Don Carmelo's Mexican Grill & Tequila Bar

7 Winfield St, Norwalk
(203) 957-3000

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Customers' Favorites

Table Side Guacamole & House Margherita
Angus NY Steak and Chicken Fajitas
Seafood Enchiladas
Chimichanga Bites
Mexican Egg Rolls
Chicken Taquitos
Tres Leches Cake
Chips and Salsa
Enchiladas Mole
Arroz Con Pollo

Menu

DC's Antojitos
Stuffed Jalapeño Peppers
Beer battered jalapeños, stuffed with Monterey cheese, topped with pico de gallo and a drizzle of cream and avocado sauce.
Table Side Guacamole
Fresh hass avocado with chopped onion, tomato, cilantro with our house seasoning and served mild or spicy.
Ceviche de Camarón
Cured in lime juice with onions, cilantro, tomatoes and chopped tri colored peppers.
DC's Wings
Marinated in our house seasoning, cooked to perfection and tossed in your choice of heat or sweet.
Empanadas
Your choice of shredded beef, shredded chicken, shredded pork or black bean and cheese.
Nachos Lopez
Fresh tortillas chips with refried beans, our house sauce, Monterrey cheese, jalapeños, tomato, sour cream, guacamole and choose from shredded chicken, shredded beef or ground beef.
Chips & Queso
House made cheese sauce topped with pico de gallo, roasted corn and chopped cilantro.
Fried Calamari
Tender calamari lightly fried in our house batter. Served with our homemade ranch chipotle.
Sweet Plantains
Sweet ripe plantains topped with crema and queso fresco.
Botana
Mixed appetizers platter with cheese quesadillas, chicken taquitos, buffalo wings, cheese and beans nachos, sour cream, jalapeños and guacamole. No substitutions.
Mexican Eggrolls
Eggrolls stuffed with black beans, red onion, corn and cheese, served with a honey pistachio sauce.
Mussels Chipotle
Mussels in our house chipotle sauce.
Fried Avocado
Breaded and fried hass avocado, served with our house ranch chipotle sauce for dipping.
Chimichanga Bites
A flour tortilla fried golden brown, stuffed with chorizo, topped with crema and avocado sauce lightly dusted with queso fresco.

DC's Sopas
Albóndiga Soup
Homemade beef and pork meatballs grace this classic mexican soup. The beef stock is accompanied with rice, tomatoes, onions garlic and celery.
Sopa de Marisco
Clams, mussels, shrimp, baby scallops, calamari, fillet of sole all in a homemade broth made to order. Please give us a little time.
Tortilla Soup
(A traditional thick soup). We cook veggies and a variety of mexican dry chiles blend them together to make this thick intense soup.
Texmex Tortilla Soup
Chicken broth with grilled adobo chicken, onions, carrots, celery, black beans and corn salsa topped with colorful tortilla chips, sourcream and cheese.

DC's Salads
Taco Salad
Our house fried tortilla bowl filled with rice, refried beans, crispy romaine, iceberg lettuce, red cabbage, tomato, carrots, with your choice of shredded chicken, ground beef, shredded beef, carnitas, grilled chicken or pan fried fillet of sole topped of with guacamole and sour cream sprinkled with Monterey cheese.
Lopez Fiesta Salad
Crispy lettuce with cabbage, bell peppers, carrots, then toped with shredded Monterrey cheese, tomatoes, and avocado. Choice of roasted pork, fillet of sole, chicken breast or shredded beef in a savory garlic and lemon pepper sauce.
Dinner Salad
Crispy lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, cheese and topped with your choice of dressing.
Chicken Chipotle Caesar Salad
Romaine tossed in our house ranch chipotle dressing, topped with grilled adobo chicken, mexican croutons (colorful tortilla chip) and served with a cheese quesadillas.
Tequila Lime Salad
Tequila marinated chicken over a bed of chopped tomaine and iceberg, with roasted corn and black bean salsa, cheese, crispy chips and topped with fried avocado.

