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 ...

The Iowa restaurant that wants the state legislature to exempt it from important food safety rules says its way of making loose meat sandwiches has never made anyone sick. Taylor’s Maid-Rite in ...

You don't have to love loose-meat sandwiches. You don't have to hate them. But at some point you're going to get offered one. Maid-Rite is ingrained in the DNA of Iowa. Just like you have to renew ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Maid-Rite Corp. and Hy-Vee Inc. are planning to open several sandwich shops at Hy-Vee convenience stories across the Midwest, the Iowa-based companies said Tuesday. Maid-Rite opened ...

Apparently there isn't an Iowan on staff over at Thrillist. You're really going to diss Iowa's popular loose-meat sandwiches? Wil Fulton, a writer at Thrillist, examined the "grossest, weirdest foods ...

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, ...

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 ...

MARSHALLTOWN, Ia. — The iconic Taylor's Maid-Rite survived the tornado that came to town Thursday — and its workers soon began slinging meat to feed the rescuers who flocked into town. Elizabeth ...

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