Archie's Waeside

{{Short description|Restaurant in Le Mars, Iowa, U.S.}}

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Archie's Waeside is a steakhouse in Le Mars, Iowa.{{Cite web |last=Cable |first=Shawn |date=2017-05-12 |title=Archie's Waeside: Best steak you'll ever have |url=https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/content/news/Archies-Waeside-Best-steak-youll-ever-have-422095544.html |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Dakota News Now |language=en |archive-date=2024-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804154353/https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/content/news/Archies-Waeside-Best-steak-youll-ever-have-422095544.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Jonathan |date=2016-01-15 |title=Another Reason to Caucus in Iowa: The Restaurants |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/dining/iowa-caucus-restaurants.html |access-date=2024-08-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2022-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205052627/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/dining/iowa-caucus-restaurants.html |url-status=live }} It opened in 1949,{{Cite web |last=Horlyk |first=Earl |date=2014-07-09 |title=Well-done: Archie's Waeside makes grade as one of the nation's top steakhouses |url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/special-section/siouxland_life/well-done-archies-waeside-makes-grade-as-one-of-the-nations-top-steakhouses/article_fe0ca29f-3ec4-5ead-9603-7ab0402ea7eb.html |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Sioux City Journal |language=en |archive-date=2024-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801021720/https://siouxcityjournal.com/special-section/siouxland_life/well-done-archies-waeside-makes-grade-as-one-of-the-nations-top-steakhouses/article_fe0ca29f-3ec4-5ead-9603-7ab0402ea7eb.html |url-status=live }} and was named one of "America's Classics" by the James Beard Foundation in 2015.{{Cite web |last=Stapleton |first=Susan |title=Small-town Iowa steakhouse named one of the country's best |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/dining/2016/06/06/small-town-iowa-steakhouse-named-one-countrys-best/85521338/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=The Des Moines Register |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804154349/https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/dining/2016/06/06/small-town-iowa-steakhouse-named-one-countrys-best/85521338/ |url-status=live }}