re: Need an Atlanta restaurant recommendation for dinner.....

There are several places near the Dome that are casual/sports bars. Stats is a short walk. Dantanna's is in the CNN Center. Taco Mac at Phillips. There's also a decent Mexican place right there at Phillips, but I can't remember what it's called. There's a McCormick and Schmicks at the CNN Center too.

If you're going before the game, they will all be packed, so prepare to wait a long time or go early.

Another option if you can't get in anywhere is to just go into the CNN Center concourse and there's all kinds of stuff - Chick Fil A, Moes, etc. and you can get that and a few of the places sell pretty big, cheap(relatively) beers.

And another option, if you don't mind probably not being around a bunch of LSU fans, is No Mas Cantina a couple blocks south of the Dome in Castleberry Hills. Very good Mexican.