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An Open Letter to the Meatball Parmigiana Sandwich from Amato’s

by Malcolm Bedell May 23, 2012

Dear Meatball Parmigiana Sandwich from Amato’s, Can you believe it’s been almost three years since we met? I have to confess that it wasn’t exactly love at first sight, if I can even find it within myself to believe in such a thing anymore. When we first met, I was going through kind of a [...]

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A Few Thoughts on the “Spaghetti Calzone” from Amato’s

by Malcolm Bedell June 8, 2011

When Jillian and I are on long car trips and we get bored, we start brainstorming about the numerous ways in which we are going to revolutionize and make our fortune in the food industry. Often, this starts with trying to either innovate on some sort of mass-produced frozen food item, or on something that [...]

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Today’s Sandwich: “Original” Italian (Amato’s)

by Malcolm Bedell October 28, 2010

Location: 312 St. John Street Price: $4.49 Notes: Talking about the sandwiches being cranked out by Amato’s is fraught with peril. The 105-year-old sandwich shop, which has spawned a chain of dozens of locations throughout New England, is as sacred a cow as you are likely to find in Maine, right up there with “Proper [...]

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