These restaurants in Maine have survived for generations, and that’s never an accident. Amato’s Italian sandwich, built from a soft roll layered with ham, American cheese, tomatoes, onions, green peppers, olives, and a drizzle of oil, is widely credited as the original Maine Italian. A lobster roll here is not dressed up or reimagined; it arrives the way coastal Maine expects it to. Moody’s Diner, WaldoboroFew neon signs in Maine carry as much meaning as the one glowing above Moody’s Diner on Route 1 in Waldoboro. The pizza itself is considered a unique regional style within Maine, not quite like anything found elsewhere in New England.