When it opened in 1989, Max Fish was an outpost in a down-and-out neighborhood, but it became a relic in what one former customer called today's "fratified" Lower East Side...
"Good news! Sort of. PAPERMAG has gotten the exclusive that legendary LES watering hole Max Fish will not be closing on January 30th (as we reported) and that owner Uli Rimkus has negotiated with the building's landlord to stay open for one more year...
Sad news you may have read back in December:As the became gentrified -- a Steve Madden shoe store and the posh Rivington Hotel have helped bring a commercial sheen to the artsy quarter -- Max Fish and Pink Pony remained popular...