Staggs Grocery

Great biscuits and gravy, sausage, and bacon for breakfast. Incredible hamburgers for lunch as well. Everything is made to order but food prep is quick.
Go right to the counter to order and then grab your drink and sit down. They will bring it to you. When you’re done, go to the counter, tell them what you had, and pay. Leave a tip because they will bus the tables for you.

You’re not a true Florence native till you’ve eaten at Staggs! I love their burgers, but the chicken sandwich with extra onion is the best! Its a hol-​in-​the-​wall burger joint, but a very good one! A true local spot!

If you want a hot, fresh, diner cheeseburger then this is the spot for you. If you eat in expect to share a table with strangers. Sometimes the best things are simple and this is a great example of that. It’s a go to for a great burger.

A great down home burger, but the breakfast are the best! Eat here! You will thank yourself.

Great burgers and awesome biscuits and chocolate gravy.
I eat here twice a week most weeks .
The only thing they would need to improve this place is hand cut fries.

Dive burger joint is right. As I sit here with my battery dead in the parking lot I’ve been watching people file in. I dare not ask someone to jump me off, I know Better. I’ll wait till they are finished. I know what they’re after. i just experienced it myself. It’s the most delicious and tender burger you’ll ever inhale, especially delicious since it’s the same price you’d pay at any garbage fast food restaurant for something a third of the quality.

If you want a burger with much better quality than fast food for about the same price you should visit this divey little joint.
Definitely not fancy– «hole in the wall» appearance, plastic folding tables and chairs, walk up to the ‘kitchen’ to tell them your order, tell them what you got at the register.
I placed two orders, bacon cheeseburger and fries and hamburger and fries. I had them in less than 5 min.
The decently sized burger patty is obviously man made. Not greasy and tastes like real meat. Sesame seed bun was soft and fresh. With everything includes mayo, a little ketchup, shredded lettuce, a slice of tomato, onion slices, and pickle chips. My coworker said the bacon is delicious and crispy.
My burger and fries was only $ 6.01 and really filled me up.
Funniest part was when I brought it back to the office a couple of the men were drooling over the «That’s gotta be Stagg’s» burger. Obviously a man favorite since the place was filled with men.

Amazing breakfast menu. Great BLT. Affordable prices. I just wish they were open more because they are sooooo good!

A local gem. I first ate there in 1997 and it had been around for centuries back then;) Classic Shoal’s icon, not to be missed. The burgers are fantastic. But go for the milieu. I promise you will never forget this place.

I used to enjoy this place once a week. But it’s gone downhill. The buns are still big but the patty has shrunk to the point you’re tearing off bread to tolerate it.

if you want a great local burger, this is the place.
it’s a dive, but it’s clean and always has a high health score.
a double with fries and you’re good for several hours.
they have old fashioned fried apple pies that are really good.

Has a good burger. The atmosphere is very old school, small town-​y with communal tables.

Chocolate gravy biscuits set the bar. Wonderful. I just wish the part of town would fix up all the awesome old structures. Then it would be paradise

I wholeheartedly agree with the other reviews. Small place, small menu – OUTSTANDING BURGERS! Not greasy, juicy, with a nice crust from being cooked on the flat top. Grilled bun is a nice touch. Will definitely try breakfast. Word to the wise, they close the kitchen at 2:00 p.m.

Pretty good place to get a burger thats for sure. I had to cut my cheeseburger to eat it because it was pretty messy, but really good and greasy (in a good way). The fries were good too and thought they were salted perfectly.

My good lord Jesus, this place is heaven sent. Eat your heart out.

To describe the Shoals in one word: Staggs. When Staggs is said in conversation, a native Shoaler immediately starts drooling, and longs to make the trip over to the quaint East Florence. Stagg’s embodies what is good in the Shoals.
It’s just a small, local, old grocery store turned kitchen with white plastic tables and chairs crammed in. The neat thing about it is if you want to eat-​in you’ll end up sitting with strangers – but not really strangers because this is the Shoals – and will be forced to interact with them, but most of the time its just packed with regulars who are more than cordial.
With Staggs cooking up burgers we don’t need a 5 Guys (regardless of how good it is). Staggs juicy, greasy burgers beat 5 Guys’ anyway. In comparison, they are basically identical burger styles, but Staggs has better buns (seeded), which they throw on the grill (very good). I ordered their double bacon cheeseburger, and it was monstrous. 5 Guy’s little boy burgers are like ants in the face of a roaring lion (Staggs’ burgers). I got the burger with «everything» on it, and they meant it. It was basically dragged through the garden – lettuce, pickles, onions, tomato, mustard, you name it, it was on there. The cheese was just oozing down the sides of the steaming burger, and the fries were hot and crisp. Top it off with a cool, crisp, refreshing Stewart’s Soda (I chose orange cream soda – excellent).
This place is a gem. If you’re a Shoaler and haven’t experienced Staggs then you must have been living under a rock, or in Sheffield, your whole life. If you’re from outside the Shoals, then make the trip because they’re the best burgers for miles around.
Their hours are 5:30 am to 2 pm, so get up early and have breakfast too. Their biscuits are homemade right there in the shop and are almost too good. If you were to cut out little pieces of the clouds in heaven and bake them, then you would get Staggs’ biscuits.
One Thursday night I heard Staggs made chocolate gravy on Friday mornings (only). And I had never had their breakfast. That settled it. I woke up the next morning and sped all the way there. I ordered a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit and a side of biscuits and chocolate gravy.
Holy Heavens!
The chocolate gravy was like the inside filing of a chocolate pie (you know, the real sweet southern ones). It nearly knocked me to the floor. It’s served in a bowl along side your biscuit and a slice of butter is resting on top of the brown puddle, slowly melting into it. If I were in town more I would go here every Friday for their biscuits and chocolate gravy.
About the bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit? In short, it’s the best in town.

Great homemade style burgers. It is exactly what it is supposed to be. Burger tasted like a … Burger. Not like a Big Mac, not like a Whopper, but a honest burger. You can actually see and taste the meat. Thought it was really good and I don’t imagine I’ll find one much better.

What an outstanding, unique, local place for a great burger! I loved that the seating options are long tables with 10 – 12 folding chairs so the diners actually get to meet new people or at least sit with random folks. The way things are done: stand at the counter to order, seat yourself, they bring your food to you, eat, go to the counter and tell what you ate and pay.
The burger is off the charts good! This is a gotta go there kind of place.

My office went here for lunch the other day to welcome in our new graphic designer. I had never been before (never heard of it, actually) and so was interested to see how it was.
It’s basically a cook to order burger place. You tell them what you want, go sit down and wait for them to bring it to you. Once you’re done eating you go up and tell the cashier what you just ate and pay for it.
The food (I had a cheeseburger & fries) was really good actually, and everyone elses looked great too. Some of my co-​workers had a BLT, a salad, and burgers.
Those of us who had been there before told stories of the local celebs that come through for some great food… the mayor of Florence for one. Anyhow, a nice place to go for a burger that isn’t McDonald’s and the prices aren’t bad at Stagg’s either.