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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, ...

The Maid-Rite sandwich was invented in Iowa in 1926 and remains popular to this day. Our version, which features seasoned ground beef, onions, and pickles, comes together in under 15 minutes. Nikki ...

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 ...

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.

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, Iowa (KCRG) - The Maid-Rite at 621 1st Avenue SW in Cedar Rapids is closing next week. The owners announced the closure, set for Jan. 15, in a Facebook post on Friday, saying the ...

Visit an original sandwich shop where if it's not Maid-Rite, it's made wrong. Visit an original sandwich shop where if it's not Maid-Rite, it's made wrong.

The construction is complete and the staff hired and trained in preparation for the May 23 opening of the new Maid Rite restaurant on Second Avenue South in Onalaska. Scott and Roxanne Stuhr look ...

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 ...