Gerry Michaud, co-owner of Big G’s Deli on Benton Avenue in Winslow, poses next to his renamed sandwich, the 41,470, in recognition of the number of U.S. combat deaths in the Vietnam conflict. The sandwich was formerly named the Jane Fonda. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

An article published June 11, 1990, in the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal about Big G’s Deli in Winslow.

Gerry Michaud slides a sandwich in February 2006 to Melinda Hines through an opening between the kitchen and dining room at Big G’s Deli at 581 Benton Ave. in Winslow. Morning Sentinel file photo

An article published in the Morning Sentinel on April 2, 2006, focuses on portion size at Big G’s Deli in Winslow.

A photograph published July 1, 1988, in the Morning Sentinel shows Gerry Michaud at Big G’s Deli’s new location on Halifax Street in Winslow.

Josh Michaud, front, flips pancakes April 2006 as his father, Gerry, cooks at one of the grills in the busy kitchen at Big G’s Deli at 581 Benton Ave. in Winslow. Morning Sentinel file photo

An article published in the Morning Sentinel on May 8, 1993, focuses on Big G’s Deli moving to a new location on Benton Avenue in Winslow.

People are waiting in line to place an order in this undated photo at Big G’s Deli on Benton Avenue in Winslow. Photo by Bob Keyes

An article published Sept. 22, 1989, in the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal reports on a friendly competition between Burnsie’s Sandwich Shop in Augusta and Big G’s Deli in Winslow.

An article published in the Morning Sentinel on Dec. 7, 2002, focuses on a helicopter dropping in at Big G’s Deli in Winslow.

Big G’s Deli on Benton Avenue in Winslow shown Monday with “closed” written on the windows facing the parking lot. Dylan Tusinski/Morning Sentinel