Carlsbad Tavern Menu

Carlsbad Tavern, a veteran-owned establishment, offers a delightful blend of New Mexican cuisine in Scottsdale, AZ. With a diverse menu featuring vegan and vegetarian options, this restaurant caters to a range of dietary preferences. The casual yet vibrant atmosphere, complete with a full bar and outdoor seating, sets the perfect stage for dining experiences. Customers rave about the friendly service, with servers like Brandon, Nicole, and Amanda going above and beyond to enhance visits. Specialties like the spicy ghost pepper cheese sliders, spicy crab cakes, and prickly pear margarita are highly recommended. The attention to detail in adjusting sweetness levels and allowing customers to sample sauces exemplifies Carlsbad Tavern's commitment to exceptional service. Overall, Carlsbad Tavern promises an unforgettable dining experience with its delicious offerings and warm hospitality.

Lunch & Dinner

Carlsbad Tacos

Soft tacos served with pico de gallo, cheese, and guacamole. Choice of: Gold Canyon Angus Filet Mignon, Shrimp or Chicken.

$13.00

Green Chile Corn Queso Dip

Roasted Hatch green chile, corn, jalapeño jack cheese, and cream cheese. Served with spicy chips. Add Chorizo + $.

$12.50

Spicy Crab Cakes

New Mexico-styled cakes drizzled with our sour cream, served with lemon-pepper tossed mixed greens and a side of habanero aioli.

$13.50

Green Chile Cheese Crisp

Large tortilla with cheddar and jack cheeses, green chile sauce and diced tomato. Add Chicken . | Add Shrimp $. | Add Gold Canyon Angus Filet Mignon $.

$10.75

Chicken Quesadilla

Green chile chicken and jalapeño jack cheese melted in a flour tortilla served with our two homemade salsas.

$11.25

Skillet Nachos

Spicy chips topped with black beans, chipotle ground beef, three cheese sauce, fire roasted jalapeños, pico de gallo and sour cream.

$15.50

New Mexican Potstickers

Chicken, minced peppers and Anaheim chiles served with sweet corn-cream sauce.

$12.50

Chips And Two Salsas

Spiced chips with fresh tomatillo and red salsas. Add Homemade Guacamole + .

$4.50

Green Chile Mac & Cheese Bowl

Green chile, mix peppers and corn in a rich jalapeno cheese sauce

$12.00

Tortilla Soup

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

$8.00

Green Chile Stew

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

$8.50

Filet Salad

Diced Gold Canyon Angus filet mignon on a bed of mixed greens with roasted avocado corn salsa, jalapeño bacon, sliced avocados, tomatoes and served with chipotle ranch dressing.

$16.50

Tesuque Chicken Salad

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

$15.50

Chicken Chopped Salad

Adobo Chimayo chicken, pumpkin seeds, roasted corn, wild rice, sundried cherries, and queso fresco tossed with mixed greens and chipotle ranch.

$15.50

Caverns Chicken Salad

Chicken marinated in lime and cilantro, then tossed with mixed greens, tomatoes, black beans, corn, two cheeses with jalapeño ranch. Topped with a drizzle of red chile prickly pear BBQ & tortilla strips.

$15.50

House Salad

Mixed greens topped with cheddar and jack cheeses and diced tomato. Served with jalapeño ranch dressing.

$11.50

Silver City Chimi

Your choice of carne adovada, Hatch green chile chicken or machaca with onions and red chile sauce, rolled in a flour tortilla with pepper jack cheese, topped with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo

$18.75

Carne Adovada Plate

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

$17.25

Stacked Enchiladas

One layer of Carne adovada and one layer of Hatch green chile chicken topped with our red chile sauce, lettuce, pico de gallo and a fried egg.

$18.75

Green Chile Burrito

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

$17.50

Blue Corn Enchiladas

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

$16.50

Chile Rellenos

Roasted Anaheim chiles stuffed with roasted pork and jalapeño jack cheese. Topped with Hatch green chile sauce.

