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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 January 2025, there are 19 locations in Iowa, and 11 locations in other states. [4]
The district was the location for the city's financial institutions, including the city's tallest building, Davenport Bank and Trust (1927). [7] Several hotels, including the Davenport Hotel (1907), were built in the district to serve the main train stations and Hotel Blackhawk (1914, 1920) was a convention-oriented hotel.
In 1936, the business relocated to its present location under the second street parking ramp in Ottumwa, Iowa. It has since been a local institution known for its loose-meat sandwiches (originally called "scrambled hamburgers" in Iowa) and homemade pies. The restaurant's design is a horseshoe-shaped counter-top [2] surrounded by 16 stools. [3]
RRACKSS Fine BBQ & Bistro has its own line of beer out of Kansas City, as well as steaks and a 7-pound challenge.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. Downtown Davenport is defined as being all of the city south of 5th Street from Marquette Street east to the intersection of River Drive (U.S. Route 67) and East 4th Street. The locations ...
Davenport licensed prostitution in 1893, gambling in 1904, and failed to enforce Iowa prohibition laws during this period. [2] A crusade against vice by Davenport's Catholic bishop, Henry Cosgrove, and reforms by state leaders led to the district's transformation in the early 20th century into a light industrial area. The city's automobile ...
An Iowa restaurant owner believes he might have caught a ghost on video. Pat Orr - the owner of 'Chuck and Edna's Maid Rite' - noticed a shadowy figure hovering beside the dish washing sink. What ...
A 1915 issue of Mississippi Valley Lumberman newsletter references the use of the Funk (sic) Lumber yard by Gordon-Van Tine, [12] and the January 18, 1919 issue of The Southern Lumberman, discussing the retirement of George W. Funck, discusses the ownership of the Funck Lumberyard by Davenport's U.N. Roberts lumber company (parent company to ...