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, ...

As the Route 66 centennial kicks into high gear, WAND News evening anchor Sean Streaty shows you that the Maid Rite recipe is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This will become your go-to dinner, too. Adobe Stock For almost 100 years, Maid-Rite (or Maid Rite) sandwiches have been a ...

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 ...

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 ...

The old Maid Rite space in Uptown Marion is set to become the new home for The Purple Wagon.

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 ...

I grew up in southern Iowa where deer and pheasant nibbled in corn fields for as far as the eye can squint and bass and catfish swirled in backyard ponds. The kitchen table throughout my Midwestern ...

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 >> ...

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