Rosita’s Salvadoran Cafe
4121 Stone Mountain Hwy (78) Lilburn, GA 30047
770-979-2900
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10am-6:30pm Mon-Sat
Rosita’s Cafe! Technically Rosita’s is not on Memorial Drive. (For new readers my area of reviews is supposed to be Memorial Drive from I-285 to the Stone Mountain/Memorial Drive intersection). However if you keep going on Memorial, it will merge into 78 and if you imagine real hard you will see that it is an extension of Memorial Drive so keep going until you get to Home Depot. Memorial Drive, for you history buffs, is state road 10 (SR10) and runs concurrently with 78 all the way to Athens and Augusta. But once again I am divagating. Let me merge back onto the main point–Rosita’s Cafe.
Rosita’s is a small family run Salvadoran restaurant and grocery. It has 3 or 4 tables up front along with typical tourist items like purses, bracelets, and calendars for sale and a grocery in the back. The cafe is comfortable, clean, and cozy. We’ve been there two times (and will be going back many times) and the same 3 women and young boy have been there each time
They do dine in, take out, and cater as well.
One of the many dishes served is the pupusa which is a very simple ethnic Salvadoran dish. It is usually a thick corn tortilla stuffed with a variety of ingredients, such as shredded cheese and pork. You can see in the photo that they serve a variety of Salvadoran and Mexican dishes. At our first visit back in April we had lunch and the other day we had breakfast to gird our loins before going to Home 
Depot for household necessities like a hard hat, ear plugs, a screw driver, and safety glasses for a light day of cleaning and buffing the silverware.
The gist of the matter is that our food was simple, delicious, inexpensive, and thoroughly enjoyable and in the company of the friendly family owners. Breakfast was Mexican Tipico (fried eggs, beans, rice, and salsa verde) and Salvadoran Tipico (scrambled eggs, beans, and avocado). Rosita’s has red and green salsa at the tables and the red salsa was so good we asked for a container to take home. The red salsa is made with roasted tomatoes and is thin so it can be used as a sauce.
So the next time you need sheetrock, a five gallon bucket, or a couple of nails go to the Home Depot on Hwy 78 and pop into Rosita’s. You will be glad you did, they will be glad you did, and we will be glad you did. Win/win/win. Rating: 4-nice!