Eighty years ago, $300 could buy you a franchise and a recipe. On Nov. 26, 1928, Elzo Silkwood did just that. He paid $300 to the Maid-Rite company, was given the recipe for their loose meat ...

If you've never heard of Maid-Rites, let us introduce you to this famous little sandwich you can find in Greenville, Ohio. This little slightly sweet loose-meat sandwich — best described as like a ...

Have you ever had a Maid-Rite? Iowa's loose-meat sandwich — perhaps second only to the pork tenderloin as the state's most famous culinary concoction between two buns — is known as a Maid-Rite after ...

Picture a sloppy joe that is not quite so sloppy -meaning not drowning in sauce, yet still delectably good -constructed with mounds of loose ground beef, and you have the signature Original Maid-Rite ...

ST. CLOUD — No tricks: The treats from Maid-Rite will no longer be found at its Roosevelt Road restaurant after Halloween. Maid-Rite, a loose-meat sandwich franchise, has been in St. Cloud for eight ...

If you’ve never heard of Maid-Rites, let us introduce you to this famous little sandwich that hails from Greenville, Ohio. >> 9 must-eat sandwiches in Dayton This little slightly sweet loose-meat ...

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 ...

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 ...