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, ...

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 ...

If you’ve never heard of Maid-Rites, let us introduce you to this famous little sandwich that hails from Greenville, Ohio. This little slightly sweet loose-meat sandwich — best described as kind of ...

MARION - Maid-Rite will once again serve its loose-meat sandwiches in Marion. The restaurant is being brought back by co-franchise owners Joe Hill, of San Diego, Calif., and Jamie Hoth, owner of ...

The Barn is a longtime restaurant off Washingon Street that is popular with locals and known for its friendly staff and pies. The Barn in Brainerd was opened in 1945 by a family from Iowa. It was part ...

So, the deal with Maid-Rite is it’s really old (85ish) and their meat is loose. And apparently the funny naming homophones are simply attributed to the original founder’s inability to spell — not that ...

TODD: IT HAS BEEN AT THIS SAME EXACT SPOT SINCE 1926. IT IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE, BUT AFTER 50 YEARS, IT’S OWNER IS. IT’S ANOTHER BUSY LUNCH HOUR AT THE NEWTON MAID RITE. BUT CHANGE IS IN THE A.IR >> ...

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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