Philly is renowned for its cheesesteak. Chicago is known for its Italian beef. (Fellow fans of The Bear get it.) New England is famous for its lobster rolls. And Iowa? It's all about loose meat ...

This Ohio sandwich shop keeps things simple on purpose, showing how one well-made sandwich can be plenty when it is done ...

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SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Do you call it a loose meat? Sloppy Joe? Tavern? Maid Rite? It’s a sandwich well-known here in the Midwest: ground beef, on a bun. But the sauce, much like its name, is up for ...

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.