$18.50

Enchantment Platter

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

$22.50

Prime Rib Burrito

Ancho chile rubbed Gold Canyon Angus prime rib, sautéed onions, mushrooms, pepper jack cheese, and red chile au jus. Topped with homemade picante sauce and a horseradish cream drizzle.

$21.00

Cheeseburger

Cheddar cheese served with lettuce and tomato on a Kaiser bun.

$16.50

Open Face Green Chile Cheeseburger

Served on a slice of sourdough toast, topped with green chile sauce and cheddar & jack cheeses.

$17.50

Southwest Patty Melt

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

$17.50

Red River Chicken

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

$17.00

Ruben’s Chicken-Fried Chicken

Buttermilk-marinated chicken breast on sourdough bread, topped with chorizo gravy. Served with beer battered fries and salad.

$17.50

Habanero Cheeseburger

Food Network’s Burger of Arizona! Lots of freshly ground habanero chili, mixed with lean ground beef, grilled and topped with melted jalapeño jack cheese. Served with fries and salad. Warning Extremely Hot: You order it you own it.

$19.75

Scorpion Burger

Grilled lean ground beef blended with Carolina reaper, habanero, and ghost pepper chiles. Topped with scorpion salt and ghost-pepper cheese served with fries and salad. Warning Extremely Hot: You order it you own it.

$21.75

Santa Fe Club

Grilled chicken, jalapeño bacon, lettuce, pico de gallo and chipotle mayonnaise rolled in a flour tortilla, with melted jack & cheddar cheeses on top. Served with choice of beer-battered fries or Rice and Beans

$16.50

Nacho Burger Wrap

Everything but the chips! Grilled burger patty, cheddar & pepper jack cheeses, fire roasted jalapeno and pico de gallo all smothered in our three cheese sauce then wrapped in a grilled tortilla. Served with our beer batter fries

$17.50

Veggie Enchiladas

Spinach, asparagus, artichokes, mushrooms, and jalapeño jack cheese. Topped with a three-chile cream sauce. Served with rice and beans.

$16.00

Veggie Tostadas

Four mini tostadas with black beans, lettuce, avocado tomatillo salsa, topped with cotija cheese and tomatoes.

$13.50

Calabacitas Tacos

Street style tacos served with fresh veggies (zucchini, peppers, carrots and beans) sauteed in guajillo oil. Served with a cup of beans topped with cheese

$15.00

N.Y. Carne Asada

Chile-rubbed twelve-ounce Gold Canyon Angus N.Y. steak grilled, topped with a mushroom cholula sauce & served on a bed of black beans. Paired with a cheese quesadilla and roasted corn & avocado salsa. ~Cosentino The Franc

$33.00

Chimayo Chicken

Marinated in chipotle, garlic oil and herbs, grilled chicken breast, topped with three chile cream sauce, served over a bed of wild rice and calabacitas. ~Chacewater Sauvignon Blanc

$22.50

Osso Bucco

Pork shank slow roasted with serranos, garlic, onion, and leeks, finished off with an apple chipotle glaze. Served with green chile mashed potatoes and calabacitas. ~Martin Codax Albarino

$30.00

Ribeye

Chili-rubbed sixteen-ounce Gold Canyon Angus steak served with guajillo chili BBQ sauce and a honey tomatillo cilantro sauce. Topped with portobello mixed pepper relish. ~Dona Paula Cabernet Sauvignon

$48.00

Cowboy Meatloaf

Ground veal, pork, and chuck mixed with jalapeño bacon, smoked gouda, roasted onion, garlic, and Hatch green chile then finished with red chile prickly pear BBQ. Served with Hatch green chile mashed potatoes and calabacitas. ~Trapiche Malbec

$25.50

Beef Short Rib

Braised slow roasted with herbs and spices, with a chile mushroom demiglaze. Served with green chile mashed potatoes and calabacitas

