Maid-Rite's loose meat sandwiches are part of our DNA. The chain started in eastern Iowa in the 1920s and survived both the Great Depression and the Great Recession. But Brian Ickowitz, owner of Des Moines' last remaining Maid-Rite franchise, isn't sure about the restaurant's future. Full story: https://t.ly/fFGeT | KCCI

Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On January 1, 1928, Taylor’s Maid-Rite opened in Marshalltown. Although not the original location, an honor held by Muscatine, Taylor’s Maid-Rite is one of the most iconic and longest-running locations of the popular Iowa sandwich shop. The first Maid-Rite sandwich shop, opened in Muscatine by local Butcher Fred Angell, combined a special cut and grind of meat with a secret set of spices to create the famous Iowa sandwich. When he tested it out on a local deliveryman who qui