It was 9 years ago that DiPietro’s Italian Sandwiches on Cumberland Street closed after being a Portland landmark for 69 years. Now, the beloved DiPierto's italians will return for one day only to help raise money to pay for a heart and double lung transplant. DiPietro’s opened in 1944 at the bottom of Munjoy Hill in Portland as a family business that stayed in the family for three generations, becoming well known for their delicious, freshly made-to-order italians.

According to an article from the Bangor Daily News written when the store closed, Joseph DiPietro took over the store from his father in 1966 and ran it with his wife Elanor until he passed away in 2003. From then, Eleanor continued to run the store with her daughter Michelle Grondin until it was closed in 2013 allowing Eleanor to retire after 47 years.