$25.00

Garlic Shrimp Pasta

Mexican Shrimp with roam tomatoes, avocado, red onion, and cilantro. Tossed with penne pasta and romano cheese

$25.75

Chipotle Stroganoff Pasta

Your choice of Short Rib or grilled chicken with mushrooms, onions, cilantro and spicy chipotle tossed with penne pasta

$24.00

Maine Lobster Enchiladas

Two enchiladas stuffed with Maine lobster, mixed peppers, poblano chiles, pepper jack, and cheddar cheeses. Served with a three-chile cream sauce, rice, and black beans. Garnished with grilled asparagus.

$24.00

Crab-Stuffed Poblanos

Two poblano chiles stuffed with crab, peppers, onions, and cilantro. Served with a three-chile cream sauce and with rice & black beans.

$22.00

Fish & Chips

Tempura-battered Cod with jalapeño tartar and chile vinegar sauces both served on the side. Served with beer-battered fries.

$18.50

Las Cruces Platter

Crab-stuffed poblano, shrimp enchilada, and lobster enchilada, topped with three chile cream sauce and Hatch red chile sauce. Served with rice and black beans.

$27.00

Basket O’ Sopas

With powdered sugar and honey. Add butterscotch sauce +$.

$9.75

Caramel Flan – Optional Prickly Pear

$10.00

Chocolate Bread Pudding

With butterscotch sauce

$11.00

Dulce De Leche Fried Ice Cream

$12.50

Churros And Gelato

$12.50

Chicken Tenders

$8.50

Grilled Cheese

$8.50

Folded Cheese Crisp

$8.50

Early Bat Special: Ribeye Quesadilla

Flour tortilla stuffed with blackened ribeye, sautéed onions, mixed peppers, mushrooms, and jalapeño jack cheese. Topped with pico de gallo and served on a bed of spicy black beans.

$12.75

Carlsbad Tacos

Soft tacos served with pico de gallo, cheese, and guacamole. Choice of: Gold Canyon Angus Filet Mignon, Shrimp or Chicken.

$11.25

Green Chile Cheese Crisp

Crispy large tortilla with cheddar and jack cheeses, green chile and diced tomatoes.

$9.25

New Mexican Potstickers

Chicken, minced peppers and Anaheim chiles. Served with sweet corn cream sauce.

$10.25

Spicy Crab Cakes

New Mexico-styled cakes served with lemon-peppered tossed greens and habañero aioli.

$11.50

Mac And Cheese Bites

Panko Crusted Bites Stuffed with Green Chile Mac and Cheese. Served with Chipotle Ranch Dipping Sauce and jicama.

$10.50

Bat Sliders

Grilled Onions, Jalapeno Jack cheese. Served with our Beer Battered Fries

$13.75

Habanero Sliders

Three mini Gold Canyon Angus burgers mixed with fresh habañeros and served with pepper jack cheese and Beer Battered Fries. YOU ORDER IT, YOU OWN IT!

$13.75

Meatloaf Sliders

Three Meatloaf Sliders with Grilled Onions, Ghost Pepper Cheese, and Black BBQ Sauce. Served with our Beer Battered Fries.

$13.75

Green Chile Chicken Quesadilla

Shredded chicken marinated in green chile with melted jalapeno jack cheese in a flour tortilla. Served with two homemade salsas.

$9.25

Skillet Nachos

Spicy Chips topped with black beans, chipotle ground beef, three cheese sauce, fire roasted jalapenos, pico de gallo and sour cream.

$13.50

Green Chile Corn Queso Dip

Roasted Hatch green chile, corn, jalapeno jack cheese and cream cheese. Served with spicy chips.

$10.50

Special: Cuervo Traditional Plata Tequila Margarita

Made with % pure agave.

