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Canteen Lunch in the Alley is a restaurant located in Ottumwa, Iowa. The original five-stool Canteen Lunch was opened in 1927 in a different location, and moved to its current address in 1936. [1] The “Canteen Lunch” was originally established in 1927.
Canteen Lunch in the Alley is a true mom-and-pop diner that has been an Ottumwa tradition for 95 years. Loose-meat sandwiches and pie are the stars at Ottumwa's Canteen Lunch in the Alley Skip to ...
In the sitcom Roseanne, Roseanne Conner's restaurant, the Lanford Lunch Box, was based on the Canteen Lunch in the Alley, [56] in central downtown Ottumwa, which has been a stopping point for Ottumwans since the 1920s. Many famous patrons have been seen eating a "Canteen", a loose meat sandwich similar to a Maid-Rite.
The inspiration for Lunch Box was a real-life restaurant called Canteen Lunch in the Alley in Ottumwa, Iowa. [11] In 1993, Roseanne and then-husband Tom Arnold opened Roseanne and Tom's Big Food Diner (based on the fictional Lanford Lunchbox ) in Eldon, Iowa (less than 20 miles southeast of Ottumwa's Canteen Lunch), also specializing in loose ...
In 1993, Arnold and Barr bought a house together in the town of Eldon, Iowa and opened a restaurant, 'Roseanne and Tom's Big Food Diner' nearby. The diner served loosemeat sandwiches similar to the specialty of the fictional Lanford Lunch Box on Roseanne, which in turn was based on the real-life Canteen Lunch in the Alley in Ottumwa.
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Ottumwa, Iowa" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. ... Canteen Lunch in the Alley; Coal Palace;
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]
Canteen sandwiches: 28.5 Canteen sandwiches in ten minutes (Canteen Lunch in the Alley in Ottumwa, Iowa, on June 1, 2019) at The 2019 World Championship Canteen Sandwich Eating Contest; Pizza (2-foot slices): 6.5 slices in ten minutes (Metairie, Louisiana, on August 25, 2019) at The 2019 Fat Boy's Pizza Eating Championship