Tacos al Carbón Bar & Grill

1733 Story Rd, San Jose
(408) 649-6696

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Camarónes Al Ajillo
Enchiladas Verdes
Carne Asada Tacos
Tacos Gobernador
Chips and Salsa
Platillo Azteca
Tampiqueña
Tortillas
Guacamole
Mariachi

Menu

Appetizers (Botanas)
Pa La Banda
Chicken wings, quesadillas, chavindeca, chicken taquitos and nachos
Tarasca
grilled shrimp, carne asada, carnitas, chicken flautas with guacamole, sour cream, and salsa.
Apatzingan
Flautas, carne asada with sour cream, guacamole and salsa.
Vallarta
Abalone, grilled shrimp, and octopus.
Guacamole Appetizer
Aguachile
Shrimp cooked with lime juice, onions, cucumbers, served with hot sauce.
Camarones Mariachi
Shrimp wrapped with bacon and filled with shrimp and jalapeno. Appetizer. Does not include rice, beans, fries or tortillas.
Tampiqueña
Carne asada, cheese quesadilla, cheese enchilada, grilled cotija cheese and guacamole.
Empanadas
3 Delicious empanadas, filled with shrimp and covered with guacamole and green sauce.

Platillos Típicos

Carnitas
Fried pork served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chuletas Ahumadas
Pork with green sauce, served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Carne Asada
Grilled thin steak served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Lengua Arriera
Beef tongue with tomato sauce, served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chile Verde
Diced pork in green sauce, served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Bistek Ranchero
Strips of beef in sauce, served with rice, beans, and tortillas.

Enchiladas
Enchiladas Michoacanas
Four cheese enchiladas served with your choice of carne asada, pollo, or huilotas. Not swerved with rice or beans.
Nuevo Mexico
Two enchiladas made with corn tortillas, served with rice, beans, and your choice of chicken, beef or cheese.
Mole
Two enchiladas covered in mole sauce and served with rice, beans, and your choice of filling
Suizas
Two green enchiladas served with guacamole, sour cream, rice, beans, and your choice of filling.
California
Two enchiladas made with flour tortillas, served with rice, beans, and your choice of filling
Del Mar
Two green enchiladas filled with shrimp or mix

Especialidades
Platillo Azteca
Carne asada, cactus, grilled cotija cheese, onion, jalapenos, rice, beans, and tortillas.
Pollo en Crema
Chicken in cream sauce, served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Mole
Chicken drumstick smothered with a bittersweet chocolate sauce , a traditional family recipe, served with rice beans, and tortillas
Pollo Borracho

Fajitas
Mixed Fajitas
Shrimp, chicken, and beef fajitas. Served with beans, rice, and tortillas.
Beef Fajitas
SErved with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Shrimp Fajitas
Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chicken Fajitas
Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.

Salads
Beef or Chicken Salad
Served with lettuce mix, tomato, onion, cucumbers and avocado and your choice of chicken or shrimp.
Shrimp Salad
Shrimp served with lettuce mix, tomato, onion, cucumbers and avocado.
Green Salad
Lettuce mix, tomato, onion,

Seafood Cocktails
Shrimp Cocktail
Served with onion, tomato, cilantro, cucumber and avocado, in our homemade sauce. Accompanied with your choice of tostadas or salt crackers.
Campechana
Shrimp, Octopus, and Avalon served with onion, tomato, cilantro, cucumber, and avocado in our homemade sauce. Comes with tostadas or salt crackers.

Pescado
Mojarra Frita
Whole tilapia served with rice, salad, and fries. Accompanied with tortillas.
Huachinango
Whole red snapper. Served with rice, salad, fries and tortillas or tostadas. To your taste. Al gusto.

Filetes de Pescado

Filete A La Diabla
Fish fillet in spicy hot sauce, served with rice, salad, fries, and tortillas.
Filete Empanizado
Breaded fish fillet served with rice, salad, fries, and tortillas.
Filete A La Plancha
Grilled fish fillet, served with rice, salad, fries, and tortillas.
Filete Millionario
Fish fillet in a mushroom and cream sauce, served with rice, salad, fries and tortillas.
Filete Zarandeado/Veracruzano
Fish fillet marinated in hot sauce, served with rice, salad, fries and tortillas.
Filete Al Mojo De Ajo
Fish fillet marinated in garlic sauce, served with rice, salad, fries, and tortillas.

Caldo De Mariscos
Siete Mares
Soup of a variety of seafood accompanied with tortillas.
Caldo de Pescado
Fish soup accompanied with your choice of tortillas.
Caldo De Camarones
Shrimp soup, accompanied with your choice of tortillas.

