Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa's loose-meat sandwich — perhaps second only to the pork tenderloin as the state's most famous culinary concoction between two ...

DES MOINES Iowa Maid-Rite Corp. has partnered with Hy-Vee Inc. to open loose-meat sandwich shops in Hy-Vee’s convenience stores. The first Maid-Rite Sandwich Shoppe Express opened Nov. 26 in Omaha, ...

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.

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.

In downtown Greenville, Ohio, a city of around 12,000 people northwest of Dayton, an innocuous sandwich shop draws customers who are arguably there for the restaurant's walls as much as they are for ...

It’s been a century since the first Maid-Rite sandwich was served, staking Springfield’s claim as home of the nation’s first drive-thru. The recipes for the signature, seasoned loose meat sandwich ...

COLUMBUS — Sandwiches made the right way. That is what Maid-Rite promises when it serves up its first loose-meat sandwich in Columbus. The Des Moines, Iowa-based franchise hopes to open here in four ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The last remaining Maid-Rite in Cedar Rapids, dubbed the city’s oldest sandwich shop, is closing this week after more than 80 years in business. The last day open for Maid-Rite West, ...

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 ...

Dayton has a fascinating history, which the Dayton Daily News has been there to chronicle since 1898. Each week, we’re going into the archives for stories both important and interesting that happened ...

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