Carlos O'Kelly's - Dubuque

1355 Associates Dr, Dubuque
(563) 583-0088

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Strawberry and Raspberry Margherita
Legendary Chili Con Queso 1pt
Beef Chimichanga and Fries
Chicken Fajita Quesadilla
Enchiladas San Carlos
Fajita Cheese Crisp
Salsa and Queso Dip
Seafood Enchiladas
Chimichanga Dinner
Chicken Fajitas

Menu

Apps
Legendary Chili con Queso
Our legendary Mexican-style cheese dip.
Fresh Guacamole
Avocado, fresh lime juice, tomatoes, onion, and cilantro.
Quesadillas
Two large flour tortillas topped with cheddar cheese and a tasty blend of poblano chilies, hatch green chilies, garlic, and onions. Grilled to a crisp golden brown.
Fajita Cheese Crisp
A fried flour tortilla topped with tender pieces of grilled fajita chicken, Monterrey Jack, and butter garlic sauce. Baked pizzeria-style and garnished with diced tomatoes and chives.
Naked Nachos Grande
Chip-dipping layers of ground beef, chili con queso, refried beans, sour cream, fresh guacamole, jalapenos, lettuce, tomatoes, and chives. Tortilla chips served on the side.
Carlos Salsa
Our famously-fresh salsa and made-from-scratch every day.
Carlos Bag of Chips
Large bag of Carlos's famous chips

Taco Street
Carnitas Pork Taco
3 street-sized tacos. Corn or flour tortillas and two sides.
Hatch Pulled Chicken and Queso Taco
3 street-sized tacos. Corn or flour tortillas and two sides.
Skirt Steak Diablo Taco
3 street-sized tacos. Corn or flour tortillas and two sides.

Salads
Saladilla
A Carlos cheese quesadilla with mixed field greens, Jack, guacamole, sour cream, crispy tortilla strips, bacon, and cucumbers.
Taco Salad
A crisp tortilla bowl filled with fresh mixed greens and shredded cheese. Topped with tomatoes, sour cream, chives, and Southwestern croutons.
Cantina Chicken Salad
Carlos grilled cantina chicken breast. Mixed field greens tossed in our mango lime vinaigrette. Queso fresco crumbles, crunchy tortilla strips, crispy bacon, pico de gallo, and crunchy pepitas. Fresh and tasty.

Burritos
Enchilada de Monterrey Burrito
Pulled chicken and Monterrey Jack rolled burrito-style in a flour tortilla and covered with cheese enchilada sauce. Topped with crema fresca and chives. Your choice of two sides.
Fajita Steak Burrito
Grilled fajita steak, sauteed peppers and onions, rice, and chili con queso wrapped up in a large flour tortilla and topped with both red and cheese enchilada sauce and a dollop of sour cream. Served with your choice of two sides.
Sancho Especial Burrito
Seasoned ground beef, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes wrapped in a flour tortilla and covered in cheese enchilada sauce. Topped with crema fresca, tomatoes, and chives. Your choice of two sides.
Chipotle Chicken Burrito
Grilled fajita chicken, sauteed green peppers, and onions and cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla covered with diablo sauce a creamy sauce laced with the smoky flavor of chipotle peppers. Topped with sour cream and your choice of two sides.
Suiza con Pollo Burrito
Grilled fajita chicken and a blend of Monterrey Jack, cream cheese, and sour cream rolled up in a big flour tortilla and covered with poblano cream sauce and chives. Served with your choice of two sides.

Enchiladas
Enchiladas de Poblano
Two flour tortillas stuffed with pulled chicken and cheese and covered with poblano cream sauce. Served with your choice of two sides.
Enchiladas San Carlos
Two pulled chicken enchiladas made with flour tortillas. One covered with poblano cream sauce and the other with diablo sauce. Your chance to try two of our most distinguished sauces. Served with your choice of two sides.

Fajitas
Chicken Fajitas
Grilled chicken served to sizzle with onions, green peppers, warm flour tortillas, cheese, lettuce, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Fajita Trio
Three distinct flavors. Grilled chicken, grilled steak, and chipotle-basted shrimp.
Shrimp Fajitas
Broiled chipotle-basted shrimp served to sizzle with onions, green peppers, warm flour tortillas, cheese, lettuce, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Steak Fajitas
Grilled steak served to sizzle with onions, green peppers, warm flour tortillas, cheese, lettuce, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Chicken and Steak Combo Fajitas
Grilled chicken and steak served to sizzle with onions, green peppers, warm flour tortillas, cheese, lettuce, sour cream, and pico de gallo.

