Last night about 8, I wandered down to Beale Street to eat. I ordered New Orleans Nachos and their Bucket House Greens, and pulled up Foursquare to check in. I scrolled through my friends list to see where everyone was, and saw a comment from a bartender who works nearby about Black Diamond being closed forever. After I ate and paid my tab, I walked back out on Beale Street and indeed, the Diamond was not open (it should have opened at 6). Can anyone confirm it’s closed for good/provide details? Email me at paul@paulryburn.com if you can. If there are details you don’t want made public on the blog, just say so and I’ll respect that request.
The Diamond is one of those places I never thought would close. I haven’t been there much in recent years, but in my first few years Downtown when I had a good friend working next door at Tater’s, I went there all the time. It had decent bar food at reasonable prices (the pizza in particular was better than I expected) and beer and liquor. Much of its regular crowd was bartenders and servers who’d gotten off work at other bars on Beale. Sad to see it go. Thanks for the memories.
I never got around to the New Year’s Eve recap post yesterday… it will probably go up today.