Platillos Familiares
Mariscada
Mariachi Shrimp, Grilled Shrimp, Diabla Shrimp, Breaded Shrimp, Octopus, Breaded Fish Fillet, and Fish Ceviche. Includes tortillas of your choice.
Parrillada Al Carbon
Chicken, carne asada, choriqueso, chuleta ahumada, carnitas & chile verede. Accompanied with tortilla.
Cielo, Mar Y Tierra
Chicken, shrimp, fish fillet & carne asada. Accompanied with your choice of tortilla.
Parillada Al Carbon
chicken, carne asada, choriqueso, chuleta ahumada, carnitas, and chile verde

Ceviches
Shrimp Ceviche
shrimp cooked with lime, onion, tomato, cucumbers with sliced avocado on top.
Fish Ceviche
white fish cooked in lime, includes onions, tomato, cucumbers and sliced avocado
Ceviche Mix
Mix of shrimp and fish ceviche.

Camarones
Camarones Mariachi
Shrimp wrapped in bacon, filled with jalapeños and cheese. Includes rice, salad and fries
Camarones A La Diabla
Shrimp in spicy hot sauce and served with rice, salad, fries and tortillas.
Camarones Al Mojo de Ajo
Shrimp sauteed in garlic sauce and served with rice, salad, fries, and tortillas.
Camarones Millionarios
Shrimp and mushroom, covered in a cream sauce, and served with rice, salad, fries and your choice of tortillas.
Camarones Rancheros
Shrimp served with onion, bell peppers, red peppers, rice, salad, fries, and tortillas.
Camarones Al Ajillo
Shrimp cooked with garlic and red pepper, and served with rice, salad, fries and tortillas.
Camarones A La Plancha
Grilled shrimp served with rice, salad, fries, and tortillas.
Camarones Empanizados
Breaded shrimp served with rice, salad, fries and tortillas.

Breakfast
Huevos Rancheros
Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chilaquiles
served with eggs, rice, beans, and tortillas.
Huevos con Chorizo
served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Huevos A La Mexicana
served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Huevos con Papa
served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Machaca
Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Huevos Montados
Eggs over steak, served with rice, beans, and tortillas.

Combinaciones (Combos)
2 Item Combo
Your 2 item choices, served with rice and beans.
1 Item Combo
your item choice served with rice and beans.

A La Carta

Flautas
two pieces served with sour cream, guacamole, and cheese on a bed of lettuce.
Sope
Your choice of meat on top a bed of beans with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole and cheese.
Tostada
Your choice of meat served with beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole,
Tacos Dorados
two crunchy tacos made with chicken or beef. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and cheese,
Chile Relleno

Taqueria
Taco Regular
Small corn tortilla with your choice of meat and topped with salsa, cilantro, and onion.
Chips and Salsa
Burrito
Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream, onion, cilantro, salsa, and your choice of meat .
2 Quesabirrias
birria y queso
Corn Quesadilla
Your choice of meat, served with sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo .
2 Tacos Governador
Shrimp, cheese, and chipotle sauce
Taco Al Carbon
Hand made corn tortilla, with your choice of meat, onions, cilantro, lettuce and guacamole.
Flour Quesadilla
your choice of meat. Served with sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo
Cheese Corn Quesadilla
cheese only no meat
Torta
A sandwich made with a spread of mayo, beans, tomato, lettuce, onion, jalapeno, avocado, and choice of meat
2 Tacos Campechanos
Asada y chorizo o pastor
2 Tacos Sonora
Arrachera y tortilla de harina
2 Tacos Baja Cali
fried fish
Nachos with Meat
Your choice of meat, served with beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, jalapeno, and pico de gallo.
Chimichanga
Deep fried burrito, with your choice of meat.
Cheese Flour Quesadilla
served with sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo. no meat
Nachos No Meat
served with beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, jalapeños , and pico de gallo. no meat
2 Tacos Nayarit
tacos dorados, pulpo o camarón
2 Tacos Mariachi
Camarón, queso, jalepeno y tocino
2 Tacos Michoacan
carnitas pork

Caldos

Pozole
Menudo
Caldo de Res
served with onion, cilantro, lime, and tortillas.
Caldo de Pollo
served with onion, cilantro, lime & tortillas.
Barbacoa

Drinks (Bebidas)
Aguas Frescas
Soft Drinks
Jarritos
Juices

Sides

Side of Rice
Side of Beans
Side of Choriqueso
Side of Guacamole
Papas Fritas

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Recent Reviews

After a long, exhausting day that included unexpectedly changing hotels in the middle of a conference, all we wanted was a place to sit, relax, and enjoy some good food. Mexican food is always our comfort go-to, so we were hopeful—and Tacos El Carbón delivered in many ways.

We were a group of six, and despite how busy it was (there was a huge party going on), we were lucky to be seated right away. The staff was warm and welcoming, and the festive atmosphere...
July 2025
If you want to come here, come here to party. Food isn't the best but I know the quesadilla isn't worth $16. The buckets are super over priced and the cocktails are mid. The music here is repetitive. Just banda with a splash of reggaeton and a sprinkle of cumbia/salsa. Lots of security so that's cool.
November 2024
Vegetarian options: CHILES RELLENOS,. BEANS, RICE, ETC.

Parking: Outside the restaurant.

Kid-friendliness: It feels a peaceful environment. All the stuff is very polite and kind. Helpful.
August 2024

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Tacos al Carbón Bar & Grill

1733 Story Rd, San Jose, CA 95122
(408) 649-6696