August Avantaggio, left, owner of Riverside Butcher, and head butcher Bryan Tyler cut up a pig in Damariscotta. Avantaggio used to be a carpenter, but he saw an opening in Maine's local food economy for someone specializing in local meat and he opened up his shop in May 2016.
Avantaggio has his great-grandfather’s clever and butcher knife hanging on the wall at Riverside Butcher Co.
Avantaggio weighs out some tasso ham, which is made in house, and a shoulder cut for Steve Hawks, who owns Hawks House, a bed and breakfast in town.
Avantaggio and Tyler work side-by-side butchering a pig. Avantaggio grew up in Damariscotta and returned there to open his shop.
Avantaggio, his wife, Abby, and their daughter Edith talk with Avantaggio's mother Mary Evan Avantaggio from behind the counter at the butcher shop.
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