ions & Tigers & Squares was conceived in 2018 by Artichoke Basille's Pizza co-founders and pizza aficionados, Francis Garcia and Sal Basille, who were inspired to open a Detroit-style pizza shop after visiting Buddy’s Pizza in Detroit during filming for their show Cooking Channel show, Pizza Cuz. They were impressed by the quality of pizza and wanted to bring a taste of Detroit to New York City, thus deciding to open a shop dedicated to the Motor City’s square pan pizza and crunchy, caramelized cheese crust. While LTS is a Manhattan-located pizzeria, it's also an ode to all things Detroit: Detroit Lions, Detroit Tigers, and Detroit-style square pan pizza!