Combo Platter
Cinco Sampler
A five-item combo. A pulled chicken enchilada and a ground beef enchilada, both with cheese enchilada sauce, and a ground beef enchilada with red enchilada sauce plus two pulled chicken flautas with cheese sauce for dipping.
Combo 1
A seasoned ground beef enchilada, a cheese and onion enchilada, and a ground beef taco.
Combo 2
Ground beef, bean, cheese burrito, a cheese and onion enchilada, and a seasoned ground beef taco.
Combo 3
A ground beef, bean, cheese burrito, a cheese and onion enchilada, a ground beef enchilada, and a ground beef taco.

Chimichangas
The Cadillac Chimi
A hot, crispy burrito-sized tortilla wrapped around grilled fajita chicken, cheese, and tender seasoned fajita onions and green peppers. Topped with our famous chili con queso, sour cream, and hand-diced pico de gallo.
Chimi El Dorado
The ultimate chili, stuffed with chipotle chicken, cream cheese, Monterrey Jack, sour cream, green chilies, and topped with chili con queso.

Mex Grill
Fajita Chicken Bowl
Grilled cantina chicken, cilantro-lime rice, black beans, tortilla strips, cheddar, sour cream, guacamole, and fresh pico de gallo.
Steak and Enchiladas
A grilled 8 ounce sirloin steak and lightly basted with the smoky flavor of chipotle peppers. Served with two ground beef enchiladas covered with red enchilada sauce. Garnished with sour cream and chives and your choice of two sides.
Chicken Fingers and Fries
Tender strips of chicken breast breaded and lightly fried. Served with cantina fries and a side of honey mustard sauce.

Carlos Originals
Chicken Picado
Tender pieces of marinated chicken breast with butter garlic sauce with sautéed green peppers and onions, and melted Monterrey Jack. Topped with tomatoes and chives and ready to roll in warm flour tortillas. Choice of two sides.
Shrimp Picado
Chipotle-basted shrimp blended with poblano cream and diablo sauce with sautéed green peppers, onions, and melted Monterrey Jack. Topped with tomatoes and chives and ready to roll in warm flour tortillas. Choice of two sides.
Pasta Diablo
Sauteed green peppers, onions, and rotini pasta mixed with our diablo sauce. Topped with Monterrey Jack, tomatoes, chives, and sour cream.

Make Your Mex
MYM Enchiladas (2 pcs)
Choose your filling, sauce, and 2 sides. Our oven-baked enchiladas are made with corn tortillas and your choice of filling. Topped with your choice of sauce and crema fresca and chives.
MYM Chimichangas
Choose your filling, sauce, and 2 sides. A large flour tortilla stuffed with cheese and your choice of an inspired filling. Deep-fried to a golden brown, covered with sauce, and topped with sour cream and chives.
MYM Burritos
Choose your filling, sauce, and 2 sides. Smothered burrito dinners are made with a flour tortilla wrapped around your choice of an inspired filling and topped with your choice of sauce.

Kids Meals
Kid's Burrito
Ground beef, refried beans, and cheese in a flour tortilla. Served with a dish of cheese sauce and choice of one side.
Kid's Chicken Fingers
Crispy and delicious breaded chicken tenderloins. Choice of one side and dressing.
Kid's Combo
One traditional enchilada in a corn tortilla and one hard shell taco. Chicken or ground beef. Choice of one side.
Kid's Enchilada
One traditional enchilada in a corn tortilla with cheese sauce. Choice of one side
Kid's Hamburger
One quarter-pound patty and their choice of one side.
Kid's Macaroni and Cheese
A steamy bowl of macaroni and cheese. Choice of one side.
Kid's Pizza
One individual cheese pizza just their size. Choice of one side.
Kid's Quesadilla
A flour tortilla covered in melted cheese and grilled to perfection. Choice of one side.
Kid's Taco
A fried corn tortilla filled with ground beef and shredded cheese.

