Sunset Squares Pizza & Craft Beer
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Sourdough square pizza with inventive toppings, garlic fries
Sourdough square pizza with inventive toppings, garlic fries
"Bitcoin, which is currently trading at 50 percent below its all time high, could use a break. Thankfully May 22 is Bitcoin Pizza Day, a riff on the legendary story of the cryptocurrency’s first retail transaction wherein a customer bought two pizzas with 10,000 BTC (an estimated $296,000,000 worth of pizza today). In honor of that tale, San Francisco pizzeria Sunset Squares Pizza is throwing a free pizza party at Temple Nightclub from 4 to 9 p.m. with attendees like Domino from Oakland’s Hieroglyphics and a 'secret Bay Area special guest.'" - Paolo Bicchieri
"The square pizzas from this pop-up-turned-brick-and-mortar in SoMa are about as subtle as a NYFW runway show. Exhibit A: the Bulldog—a behemoth loaded with bulgogi, kimchi, bulldog sauce, kewpie mayo, and bonito flakes, and the General Mapo with mapo tofu, Sichuan peppercorns, and cheese. If you’d rather stick to something classic, go with pepperoni or mushroom—these pies complement the thick sourdough crust nicely. But the menu doesn’t stop here. The Chicago-style pub pies (go for one with honey butter, potatoes, and leeks) have snappy thin crusts that are lighter compared to the heftier squares. The spacious beer hall also doubles as an NFT gallery, so you can ponder the pros and cons of finally breaking into crypto while sipping on some cider." - Julia Chen
"Namu Gaji closed temporarily for a seismic retrofit in 2019, with plans to move the concept into the former Perennial space in SoMa, but the move never happened. The SoMa location became SSP Beer Hall in 2021, adding pizza takeout and delivery." - Becky Duffett
"Sunset Squares in SoMa specializes in thick, square pies made with a chewy sourdough crust (although their thin-crust, Chicago tavern-style pizzas are also worth your time). Their toppings range from pepperoni (our go-to) or sausage and hot giardiniera to more unconventional combinations, like mapo tofu and ricotta. Pick up a couple of pizzas, a salad, and some brown butter chocolate chip cookies to go, and you’re all set." - Julia Chen 1
"They recently opened a new restaurant, Sunset Squares Pizza, and it’s been well received so far! Chef Dennis Lee is doing innovative pizzas that use a lot of my Korean-focused crops—he’s doing a galbi jjim pizza." - ByKristyn Leach, as told to Aliza Abarbanel