Maid-Rite

FROM: Dave
DATE: Friday December 3, 2004 -- 12:56:24 am

Check this out..
http://westwood.fortunecity.com/smith/406/7roseanne.html

FROM: Ryan [E-Mail]
DATE: Friday December 3, 2004 -- 9:33:19 am

Maid-Rite should be called Speld-Rong.

FROM: Heather
DATE: Friday December 3, 2004 -- 11:09:55 am

I wish we had Steak-n-Shake out here in the west...that's a good sandwich!

FROM: Chris
DATE: Friday December 3, 2004 -- 4:54:16 pm

I wish we had Steak and Shake in the DC area. That restaurant is my one exception to the "milk shakes are a dessert" rule. At Steak & Shake, it's practically a requirement that you get the shake with the meal.

FROM: jk
DATE: Friday December 3, 2004 -- 9:06:12 pm

I assumed Maid-Rite was a cleaning company that you had hired to get your place ready for holiday visitors!

Loose meat....help me out here....do you mean roasted and carved meat rather than processed and sliced off a roll of meat? I love a good hot roast beef sandwich on wheat bread with mashed potatoes....I could eat diner food everyday.

FROM: Paul
DATE: Saturday December 4, 2004 -- 8:39:53 am

jk, loose meat sandwiches are basically sloppy joes without the sloppy. Just... ground beef. On a bun. Nothing to hold it together.

Steak & Shake is quite good... we missed those out in Denver.

FROM: jk
DATE: Saturday December 4, 2004 -- 9:59:13 pm

That's something I never heard of! What holds it together? It sounds like Hamburger Helper without the helper.

Rumors continue to abound here about a possible Red Robbin coming to our county; they have decent shakes too.

FROM: Paul
DATE: Sunday December 5, 2004 -- 1:42:32 pm

jk: What holds it together?

Exactly.

That's why every Maid-Rite comes with a fork, because it's up to one's strong grip to keep the thing together.

Red Robin is pretty good, if not a bit pricey.

FROM: Richard
DATE: Wednesday January 26, 2005 -- 2:02:57 am

Although I've lived in California for 46 years, I'm originally from Iowa. The Maid-Rite is sacred there. There are a lot of copycat recipes on the web because midwest expatriates still long for the taste of Maid-Rites.

FROM: Melissa [E-Mail]
DATE: Wednesday January 26, 2005 -- 5:23:07 pm

To the gentleman who visited our Maid-Rite at Little Amana on Interstate 80 in Iowa:

Thanks for visiting our store! Maid-Rites have been an Iowa staple and a franchise restaurant since 1926. They have recently undergone some major upgrading and imaging improvements, but the sandwich has remained the same for all these years.

We would love to have a little clarification on "it did a terrible number on our stomachs" comment. We'd love to send you some antacid or perhaps a Maid-Rite package to acclimate your stomachs to mid-western food!

Thanks again for stopping at our restaurant. We hope you stop in again and let us know you're there -- We'll treat you rite!!!!

Melissa Schuerer

FROM: Joseph
DATE: Thursday January 27, 2005 -- 10:57:56 am

Wow. The Ping is developing corporate pull. Recently, the ping heard from the Clip-n-Seal guy, and now Melissa from Maid-Rite.

Excellent!

Of course, the "terrible number" incident could just be a sign of successful competition with White Castle, where part of the expectation of eating something nicknamed a slider is self-explanatory.

FROM: Melissa Schuerer [E-Mail]
DATE: Wednesday February 9, 2005 -- 4:40:16 pm

Check us out!

FROM: Melissa Schuerer
DATE: Wednesday February 9, 2005 -- 4:41:15 pm

Oops! I thought the website would show up in the text.

http://www.maid-rites.com

FROM: Paul
DATE: Thursday February 10, 2005 -- 7:00:27 am

Thanks for the offer, Melissa. I can say, though, that my wife and I are pretty accustomed to midwestern food having grown up in the Chicagoland area.

Insofar as clarification of "number on our stomachs" goes, we were pretty ill the evening after we had our sandwiches. And I'd rather not go into further detail - this site isn't Fark.

Of course, I'd love to get antacid in the mail....

