Mgr Palace

Nobody griddles up dosai better than Nanjunda Ram, the chef-owner of newly opened MGR Palace (the MGR stands for Madras Sri Ganesh Ram), at the Wal-Mart shopping center at Rockbridge Road in Stone Mountain. Ram was the griddle master at Madras Saravana Bhavan in Decatur before it closed. Indian menus in the Atlanta area are starting to woefully remind me of the demise of Chinese menus -- they offer a little too much of something for everyone. MGR Palace certainly falls prey to this bit of ill-placed logic. The difference is that almost everything here is worth a taste, even if, like the saag paneer dosa -- a thin, lacy dosa filled with cubes of soft farmer cheese and spinach -- the origins are a bit suspect.