Grand Central Madison is getting its first restaurant.

Tracks Raw Bar and Grill opened its doors to Long Island Railroad commuters on Monday, marking the first major retail operator in the 150-feet-deep subterranean station. The restaurant is a commuter classic for Long Islanders, which ran a popular location at Penn Station for nearly two decades and closed in 2019.

The restaurant is located on the concourse level of the station, beside the ticketing and waiting areas near the 47th and 48th streets entrance and adjacent to an art installation by Yayoi Kusama.

“Tracks is iconic, Tracks is what people talk about when they talk about 30 years of commuting,” MTA Chair Janno Lieber said in front of the new restaurant as customers ate and drank. “Tracks is inaugurating the era where there is

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