FROM: Joseph
DATE: Thursday February 10, 2005 -- 1:20:58 pm

Melissa:

Nice photo on the opening page of your website. I see that your dining room has lots of tables and chairs that are not anchored to the floor. So, it seems that along with your loose meat you also offer quite a few, wait for it . . . wait . . . for . . . it . . . loose stools.


Yeah!

FROM: Michael
DATE: Friday June 10, 2005 -- 12:02:35 am

Paul,
Having lived in Iowa all of my life, (Newton, Knoxville, Cedar Rapids, Marion), I guess you could say that I've had several occations to eat one or two Maid-Rites.

I really cant see what would have caused you any stomach distress as a Maid-Rite is only ground beef and a few common spices and seasonings.

Are you sure you didn't have a few to many Amana Beers or some Amana wines before or after dinner!?!?!? ;o)

FROM: darr
DATE: Monday July 18, 2005 -- 11:19:43 am

I had a Maid-Rite in MN while on vacation. I asked about how the meat was seasoned and was told that it is a Franchise and they didn't know, because it is seasoned when they get it.

FROM: Gloria Tharp
DATE: Tuesday July 26, 2005 -- 1:34:32 pm

I am English by birth, my first trip to
America was 51 years ago.. I ate
my first Maid-rite then in Iowa, and
I have never forgotten how good they tasted. I wish I had one right now.. it sure didn't upset my stomach, made it feel pretty good.
too bad they don't sell them in Texas.

FROM: Charlie
DATE: Thursday July 28, 2005 -- 10:34:52 am

I am from Saint Joseph, Missouri now live in Miami, Florida. When everI return to Saint Jo Made-Rite is my first stop.
when are you going to open in Florida

FROM: Christopher A. Wheeler [E-Mail]
DATE: Wednesday September 21, 2005 -- 12:20:18 pm

I'm sorry you had distress; I love Maid-Rite. Born and raised in Muscatine, Iowa, I've had MORE than my fair share of Maid-Rite sandwiches. Kinda making me hungry now just thinking about it.

FROM: Andrew
DATE: Friday April 28, 2006 -- 4:45:16 pm

My roommate is from Iowa and raves about these "maid-rite" sandwiches. I've looked all over the internet and have found several recipes. I just contacted the corp office to see if I can get a case/dozen delivered (we live in Los Angeles). Now, the picture on the maid-rite website looks like a sloppy joe without the sloppy. Is it actually ground hamburger or slow a cooked roast that is grinded down. Also, what kind of spices are added. Any information would be really appreciated.

Thanks.

FROM: Brandon
DATE: Tuesday June 27, 2006 -- 4:47:10 pm

I am from Marshalltown, Iowa where the original successful MAID-RITE flourishes, and I can say I have never eaten anything close to it for flavor from just meat. My father went to school with the current owner and has told me many stories about the place, and I can tell you there is nothing in it that should upset anyones stomach. Not only are their sandwiches good but they bake fresh pies and make their own ice cream. The butterscotch malt is especially good. I currently live in Wisconsin where they are just recently starting to put in a few MAID-RITE'S, and people are loving them! They are so good in fact, that I am looking to open one with another MAID-RITE fanatic.

FROM: Connie from Audubon IA 50 years ago
DATE: Sunday July 16, 2006 -- 12:21:57 pm

Ahh I still remember the Maid-Rites. We had to drive to other towns to get one but it was worth it. I see on the web-site that Loveland CO is opening one and I will search it out when visiting my grandsons @CSU FT Collins. In CO for 53 years and IA is good memories.....

FROM: Amy B
DATE: Friday August 11, 2006 -- 2:27:19 am

I have lived in Muscatine, Iowa my whole life and have worked at the Original Maid Rite for a couple of years and id just like to say that we get people daily come in and go on about how we still have the best maidrites and we always will and i will tell u i make the meat myself and there is nothing that should make ur stomach upset unless u have health problems anyway. So in that thought Muscatine Hershey Avenue Maid-Rite, owned by the Meyers, is and always will be the best and original. And id also like to say those of u that search for the recipe you will never find the correct one. It is untold for as long as maid rite has success.
Amy of Muscatine

FROM: Paul
DATE: Friday August 11, 2006 -- 9:20:24 am

there is nothing that should make ur stomach upset unless u have health problems anyway.

That's an impressive diagnosis!