$6.75

Specialty Margaritas

$9.00

Carlsbad Favorites

$9.00

All Wine (By The Glass)

$7.00

Well Drinks

$5.00

Domestic Bottled Beer

$5.00

Discounted Draft Beers

Two featured drafts are always offered on tap Bat Brew (Pale Ale), Church Music & Lagunitas IPAs, Dos Equis Amber & Lager, Big Blue Van

$5.50

Happy Hour

Late Night

Carl’s Boneless Chicken Wings

Boneless chicken wings with your choice of either raspberry chipotle, Cholula garlic, black BBQ or the works. Served with blue cheese dressing and jicama sticks.

$16.00

Bat Sliders

Three mini Gold Canyon Angus burgers served with grilled onions, jalapeño jack cheese, and fries.

$16.00

Habanero Sliders

Three mini Gold Canyon Angus burgers mixed with fresh habañeros. Served with ghost pepper cheese and fries.

$16.00

Meatloaf Sliders

Three mini Gold Canyon Angus burgers served with grilled onions, BBQ sauce, ghost pepper cheese, and fries.

$16.00

Green Chile Chicken Quesadilla

Melted cheeses and two salsas.

$9.25

Jalapeno Bacon Cheeseburger

Half pound of Gold Canyon Angus Jalapeno bacon, Tillamook Cheddar Cheese served with tomato and lettuce on kaiser bun served fries.

$17.50

Cholula Burger

Half pound of Gold Canyon Angus burger marinated in Cholula hot sauce. Served with jalapeño cheese, mushrooms, avocado salsa, and fries.

$17.50

Chicken Fried Sandwich

Buttemilk-marinated chicken breast with lettuce, Tomato, Ghost Pepper cheese and Cholula Honey Mustard with Fries

$16.00

New Mexican Potstickers

Chicken and Anaheim chiles with a sweet corn cream sauce.

$12.00

Green Chile Cheese Crisp

Large tortilla with cheddar and jack cheeses, green chiles and diced tomato. Add Shrimp $ | Add Chicken $ | Add Filet $

$10.50

Green Chile Macaroni And Cheese

Macaroni tossed in our secret green chile cheese sauce. Add Carne Adovada $. | Add Chicken $.

$12.00

Street Tacos

Soft flour taco with pico de gallo, cheese, lettuce. Your choice of Chipotle Ground Beef, Carne adovada, or green chile chicken. Add Ramekin of Guacamole $

$3.75

Carne Asada Waffle Fries

Gold Canyon Angus Filet and Melted Cheddar and Jack Cheeses on a Bed of Waffle Fries, Topped with Cholula Sauce and Roasted Avocado Corn Salsa.

$15.50

Spicy Crab Cakes

New Mexico-styled cakes served with lemon-pepper tossed mixed greens and a side of habanero aioli.

$12.00

Chips And Salsa

Spiced chips with homemade tomatillo and red tomato salsas. Add Cup of Guacamole $.

$3.75

Mac & Cheese Bites

panko crusted bites stuffed with green chile mac n cheese. Served with chipotle ranch and jicama.

$11.00

Chicken Tenders W/Fries

$12.50

Green Chile Corn Queso Dip

Roasted Hatch green chile, corn, jalapeno jack cheese and cream cheese. Served with spicy chips.

$11.75

Adovada Skillet Fries

Carna Adovada Beer Batter Fries, Three Cheese Sauce and Pico de Gallo.

$15.00

Blue Corn Enchiladas

Two Cheese Enchiladas, one stuffed with red chile chicken and one stuffed with shrimp, topped with cheese and hatch green chile sauce. Served with rice and black beans.

$15.50

Rib Eye Quesadilla

Blackened Ribeye sautéed with mushrooms, peppers and onions. Topped with pico de gallo and served on top of a bed of black beans.

$13.75

Late Night Tostadas

Mini Tostadas with black beans, lettuce and pico de gallo. Choose one of the following: Carne Adovada, Chipotle Ground Beef or Green Chile Chicken

$15.50

Buffalo Chicken Wrap

Sauteed Chicken, buffalo cholula sauce, carrots, pepper jack cheese, lettuce and ranch rolled in a flour tortilla. Served with beer battered fries.

