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.

It doesn't get more classic than a Maid-Rite sandwich — and that might be why it's a staple 100 years after it was invented.

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 ...