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Poor Richards Cafe

3.3 (46 reviews)
InexpensiveCafes, Diners, American
Closed • 7:00 am - 2:00 pm

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Casual
Moderate noise
Good for kids
Good for groups

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a man sitting at a table - Inside Poor Richards Cafe, a historic diner with wood-paneled walls, customers seated at tables, and a view of the kitchen area.
Mahritzah W.

Great food, great service, very reasonably priced. We will return, they have been located here for ever, we need to support our community.

Michele H.

Excellent food, excellent service, and one of my favorite things about diners: the server brought a whole pot of coffee and left it on my table. Yaaas!!! I'm so glad I came here this morning. It's been well over a month since any restaurant was good enough "to write home about." The food, btw, was perfectly cooked. Eggs Benedict aren't super easy to make, so I was very surprised that I could get them with crispy, golden hash browns for under eight dollars! Poor Richard's has provided me with a very auspicious start to my day! Also, Pokémon.

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Tristan H.

This diner has been around a long time but we have never really managed to check out its food. It's in a part of town through which we never drive, and it's close to no one we know. But we decided to have an early breakfast there this morning. Our first impressions were that it was spacious, it was clean, and the service was quite good. And there was a large, well kept aquarium. We sat in the dining room closest to the parking lot that lies to the east of the building. We noticed that someone has a fascination for lighthouses. We were the third and fourth customers in the building, and the other two were talking to the server close to the kitchen entrance. My girl ordered a water and Poor Scramble; I had a coffee and the Hungry Man. The Poor Scramble is described as "three eggs scrambled with sausage, bacon, mushrooms, green peppers, onions, tomatoes, and hash browns smothered with cheese served with toast." All we tasted were unseasoned hash browns. My Hungry Man is described as "three eggs, two sausage links, one sausage patty, two bacon strips, one ham slice, hash browns and toast." My eggs were over hard. The eggs and the sausage links were fine, the bacon and sausage patty were zeros, and the ham slice tasted like ham but was chewy. The hash browns looked as if they had waved at the flat top on the way to our table. When I have potatoes, whether it comes as hash browns or home fries (cubed or sliced), I like to see a crispy exterior. I'll even tolerate a whole lot of char on my potatoes. There was zero browning on my hash browns. The raisin toast we both had and my coffee were fine. I suppose I can't complain about inaccurate advertising since the restaurant does call it a poor scramble. I chalk the scramble up to unimaginative execution by the kitchen. The flavor profile for the scramble should have been more than just unseasoned potatoes. Following my often stated theory that professional cooks should be able to put out food better than I could prepare, I find that didn't happen this morning. And cooks that treat salt as if it's an exotic ingredient are not cooks that can make food even barely palatable. I was going to be less negative about my dish. I was going to...if I hadn't spent better part of my subsequent morning feeling nauseous and dry heaving.

Noir S.

This place is pretty average nothing spectacular but not very bad food. The cinnamon rolls are great though. The staff was down to earth though.

The Hungry Man Breakfast
Kiarash Z.

When Nate Bandit of Louisville's Bourbon Bandits described this diner as a place "that gives you the meat sweats," I knew I had to try it. Poor Richard's offers indoor smoking, bottomless cups of coffee and meat-intensive platters of greasy goodness. On day one, I had the chicken fried steak, three eggs, hashbrowns and toats. The steak arrived smothered in gravy. The hashbrowns were perfectly crispy, and the toast was two FULL slices of toast. It was enough food to two. I ate the whole thing for less than $6. On day two, I had the biscuits and gravy (again with toast and hashrowns). It was delicious and hugely filling. Forgot your smokes? You can buy some at the counter. This place is hangover slayer, and every morning is a low-key party. The tables are big and can be joined together for maximum mob action. Warning: If you dislike smoke or trashy folk, avoid this place.

Country fried steak, 2 eggs, hash browns, toast.

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1 year ago

The restaurant stinks, it's smells like dirty basement. In need of a deep clean/renovation.

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3 years ago

Food is fantastic and the service is wonderful. We had a good sized group and the servers were excellent.

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3 years ago

Food was good, cheap, and fast. Coffee was the best I've had at a diner, service was wonderful. Perfect breakfast spot.

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7 years ago

Best burgers ever plus the owner is super nice you won't see him in his office he's out there working just like the other employees.

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10 years ago

Great food, fast service and a great price. What else is there to say. Great neighborhood cafe.

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10 years ago

Horrible service. Our server never checked on us and never came around with refills. Coffee was cold. Food was mediocre.

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15 years ago

Love this place! A diner at it's best with the cost for a meal that keeps bringing me back. It's a must see if you're in Kalamazoo!

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