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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 ...

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.

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) -- Serving up delicious meals to Springfield natives and travelers since 1924. Maid Rite celebrated their 100th anniversary this weekend of being the first drive thru in the ...

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 ...

The owners of Rochester's Maid-Rite Dinermade a tough decision this week and closed their doors for good. While the red-and-white decorated diner at 90 14th St. S.W. stood closed and empty Friday ...

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 ...

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 ...