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April 9, 2014 Andy Cush

When the longstanding Lower East Side dive bar Max Fish closed last year, word was it would eventually reopen at a new location in Williamsburg. Now, it seems, the Fish might be sticking to its old neighborhood. Owner Uli Rimkus has a new location 120 Orchard Street — currently the Gallery Bar — and, as Bedford and […]

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August 1, 2013 Bucky Turco

While riding through the LES on my way home last night, I popped by Max Fish to see what was left of the now defunct space. There was about half-a-dozen people there–including owner Ulli Rimkus–sweeping and cleaning up the place, which already looked like a shell of its former self just 48 hours after its […]

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July 30, 2013 Bucky Turco

Max Fish, a venerable dive bar on the Lower East Side that has operated continuously for over two decades, poured its final round of drinks last night. And this time it was for real. ANIMAL was on hand, with correspondent Julia Dawidowicz, to document the ceremonial closing and witness firsthand, that the patient was indeed […]

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