THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, July 7, 1996 TAG: 9607040420
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 12 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: BUSINESS BRIEFS
LENGTH: 27 lines
The Max hasn't gone anywhere.
Charlie Sears said the restaurant on the downtown waterfront is simply closed on Sundays except for special parties.
``A lot of people who have been having Sunday dinner with us think we have gone out of business,'' Sears said. ``We just needed to take a day off, and we decided our staff really would like to have Sunday off.''
Sears also has started closing during all the large waterfront events, such as the Seawall Festival.
``Some people who came down for the festival thought we had closed for good then,'' he said.
In fact, Sears is expanding in another way.
Last winter, he started The Max on Wheels, an elaborate cart with hot and cold spaces to take food all around town. It's been a good addition and Sears said he would expand in that direction if he could find people to work the carts.
In the fall, he also will add take-home microwavable meals to his list of wares.
``We haven't quit,'' he said. ``We're just doing some things differently.'' by CNB