DC's Fajitas
Angus New York Steak Fajitas
Sautéed with tri colored bell peppers, onions, tomato and mushrooms in our house seasoning. Served with rice, refried beans, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo .
Chicken Fajitas
Sautéed with tri colored bell peppers, onions, tomato and mushrooms in our house seasoning. Served with rice, refried beans, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo .
Veggie Fajitas
Sautéed with tri colored bell peppers, carrots, zucchini and mushrooms in our house seasoning. Served with rice, refried beans, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo .
Wild Caught Jumbo Shrimp Fajitas
Sautéed with tri colored bell peppers, onions, tomato and mushrooms in our house seasoning. Served with rice, refried beans, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo .
Fajitas de Carnitas
Sautéed with tri colored bell peppers, onions, tomato and mushrooms in our house seasoning. Served with rice, refried beans, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo .
Angus NY Steak and Chicken Fajitas
Sautéed with tri colored bell peppers, onions, tomato and mushrooms in our house seasoning. Served with rice, refried beans, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo .

DC's Enchiladas
Enchiladas Popeye
Two enchiladas stuffed with shrimp (sautéed with onions, tomato and cilantro), covered in a creamy spinach sauce and topped with a piece of avocado.
Enchiladas Suizas
Two enchiladas stuffed with shredded chicken, cheese and covered with a creamy tomatillo sauce.
Enchiladas de Mole
Our homemade mole sauce served on three shredded chicken enchiladas. Topped with queso fresco.
Enchiladas Provensal
Enchiladas stuffed with shredded pork, bell peppers and onions covered in your choice of red enchilada sauce or a green tomatillo sauce.
Seafood Enchiladas
Three enchiladas in a flour tortilla. One stuffed with crab, tomatoes, onion and cilantro, one stuffed with lobster and corn, and one stuffed with shrimp, onion, tomatoes and cilantro. All in a lite creamy chipotle sauce, topped with roasted corn and queso fresco.
Tri Colored Enchiladas
One chicken and cheese enchilada covered with our house mole sauce, one shrimp and cheese enchilada (sautéed with onion, tomato and cilantro), served with a tangy spinach sauce and one pork and cheese enchilada covered in our enchilada sauce.

Seafood (DC's Mariscos)
Camarón Bilbania
Wild caught black tiger shrimp sautéed in white wine, garlic and mushroom. Finish with a spicy dry red chili (optional).
Camarón 3 Chiles
Wild caught black tiger shrimp delicately tossed in our famous 3 chiles sauce.
Camarón a la Diabla
Wild caught black tiger shrimp cooked in our house chipotle sauce.
Camarón Tequila
Wild caught black tiger shrimp sautéed in tequila, garlic, bell peppers, onions and in our house sauce.
Paella
Mussels, clams, shrimp, scallops, calamari, chorizo and chicken grace this incredible dish from Spain.
Camarón al Ajo
Wild caught black tiger shrimp sautéed in a savory seasoned garlic sauce.
Fillet of Sole Veracruzana
Fillet of sole cooked in a traditional sauce made in Veracruz with garlic, pepper, olives and tomatoes.
Marina Rey
Filet of sole and wild caught black tiger shrimp cooked in a garlic mushroom and white wine sauce. Make it spicy (optional).
Pescado y Camarones Madrazo
Filet of sole and wild caught black tiger shrimp in our house chipotle sauce. Your choice of how spicy.
Stuffed Fillet of Sole
Filet of sole stuffed with your choice of shrimp or lump crab. Sautéed with onions, cilantro, tomato and our house seasoning. Served on top off veggies and a lite spinach sauce.

Chicken (DC's Pollo)
Pollo en Mole
Chicken breast in oour house mole sauce.
Chicken al Chipotle
Chicken breast sautéed and covered in our house chipotle sauce.
Pollo a la Brasa
Chicken breast in our house achiote, marinated and served with an enchilada, stuffed with shredded chicken and cheese.
Pollo Rey
Chicken breast sliced cooked in a white wine, garlic and mushrooms sauce.
Arroz con Pollo
Latin american favorite rice and shredded chicken, onion, peppers, all tossed together to create a beautiful arroz con pollo, served with sweet plantain (topped with crema y queso fresco) and mashed black beans. (Topped with queso fresco).

