A SANDWICH HERO
Date: 3/3/2008
WNEC student attempts to eat the world's largest corned beef sandwichSam Lynes, a student of the WNEC School of Law, was the first-ever contestant to try to down the world's largest corned beef sandwich at Gus & Paul's on Sumner Avenue. The 6.5-pound sandwich was 10 times the size of a regular sandwich, according to store owner Gordie Weissman.
If he had finished, he would've had a sandwich named after him at Gus & Paul's and $100 would've been donated by the owner to the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. Because he didn't finish, however, Lynes had to pay for the $60 meal, which Weissman pledged to donate to the Food Bank.
Weissman thinks he'll be seeing more people attempting to beat the challenge now. "It's tough, though," he said.
All Reminder Publications photos by Courtney Llewellyn
