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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 1—Is it too early to call this a Christmas miracle? For many longtime patrons of the beloved Midtown Cafe, there is no better ...

Just curious: This occasional feature in the Des Moines Register aims to answer your questions about Iowa. Is there some place, event, lore, history or cultural quirk you're just curious about? Email ...

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 ...

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.

H.H. the Rev. Bad Brad Wheeler -- of KRCL Radio and Legendary Porch Pounders fame -- recently contacted me to express his excitement over the first-ever Maid-Rite franchise... H.H. the Rev. Bad Brad ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

For 31 years, the Marion Maid Rite sat at the corner of 7th Avenue and 10th Street. I can remember being able to smell when a ...