A reader noted the following yesterday...
@evgrieve Saw furniture being loaded into a truck this morning from Max on Ave B... any clue what's going on?
— James Feldman (@james_feldman) January 6, 2013
Another tipster reported that Max has, indeed, served its last meal here, as of New Year's Eve ... the place was closed last night...
Per the Journal last Feb. 3:
Luigi Iasilli, an owner, wrote in an email that he plans to close the East Village location as the neighborhood is getting "slow."
"I finally found what I believe I was looking for," he said of his Williamsburg site. "For me, [it is] going back to the roots, small space, $3,000 rent, a small yard, a mixed ethnic neighborhood with only a bodega across the street."
There are rumors that the east side of the Avenue here between Third Street and Fourth Street, the stretch of storefronts that included the LeSouk empire and Max, will receive a few extra floors during an upcoming renovation ...
[EVG file photo]