Checkers Pizza — Restaurant in Middletown

9 out of 10 My family and I are from New York, this was our first time vacationing in Newport. We tried a few of the “popular” pizza places during our week vacation but all of the “popular” places left us disappointed and unsatisfied. Then I came across this tiny little pizza shop named Checkers and figured I’d give it a go. Long story short we were pleasantly surprised. As New Yorkers, we know a good pizza, and Checkers has the best pizza we’ve tasted on the island. We ordered a regular cheese pizza and a pepperoni pizza. Both pizzas had a great undercarriage with a little bit of a crunch to it. The pizza sauce was delicious, bursting with flavor and slightly sweet. Both pizzas had a perfect sauce to cheese to crust ratio. The pepperoni pizza was not overly greasy. Both outer crusts were delicious with a good crisp on the outside and fluffy bread on the inside. The establishment (checkers) is small, not built for high traffic, but upon entering the pizza shop you are smacked in the face with all the wonderful aromas of a good pizza joint. You could smell the sauce, fresh herbs and garlic in the air. There are a few tables in there if you choose to dine-in. The overall appearance was pleasant and gave me a “home” ma and pop shop kind of vibe. Lastly, staff was welcoming and friendly. The service was good and the wait time was standard. I even got to meet the owner of the shop. Overall, this was our best experience at a pizza shop here in Newport, Rhode Island. Great pizza, great staff, and a great...

Im so glad we were at the Holiday Inn and I happened to spot it on the way to post. Some of the best pizza I have ever had in my life!! Very 80s on the outside, smelled of nostalgia (if youre from the East Coast you know that pizza/hoagie shop smell. it just missed the clicking of our shoes on an old hardwood floor), the Three Stooges paraphenalia was a gem and watching it on TV was so nice, loved the 80s game machines. My spouse and I spent a few hrs there jaw jacking with the tall gentleman with eyeglasses and the shorter gentlemen with the reddish beard (so sorry! twice and we forgot to grab their names). They talked military and life. We talked about them and the pizza for the past 2 mos to anybody that could hear us. We couldnt wait to come back, so our kid could try it. They even remembered us, and the pizza was just as good. Fairly priced for the amt of toppings and homemade-ness of the pizza. OH MY WORD! RUN, Dont Walk, to Checkers!!! Hopefully, we will bring more family in some months to give it a try, as well. Thank yall for making Rhode Island a...

This place gets my Mostest Bestest star review. The owner greeted us when we walked in and took our order verbally because he was tossing some dough for a pizza and remembered the order which had 4 items. The pizza was The Best I've had and I've had a lot of pizza from a lot of places. The pizza was amazing from crust to toppings. I had also bought the garden salad and a garden was in the salad! The atmosphere takes you back in time as he as a vintage pinball machine that you can play for .25 cents and he also has 3 vintage arcade games. And while you wait you get to watch The Three Stooges and I was laughing so hard ... when Curly started shooting the oyster for stealing his crackers! Lmao ...😂😅 The pizza was so awesome went back the next day and he remembered my name! It does take about 35, 40 minutes but so worth the wait. Between the pinball and Three Stooges the time flew by. You can always call ahead.... And his menu is not all clogged up either. Pizza is the reason for this place... Oh...and the carrot cake was a great dessert.... Great...