A Hamburger Today
Burgerpocalypse: White Diamond Closed?
A distressing comment was left yesterday by AHT reader mduda on my recent review of White Diamond:
Sadly, White Diamond in Linden appears to be closed. There is a paper "CLOSED" sign in the window, the listed phone number rings unanswered, and the restaurant was closed and locked when visited last week on two separate days for lunch and dinner. Very sad—I only had the chance to eat there once, but excellent burgers.
I have been calling in a frantic panic since yesterday but the phone just rings and rings with no answer. I actually went back to White Diamond the week after my review with Josh Ozersky and I have to say that it was even better than I described. Ozersky was as impressed and even blogged about it over at Rachel Ray
Hopefully they are just on holiday; we are coming up on the July Fourth weekend after all, although you would expect that the sign would indicate this. If it turns out that White Diamond is really closed, it is a real tragedy for it is truly one of the last of a dying breed of genuinely authentic slider emporiums. The hamburger I ate on my last visit was as close to the platonic ideal of hamburger perfection as any I have tried. In fact, it might have been the best hamburger I have ever eaten.
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