Checkers Food & Spirits

Great lunch spot in the urban food desert of Trenton city. Awesome homemade soups and the best burgers for miles around. Staff is friendly. Get there before noon as the seats fill up quickly.

Head down S Warren St in Trenton and Checkers is the hole in the wall bar and restaurant on your left. The bar is usually filled with State workers during the week and can get very crowded. I tend to stick with the hamburgers which are flame broiled in the rear of the bldg. If you dont want to smell like smoke, than sit in the front. The chili is also very flavorful. The drinks are good, particularly the different types of martinis. A great little place for drinks and a burger

This place is a Trenton institution. Checkers has been around for over 30 years. We have been living in Trenton NJ for over 13 years and last night was our first time there. Checkers was the first stop on Patriots Week pub crawl. The burger came highly recommended and did not disappoint. F had a cheese steak and happily devoured it. Checkers has a full bar and we're serving all kinds of concoctions. Lisa, our bartender, handled the huge crowd with humor and grace. The reason for...read full review