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.

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 ...

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.

Sometimes, you’ll find the best local eats in places you never knew about-at least not until someone tells you about them. You know: the unassuming and eclectic, the iconic yet underrated; the places ...

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 ...