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Tiburon resident trades tech career for Detroit-style pizza

Tiburon resident Joe Garfola is now serving up Motor City-style pies as the owner of Squared Pizza at the Bon Aire Center.

FRANCISCO MARTINEZ / THE ARKTiburon resident Joe Garfola (left), pictured here May 8, owns Detroit-style pizzeria Squared Pizza at the Bon Aire Center in Greenbrae, which had a soft launch in late March before a grand opening May 3. He’s here with wife Vicki Garfola, a chiropractor who helps out in the shop a few days a week. They’ve known each other since high school and even worked at a Pizza Hut together while they attended Michigan State University.
Francisco Martinez
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ · 1 min read

As much as Tiburon resident Joe Garfola enjoys pizza, he says he’d get a little homesick whenever he and his family would order a circular pie.

Garfola is from Detroit, where square pizza reigns supreme. He says he noticed there was a dearth of options in Marin County that served it up — so he decided to fill the gap.

“We wanted to have the opportunity to provide it for others, of course, but also have the pizza that we’d like to eat,” he says.

Garfola is now serving up Motor City-style pies as the owner of Squared Pizza at the Bon Aire Center in Greenbrae. After a soft launch in late March, the restaurant had its grand opening May 3.

The shop offers all the classic pizza toppings, from pepperoni and sausage to onions, olives, jalapeños and mushrooms.

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A version of this story appeared in the May 14, 2025, print edition of The Ark. See something wrong? Request a correction.
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