MAX IS BACK IN ACTION
The neighborhood staple — which opened on Duane Park in 2007 and before that in the East Village in 2000 — is back with a robust menu offered from 5 to 9p.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS SEEN ON TWO WHEELS
A high school junior takes to the empty streets on his bike in April, documenting a somber city and creating a video love note to the neighborhood.

LOCAL BUSINESS UPDATE: GIGINO TRATTORIA
The Greenwich Street stalwart — 26 years! — has been serving all along, and just reopened Gigino at Wagner Park and extended hours to include lunch time specials.

SEEN & HEARD
Tribeca’s Kitchen may be open again for takeout soon; Shake Shack had a line out the door; Le District market is closed; supersonic jets up in the clouds?

EL VEZ ON VESEY IS OPEN
The high-concept Mexican, which opened in BPC in 2014, has reopened and is serving Tuesday through Sunday from noon to 8.

THE COST OF LIVING NEXT TO A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
What’s worse: living next to construction equipment and an open pit for years, or putting up with the noise of construction while you are trapped at home?

CB1 SHOOTS DOWN TAVERN FOR SAKS SPACE
The department store would use its former men’s store to create an upscale “elegant” tavern open to the general public but really intended for boozy work meetings.