In 1915, Salvatore Lando left his home in Ucria, Sicily to travel to America to give his wife and three sons a better life, and arrived in Massachusetts.

Carl Lando One of Salvatore's sons, Carl, was a respected schoolteacher in Waltham, Massachusetts. Although it was an honourable job, he had a greater vision for his son Sal's future. So in 1968, he remortgaged his house to give his son a chance at the American Dream.

Sal Lando With this support from his father, Sal Lando opened Tory's Subs and Pizza on the corner of Waltham Street and Parker Street in Maynard, MA. There he worked seven days a week to give provide his family with a good life. Unfortunately, in 1972 that store was taken by fire.

Pulling together as a family to rebuild, Tory's reopened in 1973 on lower Main Street across from Digital Equipment Corporation (a/k/a: The Mill). It was a much smaller location that was too confined to serve pizza but served the biggest and best cheese steak subs. It was such a success.

Both of Sal's sons (Tory and Carl) worked in the stores all through their school years. Then in 1983, the building in Maynard that Tory's Subs and Pizza occupied was sold.