The Checkerboard Restaurant

small mom and pop place good portions, great food. polite staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It’s exactly what you expect from an old school diner. Regulars and locals frequent here, you can tell by the way the staff know the clientele.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Very nice family owned breakfast joint. The server was very kind and helpful

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Stopped in for breakfast only 5 people eating. We sat down and waited several minutes for the waitress. She was busy sitting down on her phone. She never came to the table she got up and yelled do you want coffee or tea. She brought it over and gave us the menus.
We placed our order and when we tried the food, let's just say if I had a hangover that is the place to go. Grilled greasy eggs, home fries and bacon. The waitress was more interested in her phone than her customers.
I prefer a good ma and pa resturant, but this one I wouldn't recommend.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Great diner. Excellent food.

Waitress completely spilled coffee on me and then charged me for it….. lol no words to describe that service. Any other reasonable business would comp it. That’s just next level terrible service or just straight penny pinching. Wow. 😂

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

Getting addicted to their breakfast.Three sundays in a rule , very low prices and generous servings , husband and wife, you Won't go wrong here robin

Great ppl there .. very friendly servers

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Service poor. Not attentive if we wanted more water. Did not ask how our meal was. Wife received a great portion of fries as a side dish. I received nowhere near. I asked the server why I did not receive the same portion. The server’s answer was as though I was being scolded as a child. Oh by the way French fries was prepackaged and the veal was frozen packaged and then heated. Do not recommend going here. You get what you pay for. Let alone the restrooms. Which was another negative experience.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Went once, wouldn't go twice. After waiting to be seated for a few minutes was told to sit down like i should have seen the non existent sign. Weird place , kind of a dive, not very clean. Watched cook standing on a peice of cardboard in the kitchen while I was staring at someone else's food left on my knife.
Coffee was ok , homefries were greasey , bacon over cooked.
Will be going to any other breakfast place next time

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 2

Love this place. It’s been there for 3 decades. That says it all.

Very unclean, the tables, windows, washrooms and kitchen. Terrible service and poor food quality as well

Cheap food and decent quality but worst service I have ever seen. Do not order water as it will never come (8-10 occasions). Tea has so much grit in it as they never clean their hot water heater and the scale will almost clog your throat! If you ask for something again that was forgotten, she will attempt to embarrass you in front of all the other patrons by yelling you are being rude because she can't handle a few customers for the last 30 years. Medication comes to mind. The "sloth" needs it.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 1

Delicious pancakes, coffee wasn't bad, great prices, very fast and nice service. Would definitely come again. Great Sunday breakfast!

One of those hole in the wall type places. Literally best breakfast I've ever got.