Carlsbad Tavern Menu

Guacamole

Green Chile Mashed Potatoes

Rice & Black Beans

Biggie Fries

Veggies

Sweet Potato Mashed

Green Chile Macaroni & Cheese

Chips and Two Salsas

Spiced chips with tomatillo and red salsas.

Green Chile Cheese Crisp

Large tortilla with cheddar and jack cheeses, green chile sauce and diced tomato. Add chicken $3.00, add shrimp $4.25

Chicken Quesadilla

Green chile chicken and jalapeno jack cheese melted in a flour tortilla.

New Mexican Potstickers

Chicken and anaheim chiles with a sweet corn cream sauce.

Spicy Crab Cakes

New mexico-styled cakes served with lemon-pepper tossed mixed greens with habanero aioli.

Casa Nachos

Chipotle spiced chips, black beans and melted cheddar and jack cheeses. With green chile chicken.

Tequila Shrimp

Six mexican shrimp marinated in tequila and fresh lime juice, grilled and glazed with orange-cilantro pesto. Served on a tortilla with black beans.

Carlsbad Brochettes

Skewered and grilled pieces of chicken, shrimp, sirloin beef, peppers and onions. Served with three dipping sauces.

Casa Nachos

Chipotle spiced chips, black beans and melted cheddar and jack cheeses. With machaca

Filet Tacos

Three filet mignon soft tacos served with pico de gallo, cheddar & jack cheeses, guacamole and a cup of black beans.

Casa Nachos

Chipotle spiced chips, black beans and melted cheddar and jack cheeses. With carne adovada

House Salad

Mixed greens topped with cheddar and jack cheeses, red pepper and diced tomatoes. Served with jalapeno ranch dressing.

Spinach Salad

Fresh spinach, baked tortilla encrusted goat cheese, candied pecans, red onion and sundried cherries. Tossed with orange sherry vinaigrette.

Tesuque Chicken Salad

Tortilla-encrusted chicken breast thinly pounded and tossed with chipotle lime vinaigrette, spinach, mixed greens, jalapeno bacon, corn, tomatoes and topped with tortilla strips.

Caverns Chicken Salad

Chicken marinated in lime and cilantro, then tossed with mixed greens, tomatoes, black beans, corn, two cheeses with jalapeno ranch. Topped with a drizzle of bbq & tortilla strips.

Filet Salad

Medium-grilled certified angus beef filet mignon on a bed of mixed greens with roasted corn salsa, avocado, jalapeno bacon, tomatoes and served with chipotle ranch dressing.

Basket o Sopas

With powdered sugar and honey

Carmel Flan

Prickly pear or chocolate grand marnier

Chocolate Bread Pudding

With butterscotch sauce

Key Lime Pie

Chocolate Mousse Cake

Chocolate Eruption

Cheeseburger with French Fries

Grilled Cheese with French Fries

Chicken Tenders with French Fries

Happy Kids Pasta

Tortilla Soup

Chicken, tomato and onions in a spicy chile broth, garnished with sour cream, cheddar and tortilla chips.

Pozole

Roasted pork and hominy in a cilantro lime broth.

Green Chile Stew

Roasted pork, green chiles, potatoes, carrots and roasted corn.

Cheeseburger

Cheddar cheese, tomato, lettuce and red onion.

Green Chile Cheeseburger

Served open face on toasted sourdough, topped with green chile sauce and cheddar cheese.

Southwest Patty Melt

Served with grilled red onions, cheddar cheese and spicy thousand island dressing on grilled sourdough.

Portales Portobello

Grilled portobello with roasted red pepper, avocado, pico de gallo, pepper jack cheese, red onion, lettuce and tomato. Served on foccacia bread with chipotle mayonnaise.

Green Chile Philly

Shredded machaca beef with sauteed chiles and onions. Served on a hoagie roll with jalapeno jack cheese.

Habanero Cheeseburger

This burger may cause temporary blindness or loss of hearing. Lots of freshly ground habanero chile, mixed with lean ground beef, Grilled and topped with melted jalapeno jack cheese. Served with frie

Santa Fe Club

Roasted turkey, jalapeno bacon, lettuce, tomato and chipotle mayonnaise rolled in a flour tortilla, with melted cheese on top.

