Sam’s Bakery

One of Fall River’s best kept secrets!

Only place I go to get my meat pies.
That’s all I get there & always great.
Just have hours I can’t go there, but that’s not their fault.

A gem among gems. Restores my faith in humanity, society and the universe. I’ll take 10 cabbage. If I end up with two left by the time I get home, I’m doing well. You don’t need me to tell you how great this place is, and great on so many levels. What you do need me to do is to tell you to get in the car.

One might imagine that the only cuisine worth traveling across state lines, over the Braga and into the Rivuh for, would have to represent the ethnic majority of the once great Spindle City.
Absolutely not.
Sam’s Bakery is a homey, glitz-​free neighborhood shop that proves you don’t have to be of Portuguese heritage to run a successful business in Fall River.
Their Middle Eastern specialties, mostly savory, have ‘em lined up around the corner on many-​a-​morning.
The primary draw for this reviewer would definitely have to be their spinach pies ($ 1.25). Soft, pita-​like shells are folded into split-​top, triangular purses, which envelop delicately-​seasoned, roughly-​chopped greens that pack a marvelous bite — and yet still retain a slight crunch. A mild hint of lemon is offset by subtly-​fragrant pinches of what tastes like sumac and/​or allspice (I always forget to ask and most times it can be too busy to get a word in beyond my order). I usually get somewhere in the ballpark of 10, eat one on the walk out, two on the way back west and then freeze the rest — they bounce back smashingly — much like the resilient will of the working class citizens who have kept this place thriving over the years.
And yes, although Sam’s Bakery is decidedly Syrian/​Lebanese, as reflected in their offerings, they do have «sha-​deece» pies too — after all, it is still Fall Reev.