La Cena Italian Bistro & Pizzeria, Bangor

Until the time it emerges from the oven, nearly everything is homemade at La Cena Italian Bistro & Pizzeria. Toppings such as mushrooms, pepperoni, and jalapeños cover disks of hand-tossed dough, and homemade bread envelops ham, turkey, or roast-beef subs or buffalo-chicken paninis. Even the salads are prepared right before patrons’ eyes, easing their fears that the vegetables have been freshly chopped and not simply thrown at the kitchen’s ceiling fan.