$15.00

Raspberry Chipotle Chicken Wrap

Fried Chicken , lettuce, jicama and pepper jack cheese rolled in a flour tortilla. Served with beer battered fries

$15.00

Titos Vodka

Jameson Irish Whiskey

All Wine By-The-Glass

$ OFF

All Drafts Beers

$. OFF

MexiCandy Shot

Green Tea Shot

Carlsbad Benedict

Two poached Eggs Smothered in Jalapeño Hollandaise Sauce. Served with Cup of Black Beans and Potato Hash. Choose one of the following: Carne Adovada, Canadian Bacon, Chorizo Sausage, or Blue Crab Cakes

$15.00

Tavern Skillets

Potato Hash, Tomatoes, Onions, Corn and Two Fried Eggs. Topped with Tomatillo Salsa. Served in a Piping Hot Cast Iron Skillet. Choose From One of the Following: Carne Adovada, Green Chile Chicken, Chorizo or Veggies

$14.75

Huevos Rancheros

Large Flour Tortilla Topped with Three Eggs, Smothered Red Chile and Topped with Cheddar and Jack Cheese. Served on a Bed of Rice and Beans.

$14.75

Carne Adovada & Eggs

Carne Adovada Served on a Bed of Black Beans with Two Fried Eggs, Pico de Gallo, and Topped with Cheddar and Jack Cheese.

$15.25

Meatloaf & Eggs

Our Cowboy Meatloaf Served Over Potato Hash Smothered in Hatch Red and Green Chile. Topped with Two Fried Eggs, Pico de Gallo and Cheddar and Jack Cheeses.

$15.50

Pollo Chilaquiles

Corn Tortilla Chips Sautéed in Hatch Red Chile Sauce. Served with Green Chile Chicken, Two Fried Eggs and Black Beans. Topped with Pico De Gallo, Cotija Cheese and a Drizzle of Sour Cream.

$14.75

Chicken Fried Chicken And Eggs

Buttermilk-marinated chicken breast, Topped with Jalapeno Gravy. Served with Two Eggs and Potato Hash.

$15.00

Breakfast Burrito

Carne Adovada, Eggs, Mushrooms, Mixed Peppers, Onions, Cheddar and Jack Cheese. Served with a Side of Potato Hash.

$14.00

Green Chile Stew Skillet

Green Chile Stew topped with Cheddar and Jack Cheese, Two Fried Eggs and Pico de Gallo. Served over a Bed of Potato Hash.

$14.75

Breakfast Tostadas

Three Tostadas Topped with Black Beans, Fried Egg, Pico De Gallo and Cotija Cheese. Served with Potato Hash and Avocado Tomatillo Salsa.

$14.50

Breakfast Tacos

Two Soft Tacos with Scrambled Eggs, Pico de Gallo, Avocado, Cheddar and Jack Cheese. Served with a Side of Piquin Sauce and Chile Avocado Salsa. Choose one of the Following: Carne Adovada, Chorizo, Canadian Bacon or Veggies.

$14.75

Mimosa

$6.00

Mimosa Carafes

Available Flavors: orange, Cranberry, Pineapple, Blood Orange or Prickly Pear

$26.00

Brunch

Brunch Drinks

Mimosas

$6.00

Draft Beer

Two featured drafts beer on tap: Four Peaks Kilt Lifter • Blue Moon • Dos Equis Lager • Lagunitas IPA • Dos Equis Amber • Bat Brew (Pale Ale)

$0.00

Beer

Wine

Hess Chardonnay

Monterey/ Tropical Crisp and Clean with Balanced Acidity from Shirtail Creek

$9.50

Care, Spanish Blend

% Grenache Blanc/% Chardonnay, Fruity with a balance ofacidty, intense crisp and refreshing

