FOOD

Food news: Morris winter farmers market finds a new home

SARAH GRIESEMER
@SARAHEGRIESEMER

The mercury finally has dipped into wintery territory, but the farmers market in Morris County is going strong.

The market, which last month moved to its new home at Alexander Hamilton School, takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays. Nearly three dozen vendors participate in the market, including Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse in Milford, Valley Shepherd Creamery in Long Valley, Michisk Farms in Flemington and Let It Grow Farm in Chester.

In addition to fresh produce and eggs, shoppers can purchase hummus from Hummus Boss, stuffed breads from Maria’s Gourmet Edibles and trail mix from Lakeside Maple.

Alexander Hamilton School is at 24 Mills St. in Morristown.

For more information, including a full list of vendors, call 908-362-7967 or visit morriswinterfarmersmarket.com.

The breweries are coming ...

Searching for something to warm you up?

How about beer?

The sixth annual Great Beer Festival will take place Feb. 6 at Meadowlands Exposition Center at Harmon Meadow in Secaucus. More than 80 breweries will pour more than 150 beers; participating breweries include Beach Haus Brewery of Belmar, Magnify Brewing of Fairfield, 902 Brewing Company of Hoboken and Bolero Snort Brewery of Ridgefield Park.

There will be two sessions, 12:30 to 4 p.m. and 5:30 to 9 p.m., and admission includes a five-ounce souvenir tasting cup, two-ounce samples from any brewery, and entrance to the expo’s beer seminars.

Tickets cost $45 per person when purchased in advance. If any tickets remain, they will cost $60 at the door. The cost for designated drivers is $10.

Attendees must be at least 21 years old; no children of any age will be permitted.

Meadowlands Exposition Center is at 355 Plaza Drive. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.greatbeerexpo.com.

Train rides and more

Chances are you have taken a train into or out of Grand Central Terminal; it is, after all, the busiest train station in the country.

But have you ever eaten there?

There are nearly three dozen restaurants, bakeries and coffee shops in the New York City transportation hub. You’ll find restaurants cooking up Caribbean, Japanese and Italian food, plus the famed Magnolia Bakery, Michael Jordan’s The Steak House N.Y.C., and The Campbell Apartment, a cocktail lounge housed in the refurbished former office of 1920s banker and tycoon John W. Campbell.

And on the first Thursday of each month through April, diners will be treated to something extra: live musical performances paired with food and drink specials at some concourse eateries.

The Dining Concourse in Concert Music Series will featured Holy Crow Jazz Band featuring Jesse Carolina on Feb. 4, Tin Pin on March 3, and Bellatonic on April 7.

Restaurant specials include the following:

• Indian eatery Café Spice will offer a special menu for each concert and deliver food to your table.

• Central Market: Buy any sandwich and a draft beer, fountain soda, or any size bottle of wine and get $2 of.

• Shiro of Japan: Build-your-own chirashi bowls, a mix of rice, vegetables, fish and other ingredients, for $11.99.

The concerts take place from 6 to 8 p.m.

Grand Central Terminal is at 89 E. 42 St. in New York. For more information, call 212-340-2583 or visit www.grandcentralterminal.com/dining.

What’s cooking in Atlantic City?

If your plans for coping with cabin fever include a trip to Atlantic City, consider stopping for a meal at Resorts Casino Hotel’s Gallagher’s Steakhouse or Grotto Ristorante at the Golden Nugget Casino. Both have something new to offer this year.

Gallagher’s, which was founded in New York in 1927 and is known for serving the first New York strip steak, opened at Resorts 10 years ago. To celebrate the anniversary, diners are being treated to a $55 prix fixe dinner that includes hollandaise-topped baked oysters stuffed with crab meat, baby spinach and smoked bacon; dry-aged New York strip steak with garlic mashed potatoes, and toffee cake with cinnamon caramel sauce.

The offer is available through the end of the month.

At Grotto Ristorante, head chef Carmine Favuzzi has joined the kitchen and reinvented the menu.

Favuzzi, who was born and trained in Italy, has added peperoni arrostiti Siciliani, a dish of marinated roasted red peppers and eggplant with pine nuts and aged balsamic vinegar; an arugula salad; rigatoni with fried eggplant and ricotta salata; branzino filet, and wood-fired pizzas.

“Grotto emulates the feeling of eating your Italian grandmother’s dishes, with a modern flair,” the chef said in a news release. “Each new menu item has been carefully crafted from an authentically developed recipe and is served in the upbeat, fun atmosphere unique to Grotto.”

Gallagher’s Steakhouse is at 1133 Boardwalk; call 609-340-6555 or visit http://arkrestaurants.com/gallaghers.

Grotto Ristorante is at Huron Avenue and Brigantine Boulevard; call 609-441-8475 or visit www.grotto

restaurants.com.