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Pie Squared (方派披萨)

Pie Squared is Beijing's Detroit-style specialist, founded in 2013 by Michigan native Asher Gillespie, who built the concept by merging his hometown's pan-pizza tradition with a Beijing market he had watched shift toward eating pizza and dairy. It applies the technique-level details that define the style: cheese laid before sauce so the crust does not go soggy, and the pan's edge caramelising the cheese into a crunchy border.

1F, Building 1, Unit 1-5, 8 Laiguangying Dong Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing · Beijing · Detroit · est. 2013

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Why it is here

Pie Squared is Beijing's Detroit-style specialist, founded in 2013 by Michigan native Asher Gillespie, who built the concept by merging his hometown's pan-pizza tradition with a Beijing market he had watched shift toward eating pizza and dairy. It applies the technique-level details that define the style: cheese laid before sauce so the crust does not go soggy, and the pan's edge caramelising the cheese into a crunchy border.

What to order

Motown Meatball; BLT Pizza

What we looked at

Detroit-style pan pizza: cheese applied before sauce to prevent sogginessCheese and sauce caramelise around the pan's edge into a crunchy borderFounder is a Michigan native who explicitly merged his hometown style with the Beijing market