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104 E. Vandalia Edwardsville, IL 62025

618-656-4221

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Best Neighborhood Bar (East Side)
Award Winner 2008

Cuisine(s): American
Hours: Sun 3pm-1am, Mon-Wed 11am-1am, Thu-Sat 11am-2:30am

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Open Mic with Butch Moore

9:00 p.m. every Sun.

The eclectic spirit of the Stagger Inn's open mic nights has become legendary over the years. One might witness just about anything -- from a colle...
Open Mic with the Duck Tape Trio

8:00 p.m. every Wed.

The eclectic spirit of Open Mic Nights at Stagger Inn have become the stuff of legend over the years. One might witness just about anything from a ...

2008 | Best Neighborhood Bar (East Side)

You walk into the Stagger Inn...Again (the original bar closed for a disco successor) and you try to find a seat at the mahogany bar. The barstool is worn (and sometimes warm) and comfortable, and it sinks down like a cushy bicycle seat. When you're inside a bar that's just around the corner from Madison County's sterile granite courthouse, you're bound to be surrounded by life's rich pageant. Divorced electricians, longhaired musicians and the occasional lawyer belly up to the bar for a... More »
2005 | Best Burger (Non-Beef Division)

The chef in the back builds the Nightmare with a shovel. He dumps a pile of chopped onions in a pot, backs up a cement mixer and pours fifteen tons of veggie chili onto it, pushes a Cheddar cheese log through a wood shredder, and then pours the mixture onto your choice of either garden or black-bean burger. We say rock the black bean. It kicks major ass, spicy and black-bean buttery. He wipes his brow and summons the server, who delivers the Nightmare to the table with forklift, hands you a... More »
2004 | Best Open-Mic Night

Maybe it's the infectious friendliness of this legendary Edwardsville establishment, the obscure microbrewed beer specials, the ample stage -- got a six-piece rock band with trumpet No sweat! -- or the sterling sound system with functioning monitors. Whatever it is, the Stagger's twice-a-week open-mic get-togethers are more addictive than karaoke and ten times as musical. No one abuses the mic with Cher covers or scatological "spoken word" rants and, even better, the hosts don't act like... More »
2002 | Best College-Town Bar

Along with its nightly beer specials, free popcorn, substantial menu (the kitchen closes by 9, however), music seven nights a week (including entertaining open-mics on Wednesday and Sunday), ample seating and one of the area's best bartenders in Charmaine, the Stagger Inn ... Again exudes a friendly, unpretentious warmth that no amount of Jägermeister (and the shots do flow at the Stagger) alone can effect. Every night, old-timers, hippies and ex-high-school jocks and cheerleaders trade... More »

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: April 6 to 8

By Daniel Hill | Fri, April 6, 2012

This weekend is another good one; Saturday especially is virtually overflowing with shows. White Denim, All American Rejects, Flatfoot 56 and 8Ball, MJG and Bun B all come to town that night, as well ... More »
Out Every Night: The Best Shows From March 5 to 11

By Daniel Hill | Mon, March 5, 2012

This week brings us not one but TWO members of the Wu-Tang Clan (unfortunately on separate nights), Japanese punk-weirdos Peelander-Z, and the first visit ever from Seattle's raw Ramones-y punk band t... More »
Orange Mind-Eraser

By Randall Roberts | Wed, June 11, 2003

Who knew? Dozens of centuries of Zen thought and practice, years spent by mindful monks and happy-go-lucky hippies hellbent on cleansing the brain of the relentless internal chatter, becoming "one" with the "universe" and whatnot -- and all they r... More »

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rftbestof | St Lous, MO | 149 Reviews

| Wed, May 6, 2009

You walk into the Stagger Inn...Again (the original bar closed for a disco successor) and you try to find a seat at the mahogany bar. The barstool is worn (and sometimes warm) and comfortable, and it sinks down like a cushy bicycle seat. When you're inside a bar that's just around the corner from Madison County's sterile granite courthouse, you're bound to be surrounded by life's rich pageant. Divorced electricians, longhaired musicians and the occasional lawyer belly up to the bar for a draft. "The lawyers used to come in here to drink, but now they all go to [a nearby wine bar] for their image," says one longtime employee, slightly disgusted at the thought.
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Kara117 | Edwardsville, IL | 7 Reviews

| Tue, September 15, 2009

I've only eaten @ the Stagger Inn once but go there otherwise to have a few drinks with friends. The food, however, is fantastic, and I plan to eat there again. I had a reuben, my boyfriend had a blackened-tuna sandwich, and we shared an appetizer of lobster rangoon. It was all delicious, the prices were reasonable, and the portions were pretty large. It's also enjoyable to go there for drinks and hear local bands. Definitely recommend it.
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AutumnN | Benld, IL | 1 Reviews

| Mon, January 5, 2009

Very laid back, Nice Bartenders, Decent bar food

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Stagger Inn ... Again

104 E. Vandalia Edwardsville, IL 62025

618-656-4221

Description

9:00 p.m. every Sun.

8:00 p.m. every Wed.

2008 | Best Neighborhood Bar (East Side)

2005 | Best Burger (Non-Beef Division)

2004 | Best Open-Mic Night

2002 | Best College-Town Bar

By Daniel Hill | Fri, April 6, 2012

By Daniel Hill | Mon, March 5, 2012

By Randall Roberts | Wed, June 11, 2003

rftbestof | St Lous, MO | 149 Reviews

Kara117 | Edwardsville, IL | 7 Reviews

AutumnN | Benld, IL | 1 Reviews