The Best Food Events in NJ This March

Mark your calendar for this month's tastiest happenings.

Fried fish and French fries with dipping sauces and beer
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Enjoy March in New Jersey with this delicious assortment of dining and drinking events.

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NORTH

The Big Brew Beer Festival

📅: Saturday, March 2 (noon-4 pm & 5:30-9:30 pm)
📍: The Morristown Armory • Morristown
ℹ️: Hang out with friends, enjoy good food and music, and drink from 150+ craft beers from a variety of breweries. 21+ event.
💸: $65

Bonfire and Food Festival

📅: Saturday, March 2 (2-7 pm)
📍: Liquid Church • Parsippany
ℹ️: A family- and pet-friendly event celebrating the pleasures of a nice bonfire. Food, hot and cold beverages, music and children’s activities will be at the festival.
💸: $5; children 5 and under free

Jersey City Restaurants Fest

📅: Saturday, March 2-Saturday, March 16
📍: Multiple Eateries • Jersey City
ℹ️: Two full weeks dedicated to celebrating Jersey City’s vast food scene. Local restaurants and light bite eateries will be offering specials and deals every day.
💸: Prices vary

21 Seeds Brunch

📅: Saturday, March 9 (12-3 pm)
📍: Chevys Tex Mex • Clifton & Linden locations
ℹ️: This Mexican restaurant is teaming up with 21 Seeds, a women-owned infused tequila brand, for a special brunch to celebrate Women’s History Month. A pop-up bar, floral wall, activities, food and drinks will be at the event. $1 from each cocktail will be donated to Oasis A Haven for Women & Children (Clifton) and the Puerto Rican Alliance of Elizabeth Dancers (Linden). Ticket includes one cocktail and brunch entrée.
💸: $35

Girl Scout Cookie and Wine Pairing

📅: Saturday, March 9-Sunday, March 10
📍: Brook Hollow Winery & Event Facility • Knowlton Township
ℹ️: It’s Girl Scout Cookie season, and there’s no better way to enjoy five kinds of cookies than paired with five wines and three milkshake samples.
💸: $20-$25

Blues & Brews

📅: Sunday, March 10 (4:30-7:30 pm)
📍: Montclair Brewery • Montclair
ℹ️: The North Jersey Blues Society hosts monthly Blues & Brews events. This month, enjoy live music from Bees Deluxe, a British/American blues band, while sipping on Montclair Brewery’s 20+ craft brews.
💸: $10 admission

Uncorked: NJ Wine Fest

Glasses of various wines

Photo: Unsplash/Maksym Kaharlytskyi

📅: Saturday, March 16 (7-11 pm)
📍: Liberty Science Center • Jersey City
ℹ️: Enjoy a night trying over 100 wines, bubbles, seltzers and canned cocktails while exploring the exhibits after hours. Tickets include wine tasting and full access to the museum; food sold separately.
💸: $75-$90

Taste of Madison

📅: Monday, March 18 (6-9 pm)
📍: The Madison Hotel • Morristown
ℹ️: More than 30 local restaurants will have food and drinks to taste all at one extravagant event. 21+, and business casual attire recommended.
💸: $85-$125

Fish Fridays Lent Specials

📅: Every Friday in March
📍: The Shannon Rose • Clifton & Ramsey
ℹ️: This Irish pub is serving seafood-centered dishes on Fridays at each location to celebrate the season of Lent.
💸: Prices vary

CENTRAL

Jersey Eats: A Taste of New Jersey

📅: Saturday, March 2-Sunday, March, 3 (noon-5 pm)
📍: CURE Insurance Arena • Trenton
ℹ️: Spend the day (or weekend) sampling some of New Jersey’s best eats. Try food and beverages from restaurants, markets, breweries, wineries, bakeries and more.
💸: $10-$16; kids 12 and under free

Experience Princeton Restaurant Week

📅: Saturday, March 2-Friday, March 8
📍: Multiple Eateries • Princeton
ℹ️: 40+ participating eateries will offer a selection of specials, including prix fixe Restaurant Week $25 lunch menus and $45 dinner menus.
💸: Prices vary

