What fast food chain doesn't Las Vegas have anymore?
Checkers is a retro, 50s/60s drive-in style fast food joint, kinda like Sonic was before they decided to ~modernize~ it. Yuck.
The building looks quite large from the outside, but upon walking inside the seating area is quite small. It is a drive-in style restaurant, so the emphasis is more on outside seating and/or eating in your car. Well, at this location only the former appears to exist. Unlike other drive-ins I've seen in the past there were no car stations. Huh?
Okay, well on to the food. I ordered a Double Checker burger, large fries and a chocolate milkshake. The fries were amazing. Well seasoned and greasy enough to enhance the flavor without just being greasy. The milkshake was thick and quite divine. It was as if Ixcacao (the Aztec goddess of cocoa) had brewed the concoction for me herself! It was almost better then In-N-Out's milkshakes. Almost.
The burger was just okay at best. It was competent but beyond that nothing really stood out about it. It was about a step up from McDonald's at most, and considering the price, not something that's worth going out of my way for. The milkshake and the fries are however.
The Final Verdict
Pros:
Retro, drive-in decor and vibe.
Great fries and milkshakes.
Cons:
Tasty but non-exceptional burgers.
Huh?:
A drive-in that doesn't have eat-in-your-car stations? What blasphemy is this?
Return Factor: 6/10. Only if I'm in the area and happen to have a craving for the fries.