rival local chain used the phrase "In a world where pi r squared, ours are round."

 

[shortylickens]

I love Rocky. Best pizza ever. None near me now, I miss them, a lot.

 

[Eos]

I didn't realize they had restaurants that far north. Did you stay on after it was Sbarro? I imagine they just essentially just replaced everything with Sbarro menu items, logos, etc.

I was about to move an hour away before the buyout occurred, so I stayed on, but only for a few weeks.

Yeah, everything was replaced for Sbarro branded stuff. No more "One ranch P-Meal please." from the cashiers to the cook in back. That was Square Pan code for a slice of pepperoni pizza and a salad with ranch dressing

 

[CZroe]

Donatos?

 

[DefDC]

Donatos?

Funny you say that. I'm driving 2 1/2 hrs tomorrow to visit a Donatos. And Fry's Electronics! (Indy)

 

[CZroe]

Funny you say that. I'm driving 2 1/2 hrs tomorrow to visit a Donatos. And Fry's Electronics! (Indy)

They once existed in GA and were the fastest-growing national pizza chain that year (though two others claimed the same). I'm not a vegetarian nor did I have any reason to avoid meat, but I ordered and ate the heck out of their veggie subs for the simple fact that they were PURE AWESOME.

 

[Joseph619]

Anyone remember this place back from the '80s? I think it was a SoCal thing only.

For some reason I just randomly remembered that my mom always used to take me here when we would go to Santa Monica Mall; probably to appease me since I hated going shopping as a kid. I remember really liking the pizza but considering I was in elementary school I probably wasn't too hard to please.

There is surprisingly little info on this company available online. Best I can tell the owners sold out completely to Sbarro back in the early '90s. I feel pretty confident that the pizza was probably better than that at least.

SQ

 

[Joseph619]

Square Pan Pizza Co was a chain based in San Diego. Mostly inside shopping malls in southern california, but had a few independent restaurants also. The owner was Gregg Motsenbocker. https://www.maarslet-pizza.dk/w-pizza/what-happened-to-square-pan-pizza-san-diego.html

 

[Joseph619]

Square Pan Pizza Co was a chain based in San Diego. Mostly inside shopping malls in southern california, but had a few independent restaurants also. The owner was Gregg Motsenbocker. https://www.maarslet-pizza.dk/w-pizza/what-happened-to-square-pan-pizza-san-diego.html

See Dead/Abandoned Trademark SQUARE PAN PIZZA CO. with classes [043]

"square pan pizza" restaurant services

trademark.trademarkia.com

 

[feralkid]

 

[Kaido]

Dang, a wild thread from 2011 appears!

I have this amazing pan for square (well, rectangle) pizza:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FY5PHIK

Great recipe:

Detroit-Style Pan Pizza Recipe

Detroit-style pizza is its own thing: topped with brick cheese, pepperoni, and red sauce, and a lacy, crispy cheese crust all the way around the edges. Here's how to make it.

www.seriouseats.com