Chambersburg
Chambersburg is the Trenton neighborhood that still answers when you call it Italian, though the answer comes in three languages now. The bakeries that put Chambersburg on the regional map mostly persist, the social clubs less so, and the row houses have absorbed a generation of newer arrivals without losing the south-of-Hamilton-Avenue density that made the place legible to begin with. Rent stays cheap by Mercer County standards because Trenton is Trenton, which is the honest tradeoff. Date-wise, dinner here is the entire pitch. Drinks afterward usually happen somewhere else, and that is fine.
Chambersburg by the numbers
Chambersburg runs male-heavy, about 54% men to 46% women.
Median individual income in Chambersburg is about $29,100.
New Jersey registers voters by party, and Mercer County is about 44% Democratic to 16% Republican, with a 38% Unaffiliated bloc nearly as large as the Democratic share.
The median renter in Chambersburg pays about $1,460 a month.
About 8,000 Chambersburg residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Guatepan Bakery
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La Cabaña Bakeshop & Restaurant
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Panaderia Fuente Del Buen Gusto
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Casablanca Restaurant
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Blue Danube Restaurant
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Tikal Restaurant & Lounge
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Trenton Ice Cream Parlor
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Tir na nOg - Trenton's Reel Irish Pub
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Magic Restaurant
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Panoroma Musicale
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Guatetico Grill
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Trenton Bagel House
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Courthouse Cafe & Catering
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Patricia's Restaurant
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George C.'s Tavern
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Decache Bar Liquors LLC