$8.50

Alta Villa, Pinot Grigio

Italy/Ripefruits and flowers bouquet with scents of toasted almond

$8.50

Ranga Ranga, Sauvignon Blac

New Zealand Juicy passion Fruit, lmon grass zesty lime hints of wild herb and a touch of minerality

$9.50

Lago Rose

Portugal/ Notes of Cherry Blossom and Berry Fruits with Melon

$8.50

Bonanza Cabernet Sauvignon

flavors of blueberries and blackberries mix with warmth of vanilla and toasted bread

$10.50

Cosentino “The Franc” Cabernet Franc

Lodi/ Flavors of Tart Dark Fruit with Hints of Black Pepper and Smoke

$38.00

Conundrum “By Caymus” Red Blend (Ltr)

California/ Dark red varietals including Zinfandel and Petite Syrah. It is rich, complex and approachable. With lush flavors of cherries and baking chocolate

$10.50

Sea Sun Pinot Noir

thers is an intensity and creaminess to the fruit, evoking the ripe richness of pie filling

$9.50

Domaine St. George Merlot

California/ Rich, Black Cherry Aromas Followed by Lush Fruit with Hints of Oak and Vanilla

$8.50

Chacewater Zinfandel

This organically grown big jammy Zin is packed with strawberry, red cherry, white pepper and laced with smoky vanilla oke

$10.00

Fresh Stoli Cucumber Mule

Stoli Cucumber Vodka, Pomegranate, Lime Juice and Ginger Beer

$12.25

Moscow Mule

Stoli Vodka, Fresh Lime Juice, Topped with Ginger Beer

$12.25

Cherry Bomb Mule

Three Olives Cherry Vodka, Lime Juice, Topped With Ginger Beer

$12.25

Carlsbad Mule

Tito’s Vodka, Raspberry Liqueur, Fresh Lime Juice, Topped with Ginger Beer

$12.25

Irish Apple Mule

Proper NO. Twelve Apple Whisky, Ginger Beer, Fresh Lime Juice

$12.25

Paloma

Traditional Plata, grapefruit juice, splash of soda fresh lime juice, simple syrup with salted rim

$12.25

New Mexican Breeze

Deep Eddy Peach, lemonade, splash of cranberry

$12.25

Sandia Sangria

Red Wine, Peach Schappw w/Pineapple and Orange Juice

$12.25

Blueberry Bat-Tini

Stoli Blueberry fresh lemon/lime juice, simple syrup, pomegranate with sugar rim

$12.25

Twisted Strawberry Margarita

Tradicional Reposado, Grapefruit Juice, Lemon Juice, Strawberry Puree, Simple Syrup

$12.25

Prickly Pear Margarita

Milagro Silver, Prickly Pear Syrup and House-Made Sweet-N-Sour

$12.25

Blood Orange Margarita

Tradicional Plata, Blood Orange Liqueur, Agave Nectar and House-Made Sweet-N-Sour

$12.25

Margarita

Silver, House-Made Sweet-N-Sour and a float of Gran Gala

$12.25

Skinny Margarita

Tradicional Plata, Organic Agave Nectar and Fresh Lime Juice

$12.25

Miracle On Hayden

Milagro Silver, Agave Nectar, Cucumber and Fresh Lime Juice. Add Some Heat for a buck with Fresh Jalapenos

$12.25

Spicy Melon Margarita

Traditional Reposado, Real Watermelon Puree, Fresh Jalapeno, Fresh Lemon/Lime Juice and Tajin

$12.25

Coco-Rita

Coconut Tequila, Agave syrup, fresh lemon & lime, pineapple juice.

$12.25

Frozen Margaritas

Mango, Strawberry, Prickly Pear, Watermelon, Blood Orange and Raspberry

$12.25

Cocktails

Coffee & Tea

Hot Coffee Or Regular Iced Tea

Coke Products

Soft Drinks