November 25, 2025

Take your cue from three men in camo

Burgers still wow at Edgefield Pool Room

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The triple bacon cheeseburger from Edgefield Pool Room/ Photos by Michael Stern
The triple bacon cheeseburger from Edgefield Pool Room/ Photos by Michael Stern
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By Michael Stern
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By Michael Stern

I am sitting on a stool at the lunch counter in the Edgefield Pool Room, taking a picture of my chili-topped wiener, when a woman to the left of me grins and says she drives from Hephzibah, Georgia, three times a week to eat Pool Room chili dogs.

“What do you like about them?” I ask.

 
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