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Ninja Gets Its Close-up; Sheepshead Bay Goes Gourmet

• Historic Sheepshead Bay restaurant Lundy’s will reopen as Cherry Hill, a massive gourmet market. [Gothamist]

• Private food inspectors don’t generally have time to do full inspections and are often paid by the company they’re auditing, so their reports are often unreliable. [NYT]

• Americans are pretty much the only people who care about the health benefits of wine. [Slate]

• It might be a bear market, but McDonald’s is feeling decidedly bullish about their new McCafé line of premium coffee beverages. [CNN Money]

• Upper East Side barbecue spot Smokin’ Q didn’t close because of the economic crisis, but because of its cursed location. [City Room/NYT]

• Last night’s 30 Rock featured a dig at Ninja New York. [Eat Me Daily]

Ninja Gets Its Close-up; Sheepshead Bay Goes Gourmet