Maxwells Trading releases reservations on Resy 21 days ahead, at 7:00 AM CT. A table for two was open on 40% of dates, so booking ahead works.
Last updated . Source: SnagRes availability record, 53,143 checks of Maxwells Trading through 19 October 2026. How we measure. Open dataset.
Three weeks in advance at 7 AM Central, according to its own Resy listing: "Dining room reservations are released three weeks in advance at 7am CST."
Yes. Maxwells Trading takes reservations on Resy, and SnagRes watches its Resy calendar.
At our latest reading (19 October 2026), Maxwells Trading showed a table for two on 40% of the dates in its window, and 40% for four, from 53,143 checks. Chicago joined our tracker in late September 2026, so this is an early reading and it will move as checks accumulate.
Yes. SnagRes checks Maxwells Trading's calendar continuously and texts or emails you the moment a table opens on a date you picked. It never books, holds or resells a table: you book it yourself with the restaurant.
Maxwells Trading releases one new date at a time. Its own Resy listing says: "Dining room reservations are released three weeks in advance at 7am CST." So the date you want becomes bookable three weeks before it, at 7 AM Central.
That makes 7 AM Central the moment that decides each date. The rule covers the dining room. Anything that opens up for that date after the release is usually a cancellation.
Our latest reading, dated 19 October 2026, showed a bookable table for two on 40% of the dates in Maxwells Trading's booking window, and 40% for four, across 53,143 checks. The figure describes how often a table was showing when we looked, not how hard the release morning is.
Treat that reading as early. Chicago joined our tracker in late September 2026, so it rests on a small number of checks rather than months of history, and it will move as more accumulate. We track 68 Chicago restaurants in total.
Be ready at 7 AM Central, three weeks before the date you want, signed in to Resy with your payment details saved. Decide the date, time and party size before the release rather than during it.
When the dates you want are gone, the way in is a cancellation. Plans change and tables come back onto the calendar at hours nobody predicts. SnagRes checks Maxwells Trading's availability continuously and texts or emails you the moment a table opens.
SnagRes never books for you, never holds a table and never resells one. It tells you a table is free, and you book it yourself with the restaurant.
Maxwells Trading's Resy release three weeks ahead at 7 AM Central, from its own listing, what we have measured so far, and how to catch a cancellation.
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Maxwells Trading releases reservations 21 days ahead at 7 AM, and its calendar runs about 30 days deep in our checks. At the last check a table for two was bookable on 40% of the dates in that window, so book at the release for a weekend and watch the date for a weeknight.
Maxwells Trading's calendar reaches 1 December on Tuesday, 10 November at 7 AM, and each later date follows the same rule: 21 days ahead at 7 AM. Hours are local to the restaurant.
SnagRes watches Maxwells Trading, along with 283 more hard-to-book restaurants in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago, and alerts you when a table opens. Watching one is free and no card is needed: watch Maxwells Trading free, or last-minute tables in Chicago tonight.