Family Pack Meals
Carlos Taco Kit (Ground Beef) (Serves 4 to 5)
Seasoned ground beef in soft flour tortillas or crispy corn shells (mix and match, 12 total), with cheese, sour cream, lettuce, and tomatoes. Served with fiesta ranch taco sauce. Includes your choice of 2 sides (Mexican rice, refried beans, cilantro-lime rice, papas O'Kelly's, and side salad), a large bag of Carlos chips, and a pint of our legendary salsa.
Carlos Taco Kit (Grilled Fajita Chicken) (Serves 4 to 5)
Grilled fajita chicken breast in soft flour tortillas or crispy corn shells (mix and match, 12 total), with cheese, sour cream, lettuce, and tomatoes. Served with fiesta ranch taco sauce. Includes your choice of 2 sides (Mexican rice, refried beans, cilantro-lime rice, papas O'Kelly's, and side salad), a large bag of Carlos chips, and a pint of our legendary salsa.
Family Pack Chicken Picado (Serves 4 to 5)
Our famous chicken Picado. Take out a pan of marinated chicken breast with butter garlic sauce, sautéed green pepper and onions, and melted Monterrey Jack. Topped with tomatoes and chives. Served with flour tortillas. Includes your choice of 2 sides (Mexican rice, refried beans, cilantro-lime rice, papas O'Kelly's, and side salad), a large bag of Carlos chips, and a pint of our legendary salsa.
Family Pack Pasta Diablo (Serves 4 to 5)
A Carlos's favorite is ready for a hungry table. Grilled fajita chicken, rotini pasta mixed with sautéed green pepper and onions, and our diablo sauce. Topped with Monterrey Jack, tomatoes, chives, and sour cream. Includes your choice of 2 sides (Mexican rice, refried beans, cilantro-lime rice, papas O'Kelly's, and side salad), a large bag of Carlos chips, and a pint of our legendary salsa.
Monterrey Casserole (Serves 4 to 5)
One of our most popular dishes is served family-style. Pulled chicken and Monterrey Jack with layers of tortillas, covered in cheese enchilada sauce, and topped with crema fresca and chives. Includes your choice of 2 sides (Mexican rice, refried beans, cilantro-lime rice, papas O'Kelly's, and side salad), a large bag of Carlos chips, and a pint of our legendary salsa.
Sancho Casserole (Serves 4 to 5)
The original Carlos Sancho especial served family-style. Seasoned ground beef, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes with layers of tortillas and covered with cheese enchilada sauce and topped with crema fresca, tomatoes, and chives. Includes your choice of 2 sides (Mexican rice, refried beans, cilantro-lime rice, papas O'Kelly's, and side salad), a large bag of Carlos chips, and a pint of our legendary salsa.

Carlos Take and Bake
Monterrey Casserole (Serves 4 to 5)
One of our most popular dishes served family style. Pulled chicken and Monterrey Jack with layers of tortillas, covered in cheese enchilada sauce, and topped with crema fresca and chives. Includes your choice of 2 sides (Mexican rice, refried beans, cilantro-lime rice, papas O'Kelly's, and side salad), a large bag of Carlos chips, and a pint of our legendary salsa.
Chicken Picado Meal (Serves 4 to 5)
Our famous chicken picado. Take out a pan of marinated chicken breast with butter garlic sauce, sautéed green pepper and onions, and melted Monterrey Jack. Topped with tomatoes and chives. Served with flour tortillas. Includes your choice of 2 sides (Mexican rice, refried beans, cilantro-lime rice, papas O'Kelly's, and side salad), a large bag of Carlos chips, and a pint of our legendary salsa.
Pasta Diablo Meal (Serves 4 to 5)
A Carlos favorite is ready for a hungry table. Grilled fajita chicken, rotini pasta mixed with sautéed green pepper and onions, and our diablo sauce. Topped with Monterrey Jack, tomatoes, chives, and sour cream. Includes your choice of 2 sides (Mexican rice, refried beans, cilantro-lime rice, papas O'Kelly's, and side salad), a large bag of Carlos chips, and a pint of our legendary salsa.
Sancho Casserole (Serves 4 to 5)
The original Carlos Sancho especial served family-style. Seasoned ground beef, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes with layers of tortillas and covered with cheese enchilada sauce. Topped with crema fresca, tomatoes, and chives. Includes your choice of 2 sides (Mexican rice, refried beans, cilantro-lime rice, papas O'Kelly's, and side salad), a large bag of Carlos chips, and a pint of our legendary salsa.

Sides
Cilantro Lime Rice (Pint)
Papas O'Kelly's (Pint)
Refried Beans (Pint)
Mexican Rice (Pint)
Fajita Veggies (Pint)
Side Cheese
Pico (Small)
Flour Tortillas (3 Packs)

Drinks
Iced Tea
Pepsi
Diet Pepsi
Dr Pepper
Lemonade
Mountain Dew
Sierra Mist
Root Beer
Tea (Gallon)
Lemonade (Gallon)

Desserts
Churros
Classic and crispy. Two crunchy donut dough sticks covered in cinnamon and sugar. Served with Cholula honey for dipping.
Fried Ice Cream
Sopapillas

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Recent Reviews

Had a great time at carlos. The service was friendly and very courtesy. We come every Tuesday. Keep up the good work.

Dietary restrictions: Gluten free meals.

Parking: If not a place in the parking lot there is still parking close by.
August 2024
Good food decent price only bad thing is service is to good I couldn’t even swallow my food without being asked three times how the food was if I need anything else

Parking: Parking available
June 2024
I always feel welcome, manager&staff
always do their very best to make sure
each meal ordered is perfect. Since the year they opened here in Dubuque IA
I can say they are my favorite restaurant!
June 2024

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Carlos O'Kelly's - Dubuque

1355 Associates Dr, Dubuque, IA 52002
(563) 583-0088