3 Coins Open Kitchen

If you watch the Food Network show Diner’s, drive –ins and dives. or You gotta eat here… For real you have to try this place … Reminence of 50’s 60’s diner. with a dive type appeal. the food is amazing. It’s fast, friendly service and the price is just right. My go to breakfast for work

Been coming here since I was a kid with my parents on weekend mornings, and I continue to make an effort to do-​so when I’ve got some downtime. Old school 50’s diner with all the breakfast options you’d expect. They do it right, and for the right price. Nothing particularly phenomenal on the food front, but it’s good and the neighbourhood vibe is great. it’s truly a staple in the community.

I concur with all the reviews here. Great 50 – 60’s style diner with character.
My big tip; Grab a stool at the long narrow counter and chat with some fellow diners and watch the chefs in frenzied action creating all the delicious dishes. They even have a vintage green Hamilton– Beach milkshake machine… brings back child hood memories when I used to go to the local diner and sit at the long bar ordering milkshakes and fries 40 years ago as kid…

3 Coins is worth its weight in gold, and then some. The food is delicious and extremely affordable. The staff is accommodating and the waitress is lively! I recommend the Eggs Benedict, I substitute peameal for tomatoe slices.

3 Coins is the real deal. It has those wonderful zodiac vinyl booths and tableside jukebox machines. The coffee is good and so is the food. I was really happy with the way this place turned out.

Was liking for local to get a decent breakfast at 6 in the morning. My experience was a 7 out of 10. The place has a stuck in the 60’s vibe about it, which rubbed me the wrong way. But the food makes up for that. I got exactly what I ordered and the way I ordered it. The food was out faster than most diners I’ve been too and that’s a plus if you have places to go. All in all this place isn’t a a bad place to get a bite to eat. Just make sure you get a combo and don’t add things cause four pieces of turkey bacon cost and extra 4.50. That’s nuts.

For as long as I can remember living in Richmond Hill, the neon signage of 3 coins open kitchen has been lit. Being a surviving staple in the downtown Richmond Hill core for near 60 years it is as much a part of the town as the heritage homes or the World War monument. It’s a reminder of our small town routes, and pangs me with nostalgia when I think about everything it has seen change around it in that time.
It had been some time since my last venture in for a quick fried egg sandwich on the go, and being that I hadn’t been in a true open kitchen greasy spoon in ages I decided to venture in.
I’ll be frank about this place — it aint pretty. The floors have seen better days and many of the chairs, look dated (then again that is what they’re going for). However, I feel like a quick clean up could really make this place pop once again. The aforementioned Neon lights have not been on in ages and the outside white wash finish is getting weather beaten and dirty. BUT don’t judge this book by it’s cover, like a seasoned veteran this place has character and a story. And I guarantee if you sit still long enough you can hear it.
Alright, enough romantic nostalgia
I entered and was warmly greeted by the cook and lone waitress and was offered any seat I would like. being an open kitchen purist I sat on a bar stool steps away from the cook and a cup of coffee was immediately place in front of me. Had I been a smoker (and had smoking been allowed indoors today) this would have been the perfect time + place to drink said coffee and enjoy said smoke while reading the days news.
I should add that despite the place being busy for 1 server, she was impeccable, she seemed to have an uncanny mental trigger for knowing when my coffee hit half mast and was on me about refills right away. The coffee never even had a chance to cool and I’m sure I had about 5 cups before leaving (still shaking 2 days later).
Perusing the menu I saw many basics and classic fare and a few additions (like egg whites only) for the health conscious (don’t be a wiener and order an egg whites at a greasy spoon — that’s a cardinal sin… COME ON). I decided on sticking with my breakfast go to and asked for the Eggs Benedict with Pemale bacon instead of ham.
The blessing and the curse of an open kitchen is that you can see how everything is made, and my only criticism was that the hollandaise sauce was heated in the microwave before being added to my dish… tsk tsk. However that being said, the 2 pemale STEAKS that adorned my english muffins, acted as a landing pad for my perfectly cooked eggs and nuked holly-​sauce.
Judges: ITS GOOD!
Despite my concerns the meal was tasty, filling, a great value and made quick as can be.
Now despite this semi glowing review, you might be asking: «Well heck Kris, why the 3 star». Well friend lemme tell you, 3 coin is a greasy spoon and it doesn’t pretend be anything more or anything less. It manages your expectations and delivers consistently (more than I can say for some ex girlfriends… hey-​yooooo LOL). I kid. But to give this place a ⁵⁄₄ star would be to set your expectations sky high. In my books its a 3 – 3.5 BUT an incredibly strong one at that. I challenge you to disagree, in fact I bet you try this place out and struggle to give it anything less than a 4.
Some might call this place a dive… but it’s my local dive… and I hope it never changes

4.5÷5
According to its menu, 3 Coins opened in 1955. The place has been renovated and gone through several owners since then. Along with the surrounding churches, it is one of the few surviving landmarks in the old town of Richmond Hill, dating back to the town’s post-​war boom years. The diner is complete with an open kitchen, checkered wall tiles, black and white movie posters, jukeboxes at each booth, and other memorabilia to make one nostalgic for the good old days. Even for a fella in his twenties. The walls are adorned with specials printed on paper. Service is laid-​back, and friendly. I mean the real «more coffee hun?» type of service. Their menu is split into two pages, one for breakfast and the other for lunch and dinner. The breakfast side has all the belly-​filling, arterial plaque inducing classics plus several types of omelets for the «health conscious». The lunch and dinner offerings are typical. Steaks, roast beef, burgers etc. All in all, 3 Coins Open Kitchen is a classic diner with a service and décor that is as authentic as you can get these days. What makes this place special for me is that it is one of the only places in Richmond Hill, where you can get a real breakfast. And by breakfast, I do not mean a bran muffin and cappuccino or Cora’s over-​priced and flamboyantly arranged fruit (nothing wrong with either of those things). Sadly, I can’t help but think of this place eventually giving way to a real estate or dentist’s office, like many of its neighbors have over the years.