Life From The Roots: Prince Spaghetti of Lowell, Massachusetts

The Life From The Roots blog topics have changed several times since I began this blog in 2009. I initially wrote only about the family history I had been working on for 20 years. Years later, I was into visiting gardens, historical homes, churches, libraries that had genealogical collections, historical societies, war memorials, and travel/tourism places. I also enjoy posting autographs and photos of famous people I've met or have seen.

Along with my New England roots, other areas include New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada.

Please check out the labels on the right side for topics (please note, they need work). Below the labels and pageviews is a listing of my top nine posts, according to Google. Four of them pertain to Lowell, MA. These posts change often because they are based on what people are reading.

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Prince Spaghetti of Lowell, Massachusetts

Home of Prince Spaghetti and Prince Grotto Restaurant, Lowell, Massachusetts

I am including my employment at Prince Spaghetti as one of the things I like about Lowell. When I got the job, my mother-in-law was thrilled, since she had worked there in the 40s. I began working there the 8th year of being owned by Borden and lasted just two years before Borden sold the company in 1997. Below are various photos I took during my employment.

The building in red brick is the original plant (where shipping, quality control, mini grocery store, and the Prince museum are ) and the large white/grey building was where the pasta was manufactured and executive offices. The party picture shown below was on the 2nd floor of the new building.

The courtyard of The Prince Grotto Restaurant faces the old and new buildings. Below are two railroad cars. There was also a fleet of large trucks with the same logo.

Original business envelope.

A cook's paper hat, front and back. Some employees got together for dinner the week after the plant closed, and we signed our names.

Paper placemat (above).

Here is an iconic ad: Prince Spaghetti commercial, starring Anthony.

The small book, Prince Treasury of Italian Recipes has 305 pages.

The above items were used for advertising the Prince Spaghetti Company and their restaurant, The Grotto Restaurant in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Some of the employees shown are Geoffry Ireland, Plant Manager in yellow shirt with tie; Dennis Hovland, Plant Engineer; Kathy Blair, Edmund T. Nelson, Systems Manager, Tony Iria, and Vincent Federici (Vinny). Gabriel Cannata. I am in the rose jacket, looking elsewhere.

Other employees I knew were Connie Gath, Larry LeCam, and briefly Margaret Carnevale (I replaced her when she left).

These two photos show what the area looks like in December 2021. The old factory and restaurant were torn down. There is a black iron fence around the entire facility. Photo taken on Newhall Street.