It’s coming up next weekend, the third annual Atlantic City Food and Wine Festival. Celebrity chefs will be coming to town, and it’s a chance to meet your favorite stars and enjoy some great grub and stuff to wash it down with. It runs Thursday through Sunday.

   Events start at about $45 and go up from there. Some of the most popular ones are sold out. Log on to www.atlanticcityfoodandwine.com for all the info.

   My favorite event is the Grand Marketplace, which has four sessions on the sixth floor of Bally’s. For $45, you get to roam a couple of big rooms and sample dishes from restaurants at the four Caesars Entertainment properties, signature items from area restaurants, and plenty of beer and wine. I always emerge drunk, stuffed and quite happy.

   If you have room in your stomach, Harry’s, the new seafood place at Bally’s, is having a crab fest from 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday. For $29, you get all the hard-shell crabs you can eat and there are other food and drink specials too.

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