Tucked away in Triplicane is this popular mess named after poet, writer and activist Subramania Bharati. Expect books and portraits of the revolutionary man at this joint but also lots of food. And it’s pretty healthy too. They don’t use any preservatives and avoid sugar and focus on serving millets and jaggery. Get everything from pongal and sambhar to wheat upma, ragi puttu, coconut milk idiyappam, and podi dosai all under INR 50!