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 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Maid-Rite Corp. and Hy-Vee Inc. are planning to open several sandwich shops at Hy-Vee convenience stories across the Midwest, the Iowa-based companies said Tuesday. Maid-Rite opened ...

UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP. THE NEWTON TRADITION LIVES ON THE MADE RIGHT HERE IN NEWTON IS BACK OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND WE WERE KIND OF CRUSHED TO FIND OUT THAT IT HAD CLOSED. BUT THEN JUST LAST NIGHT, WE ...

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 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — The Maid-Rite restaurant at Merle Hay Mall ran out of food Sunday after a busy weekend of big crowds and long lines. Owner Brian Ickowitz said that after KCCI had done a ...

This will become your go-to dinner, too. Adobe Stock For almost 100 years, Maid-Rite (or Maid Rite) sandwiches have been a cornerstone of quick Midwestern cooking. With a filling that is too loose to ...

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.

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 ...

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