The main point of contention is that @ChrisMWilliams called what Maid Rite serves a sloppy joe.
The hill that CW will die on?
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You can't make a Maid-Rite wrong. Well unless you do, or undercook it or something.
LOLAnd this:
"In 2002, an investor group led by former Des Moines banker Bradley Burt purchased a majority interest in the Maid-Rite chain, with the Gillotti family retaining an interest. While up to 20 longtime franchisees left Maid-Rite during the first two years of its new ownership, Maid-Rite began to use computerized systems to control expenses, started offering ten-day courses on Maid-Rite food preparation to new franchise owners, and created a new uniform decor for its restaurants that retains the Maid-Rite brand's nostalgia. In 2006, Maid-Rite had a ten-year plan to open more than 1,000 restaurants throughout the United States.[2]
In November 2007, Maid-Rite announced an agreement with Hy-Vee Food Stores, a Midwest-based grocer, to operate restaurants in their stores.[3]
As of April 2021, there are 21 locations in Iowa, and 11 locations in other states.[4]"
Maid-Rite - Wikipedia
If true, I guess Maid-Rite isn't doing that great. Unless they are in a bunch of Hy-Vee's. Anybody know if they are in a lot of Hy-Vee's?
I don’t like sloppy joes or Iowa style loose meat sandwiches, if I had to eat one it’d be sloppy joe. I know the difference though because I grew up with them.
I do like going to Sioux City’s iconic Tastee In & Out for a shake and onion chips, I just skip the sandwich.
Iowa is missing a big opportunity to not brand the pork tenderloin sandwich as an exclusive Iowa thing and hype it up. German roots but made it their own. That’s the thing they should hype up rather than bland hamburger meat. I think many Iowan’s don’t realize you can’t get them around the country unless you make your own, plus it’s the #1 pork state so makes a ton of sense to hype it up.
I do like going to Sioux City’s iconic Tastee In & Out for a shake and onion chips, I just skip the sandwich.
Iowa is missing a big opportunity to not brand the pork tenderloin sandwich as an exclusive Iowa thing and hype it up. German roots but made it their own. That’s the thing they should hype up rather than bland hamburger meat. I think many Iowan’s don’t realize you can’t get them around the country unless you make your own, plus it’s the #1 pork state so makes a ton of sense to hype it up.
Stivers bit is probably the greatest local TV I’ve ever watched.
People and especially chefs really overcomplicate burgers. The best burger in the world costs practically nothing and cooks in like 3 minutes with nothing but cheap 80/20, S&P and a little oil. No need to slow cook or steam anything or involve wood/flame/smoke. Hit the griddle for a minute or two on each side of thin patty and have a double if you want a huge burger.
A friend of mine in HS worked at Runza and even as a broke teen I’d drink free soda but turn down the free food.
There is this place called Wahlburgers that is so I'm guessing they aren't.You can't make a Maid-Rite wrong. Well unless you do, or undercook it or something.
And this:
"In 2002, an investor group led by former Des Moines banker Bradley Burt purchased a majority interest in the Maid-Rite chain, with the Gillotti family retaining an interest. While up to 20 longtime franchisees left Maid-Rite during the first two years of its new ownership, Maid-Rite began to use computerized systems to control expenses, started offering ten-day courses on Maid-Rite food preparation to new franchise owners, and created a new uniform decor for its restaurants that retains the Maid-Rite brand's nostalgia. In 2006, Maid-Rite had a ten-year plan to open more than 1,000 restaurants throughout the United States.[2]
In November 2007, Maid-Rite announced an agreement with Hy-Vee Food Stores, a Midwest-based grocer, to operate restaurants in their stores.[3]
As of April 2021, there are 21 locations in Iowa, and 11 locations in other states.[4]"
Maid-Rite - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
If true, I guess Maid-Rite isn't doing that great. Unless they are in a bunch of Hy-Vee's. Anybody know if they are in a lot of Hy-Vee's?
Based on my time here, Indiana seems to think they own the pork tenderloin. They talk about it like you can't find it anywhere else.
I'll give CW a pass here. They didn't really have Maid-Rites in western Iowa. It's more of an eastern Iowa thing that expanded some into central Iowa. IMO a Maid-Rite is just a sloppy joe without the sauce, but eastern Iowa people get really defensive about it for some reason.
When you described the place I about fell out of my highchair. I was a regular in '73 & "74 fresh out of college and coaching in the area. I would be shocked if the same family own and operate it today. I would go there to get out of the school district I was coaching in and have a beer with the college crowd and folks my age. Vietnam was going on and the State of Iowa allowed 18 year olds due to the draft, legal drinking. One Saturday night, when I walked in, several of my senior football players were at the bar and waved me over and bought me a beer. I laughed and accepted.
Pretty sure it has stayed within the family. They also opened a location in the old Regal Beagle up in Okoboji. The Miles Inn is a Sioux City landmark and they are still cash only.
I agree, and I think that pork tenderloins have gotten a lot more hype in the last deacde.
The Maid Rite thing is confined to anywhere within 2 hours of the Quad Cities. Get north or west of that and they're replaced with sloppy joe's/taverns and aren't a feature of many restaurants at all.
That sandwich is common in nw Iowa but often called a tavern or loose meat around there. I hadn’t heard of “maid rite” at all until I got to Ames but when I did I was like “oh it’s a tastee/Charlie boy/loose meat/tavern”.
I know the TV show Roseanne had a few seasons where they ran a loose meat sandwich restaurant in fictional Lanford Illinois.
Haven’t had one in years but Starbucks(not the chain)in Nevada used to have a decent jumbo beef burger which was a loose meat sando. Used to get one of those with cheese balls and a shake, good stuff.
Not a huge sloppy Joe fan but this sloppy grilled cheese looks amazing.
Not a huge sloppy Joe fan but this sloppy grilled cheese looks amazing.
