If you are a fan of "Bayside School", this is the restaurant for you. Loved as the Peach Pit of "Beverly Hills 90210", the diner The Max where Zack, Slater, Screech, Lisa, Kelly and Jessie meet after school, come back to life in Hollywood … but in the kitchen there is a starred chef !
"I love school! Too bad the hindrance of the lessons … he said Zack Morris in Bayside School (original title Saved by the Bell), the TV series of the 90s that together with Beverly Hills 90210 has kept thousands of teenagers glued to the TV. The events of the six teenagers protagonists grappling with the years of high school take place between the Bayside High of Pacific Palisades and the adjoining diner The Max, which is now re-proposed as a restaurant in Los Angeles, California, with a menu created by the starred chef Brian Fisher. Ready for a dive into the past?
Like the Peach Pit of Beverly Hills 90210, The Max brings with it so many emotions and memories for the generations that have lived the 90s between grunge, Gulf War and karaoke. Called Saved by the Max, the restaurant is the perfect reconstruction of the meeting point of Zack, Slater, Screech, Lisa, Kelly is Jessie in all respects: from red-blue sofas to school posters, to neon lettering. It is located at 7100 Santa Monica Boulevard on West Hollywood and will remain there until April 30th to close the second half of the year; just like in high school. In fact, the idea is to be one traveling diner, basically a pop up restaurant with attached and connected that, after Chicago and Hollywood, will move to other American cities for the joy of fans of the TV series never forgotten.
What changes from the original diner of Bayside School it is certainly the proposal food & beverage, definitely more stimulating and attentive thanks to the chef's creativity Brian Fisher known for his excellent culinary work at the restaurant Michelin-starred Entente of Chicago. In a perfect mix of irony and savoir-faire, the menu of the Saved by the Max offers dishes with funny names inspired by the TV series and its characters like the Mac & Screech for the revised mac & cheese or i Kapowsky's Fried Pickles, fried pickled gherkins with ranch sauce. The tasty and plentiful is inevitable Bayside Breakfast Burger with hamburgers, bacon, sausage, American cheese, fried egg, grilled tomatoes and onions and spicy mayonnaise Sriracha; also available in vegetarian version.
Not just diner, there is much more to the Saved by the Max: the bar area has been conceived as the Malibu Sands Beach Bar (the location where the boys of the third season of Bayside School they work during the summer season) to enjoy spirited cocktails like the Zachary Daiquiri or the Saved by the Slushy. For a real fan-proof tour, there are also the reconstructions of the office of the principal Belding, the corridors of the school with lots of lockers and the Zack Morris's bedroom, where you can take selfies to be Instagramed in memory of this nostalgic break. The Saved by the Max it is also available for private parties and organizes trivia evening for fans who know all about the successful TV series; the same that will certainly recognize the citations to specific episodes around the room, such as the phone with the writing «for advice call 1-900-CRUSH or the crutches of Lisa Turtle in her locker.
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