The Chocolate Expo

📅: Saturday, March 9-Sunday, March 10 (10 am-6 pm)
📍: NJ Expo Center • Edison
ℹ️: Step into a candy land and enjoy tons of chocolates, baked goods, specialty foods and craft beverages from a variety of vendors. You’ll have the opportunity to meet some of the stars from the original Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory film and catch them in a Q&A panel each day at 11 am.
💸: $10-$40

Our Very Own Wine & Food Fest: Top Chef Season 16 Reunion

📅: Saturday, March 16 (6 pm)
📍: Heirloom at The St. Laurent • Asbury Park
ℹ️: At this special event, 15 chefs from Bravo’s Top Chef season 16 will reunite to create an evening filled with bites, drinks and flavors from across the country. The event is hosted by chef David Viana, the mastermind behind Heirloom Kitchen in Old Bridge, Heirloom at The St. Laurent in Asbury Park and Lita in Aberdeen, a recipient of the James Beard Award, and cast member on season 16.
💸: $265

15th Annual Holi Festival

📅: Saturday, March 23 (1-3 pm)
📍: New Brunswick Free Public Library • New Brunswick
ℹ️: Celebrate Holi, the Indian festival of colors, in an afternoon spent outdoors. There will be samplings of Indian food, music, dancing, henna, and Holi color play, where guests will toss colored powder in celebration of the holiday.
💸: Free, registration required

Taste of Middlesex

📅: Monday, March 25 (5:30-8:30 pm)
📍: The Pines Manor • Edison
ℹ️: Try a variety of new dishes and drinks from local restaurants all in one place. 21+ event.
💸: $55-$85

Sun Filled Flavors for a Winter Escape

📅: Tuesday, March 26 (6-9 pm)
📍: Taste and Technique • Fair Haven
ℹ️: In this cooking class, learn to a craft a meal with warm, summer flavors. Guests will make Cuban black bean and sausage soup, mango pepperpot salad, island style jerk chicken, pumpkin rice, sweet plantains, and flan de coco with pineapple.
💸: $85

SOUTH

Craft Beer, Wine, & Spirits Festival

📅: Saturday, March 2 (4-9 pm)
📍: The Showboat Hotel and Resort • Atlantic City
ℹ️: This is the ultimate tasting experience, with access to over 50 breweries, 20 distilleries, 20 vineyards, plus ready-to-drink beverages, seltzers and ciders. Some notable featured brands are Patron, Bacardi and Surfside. There will be food vendors and live entertainment, as well.
💸: $60-$75

Burlington County Winter Restaurant Week

📅: Sunday, March 3-Saturday, March 9
📍: Multiple Eateries • Burlington County
ℹ️: Towns throughout Burlington County will be spotlighting their food scene and participating eateries will be serving up special deals and menus all week long.
💸: Prices vary

5th Annual Haddonfield Restaurant Week

📅: Tuesday, March 5-Sunday, March 10
📍: Multiple Eateries • Haddonfield
ℹ️: Use this week to try out new dishes from restaurants across Downtown Haddonfield. All eateries—including high-end and fast-casual restaurants, a brewery, frozen yogurt shop, candy store and winery—will have specials, prix-fixe menus and discounts all week long.
💸: Prices vary

Wine & Line: Line Dance Party

📅: Friday, March 8 (6-10 pm)
📍: Plagido’s Winery • Hammonton
ℹ️: Join a line dancing class while enjoying fresh wine by the glass, bottle or in a tasting. Cover does not include the price of wine or food.
💸: $10 cover at the door

Blues, Brews & Country Festival

📅: Friday, March 8-Sunday, March 10 (times vary)
📍: MudHen Brewing Co • Wildwood
ℹ️: A weekend-long festival of live country music, giveaways, vendors, personalized cowboy hats, beer, cocktails and food.
💸: No admission fee

Grilled Cheese & Wine Pairing

📅: Saturday, March 9 (noon-3:30 pm)
📍: Salem Oak Vineyards • Pedricktown
ℹ️: Sample four grilled cheese sandwiches, each paired with a glass of wine. 2-hour time slots.
💸: $17

Fish Fry Friday

📅: Every Friday in March
📍: Sun Harbor Seafood and Grill • Barnegat
ℹ️: All you can eat fish and chips, served with beer battered cod, french fries and coleslaw. A great choice for those practicing meatless Fridays for Lent (or for anyone who just really loves fish and chips).
💸: $26


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