Long Island commuters can finally get a meal while waiting for their train at Grand Central Madison, although maybe not a freshly cooked one.

Tracks Raw Bar and Grill officially opened for business during the Tuesday evening rush hour — far later than project officials had hoped. The MTA initially projected the eatery — the first at Grand Central Madison — would be open by last fall.

But a series of construction-related delays pushed the scheduled opening to this past July, and then to August, and finally to Tuesday, the second day of September.

"It’s no secret it took a little while to get to this moment," MTA chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said at a ceremony Tuesday near the establishment, which is on the station’s mezzanine level, across from the LIRR ticket windows.

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