Roswell Reuben

Thinly sliced pastrami with spicy marinated red cabbage, spicy thousand island dressing and jalapeno jack cheese, on grilled rye.

Red River Chicken

Grilled chicken breast with cilantro pesto, red chile, mushrooms and jalapeno jack cheese. Served on a tortilla with rice and black beans.

Spicy Lobster Croissant

Chunks of lobster sauteed with roasted peppers and served with melted pepper jack cheese and lemon-honey aioli on croissant.

1/2 Rotisserie Chicken

Spicy garlic pepper rubbed and slowly roasted in our pecan fired rotisserie. Served with green chile mashed potatoes and salad.

Ruben’s Chicken Fried Chicken

Buttermilk marinated chicken breast on sour dough bread, topped with chorizo gravy. Served with green chile mashed potatoes and salad.

Lobster Enchiladas

Two fresh lobster enchiladas sauteed with roasted minced peppers and stuffed in corn tortillas with jalapeno jack cheese. Served with a mild three-chile sauce, wild rice and asparagus for dinner. Ser

Fresh Snapper Tacos

Build your own soft tacos with spicy baked snapper, pico de gallo, cheese, mixed peppers, onions and sour cream. Served with rice and black beans.

Crab Stuffed Poblanos

Two poblano chiles stuffed with crab, peppers, onions and cilantro. Served with a smoked cascabell & yellow bell cream sauce and with rice & black beans.

Carne Adovada Plate

Slow roasted pork, simmered in red chile, topped with cheddar and jack cheese. Served with a flour tortilla.

Blue Corn Enchiladas

Two cheese enchiladas, one stuffed with chicken and one stuffed with gulf shrimp. Topped with green chile sauce.

Green Chile Burrito

Choice of grilled chicken, carne adovada, machaca or vegetable. Rolled in a flour tortilla with jalapeno jack and topped with green chile sauce.

Chile Rellenos

Roasted anaheim chiles stuffed with roasted pork and jalapeno jack cheese. Topped with green chile sauce.

Machaca & Tomatillo Chimichanga

Slow cooked machaca with roasted tomatillo sauce and pepper jack cheese. Topped with guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.

Enchantment Platter

Carne adovada burrito, chicken enchilada and chile relleno. Served with red and green chile sauce and a sopaipilla.

Chipotle Stroganoff Chicken Pasta

Grilled chicken, mushrooms, onions, cilantro and spicy chipotle. Tossed with angel hair pasta.

Carlsbad Pasta

Grilled chicken and andouille sausage, chiles, onions, black beans and pine nuts in a spicy peppercorn cream. Tossed with penne pasta.

Garlic Shrimp Pasta

Six sauteed mexican shrimp with roma tomatoes, avocado, salsa, red onion and cilantro. Tossed with linguine and romano cheese.

Osso Bucco

Pork shank slow roasted with serranos, garlic, onion and leeks, then finished off with an apple chipolte glaze. Served with green chile mashed potatoes, and veggies.

Taos Pork Tenderloin

Apricot and habanero glazed pork tenderloin grilled & served on a bed of black beans. Served with sweet potato mashed and veggies.

N.Y. Carne Asada

Chile-rubbed certified angus beef n.y. steak grilled, topped with a mushroom cholula sauce & served on a bed of black beans. Served with a cheese quesadilla and roasted corn & avocado salsa.

Red Chile-encrusted Halibut

Baked Halibut encrusted with red chile spices and served with chipotle lime beurre blanc. Served with rice and veggies.

Filet Mignon

Certified angus beef tenderloin grilled over pecan wood and topped with gorgonzola ancho butter and mushrooms. Served with green chile mashed potatoes and veggies.

Carlsbad Ribeye

Twenty-ounce, bone-in, chipotle-honey-glazed certified angus beef ribeye with roasted pepper relish, served with a cheese quesadilla, avocado salsa and fresh asparagus.