Have you ever had a Maid-Rite? Iowa's loose-meat sandwich — perhaps second only to the pork tenderloin as the state's most famous culinary concoction between two buns — is known as a Maid-Rite after ...

More than eighty years after Maid-Rite got its start in Muscatine, Iowa, the chain has finally made it as far west as Denver, where Ralph’s Maid-Rite Sports Diner opened last week in Littleton.

The Maid-Rite Sandwich Shoppe, a popular drive-in in Greenville, is celebrating its 90th birthday operating under the same family. Louise Maher bought the business, located at 125 N. Broadway, for ...

NORMAL - After more than a 50-year absence, the popular loose meat Maid-Rite sandwiches soon will be available in the Twin Cities again. Bill Sheridan, owner of Foul Shots, and his son-in-law Tony ...

That Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop has been satisfying Springfield diners for decades is undisputable. But just how many decades the signature, loose-meat sandwiches have been served up at the 118 N.

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- The Harry J Olson Senior Center brought back a beloved local tradition Thursday afternoon, hosting its third annual Maid-Rite sandwich fundraiser to support center programs and ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Do you call it a loose meat? Sloppy Joe? Tavern? Maid Rite? It’s a sandwich well-known here in the Midwest: ground beef, on a bun. But the sauce, much like its name, is up for ...

DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR CANDY BAGS. WELL, THE OWNER OF THE LAST MAID-RITE RESTAURANT IN DES MOINES SAYS HE IS WORRIED ABOUT HOW MUCH LONGER HE CAN STAY OPEN. KCCI SENIOR REPORTER TODD MAGEL IS LIVE ...

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