Meat (DC's Carne)
Steak Chipotle
Angus New York steak grilled and covered in our house chipotle sauce.
Steak Arriero and Shrimp
Angus New York steak, seasoned and grilled to your liking, served with three wild caught black tiger shrimp and tossed with red potatoes and scallions. Add red chilis if you like it spicy.
Steak Puebla
Thin cut steak grilled and covered in our ranchero sauce (chopped cilantro, onions and peppers).
Carne Asada
Thin cut ranchero steak seasoned, grilled and served with a shredded chicken enchilada.
Plato Mexicano
A thin cut grilled ranchero steak, chorizo, a chile relleno and a shredded chicken enchilada makes this dish a feast!
Steak Shrimp Madrazo
Seasoned Angus New York steak, grilled to your liking, served with three wild caught black tiger shrimp, all bathed in our house chipotle sauce (your choice of heat) and topped with a sprinkle of Monterey Jack cheese.
Sabana Carmelo
Thin cut ranchero steak seasoned and grilled, covered with sautéed peppers, onions, tomatoes and potatoes.

Pork (DC's Puerco)
Carne Adobada
Pork loin marinated in adobo with grilled pineapple, served with a pulled pork and cheese enchilada (pulled pork, peppers and onions).
Pork Colorado
Slow roasted carnitas smothered in our house chipotle sauce. Your choice of heat.
Carnitas Carmelo
Slow roasted carnitas served with two sauces: one a house tomatillo and the second our house chipotle sauce.
Chile Verde
Slow cooked carnitas smothered in our house tomatillo sauce.

DC's Combos
Build a Two Combo
Served with rice and refried beans.
Build a Three Combo
Served with rice and refried beans.

Other Mexican Favorites
Burrito
A large flour tortilla filled with your choice of shredded chicken, shredded beef, ground beef or shredded pork (cooked with onions and peppers), stuffed with rice, refried beans, pico de gallo, cheese, guacamole and sour cream.
Chimichanga
A large flour tortilla filled with your choice of shredded chicken, shredded beef, ground beef or shredded pork (cooked with peppers and onions), stuffed with rice, refried beans and cheese, all fried to a golden brown. Sour cream, pico de gallo and guacamole on the side. Topped with your choice of green sauce or our house enchiladas sauce.
Taquitos
Taquitos (corn tortillas) or flautas (flour tortillas), stuffed with your choice of shredded chicken, shredded beef or pulled pork, topped with lettuce, sour cream and guacamole. Served with rice and beans.
Quesadilla
Large flour tortilla stuffed with Monterey cheese, your choice of shredded beef, shredded chicken, ground beef or shredded pork (cooked with peppers and onions), served with rice and beans, sour cream, pico de gallo and guacamole on the side.

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Recent Reviews

and yet another great place to eat in Norwalk, Connecticut ... Don Carmelo's Mexican Grill & Tequila Bar excellent restaurant... beautiful decor... outstanding service... and the food perfection 👌... and the margaritas are to die for had 2. 1 Passion Fruit and the 2nd coconut/ pineapple
August 2025
We drive about an hour to dine here. The food and service is that good . Nachos are a hit , and tequila lime dressing chicken salad is a winner . Don't ever have to ask for them to refill the complimentary chips either ?
August 2024
Don Carmelo’s is one of my favorite places to eat a delicious meal at! The margaritas are to die for! And the new margarita flight is 10/10!!!! One of the top spots to eat at and enjoy in Norwalk! Great outdoor atmosphere for upcoming spring and summer nights!
April 2024

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Don Carmelo's Mexican Grill & Tequila Bar

7 Winfield St, Norwalk, CT 06855
(203) 957-3000