Restaurateur Dennis Max, one of the region's most successful culinary entrepreneurs, helped redefine South Florida's cuisines in the 1980s with groundbreaking restaurants such as Café Max, Max's Place and Maxaluna.  Credited with bringing California-style new American cuisine to South Florida diners, at its peak, Max's Unique Restaurant Concepts operated 17 restaurants with 1000 employees.

Max got his start in the restaurant business in the early 1970s while working at the national theme-oriented restaurant chain Victoria Station. After five years spent learning the ropes and developing an eye for culinary talent and honing his now-legendary business savvy, he and like-minded associate Burt Rapoport relocated to Fort Lauderdale, where they helped to create Carlos and Pepe's, the first California style Mexican restaurant in South Florida. Next came Raffles at Dadeland Mall, Max's first attempt to bring a California cuisine restaurant concept to Miami.  A favorite gathering spot for young professionals, Raffles was an overnight success, eventually spawning an additional 10 locations in Florida and Atlanta.

After selling off the Raffles chain in the early 1980s and parting ways with Rapoport, Dennis founded Unique Restaurant Concepts. The inaugural project, Café Max, opened in 1984 in Pompano Beach, sparking a culinary revolution. Successful from the outset, the charming new restaurant generated unprecedented interest in the fresh, new cuisine from California as well as the space's casual chic environment. Max built on this success, following with a string of ventures – Max's Place in North Miami, Maxaluna in Boca Raton and Brasserie Max in Plantation, positioning Unique and South Florida on the national restaurant industry radar, launching the careers of young chefs who grew into national names including Mark Militello, Oliver Saucy and Charles Saunders. Rapoport returned to the fold and the business continued to grow throughout the 1990s – first with Max's Grille at trendy Mizner Park in 1991 and then into Miami Beach's Art Deco District with ventures like Astor Place and Max's South Beach.

Today, Dennis continues to work closely with management and chefs making sure his restaurant institutions continue to provide the community with finest & most unique dining experience anywhere. He invites you to come experience... THE Experience that is Max's Restaurant.