Carlos O'Kelly's

Carlos O'Kelly's Menu

(319) 354-5800
1406 South Gilbert Street, Iowa City, IA 52240

Appetizers


Chili Con Queso
$8.99
Our premium Mexican-style cheese dip –creamy, spicy, and delicious. 1 pint of chili con queso with a large bag of chips.
Chili Con Queso
$5.99
Our premium Mexican-style cheese dip –creamy, spicy, and delicious. 1/2 pint of chili con queso with a small bag of chips.
Carlos Salsa
$2.99
Our famously-fresh Salsa, made-from-scratch every single day.
Fresh Guacamole - 1 Pint
$8.99
Avocados blended with our newly perfected Pico de Gallo made with diced tomatoes, red onions, jalapeños, cilantro, garlic, and freshly-squeezed lime juice. 1 pint of guacamole with a large bag of chips.
Fresh Guacamole - 1/2 Pint
$5.99
Avocados blended with our newly perfected Pico de Gallo made with diced tomatoes, red onions, jalapenos, cilantro, garlic, and freshly-squeezed lime juice. 1/2 pint of guacamole with a small bag of chips.
Naked Nachos Grande
$9.99
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.
Naked Nachos Grande
$8.59
Chip-dipping layers of ground beef, chili con queso, refried beans, sour cream, fresh guacamole, jalapenos, lettuce, tomatoes, and chives. Grande Jr.
Fajita Cheese Crisp
$9.99
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.
Fajita Chicken Quesadillas
$11.99
2 large toasted tortilla stuffed with grilled Fajita Chicken, Monterrey Jack and chedder cheese, diced Poblano and Hatch Green Chilles, and sauteed onions. Served with sour cream.
Quesadillas with Pulled Chicken
$10.99
2 large toasted tortilla stuffed with grilled Pulled Chicken, Monterrey Jack and cheddar cheese, diced Poblano and Hatch Green Chilies, and sauteed onions. Served with sour cream.
Cheese Quesadillas
9.99
2 large flour tortillas stuffed with cheddar cheese and a tasty blend of poblano chilies, hatch green chilies, garlic, and onions. Grilled to a crisp golden brown.

$Carlos Tacos


LoLo’s Chicken Tacos
$9.99
Oven-baked flour tortillas stuffed with pulled chicken, cheddar cheese, lettuce, fresh cilantro, diced red onions, and a tangy drizzle of fiesta ranch dressing. Choice of 2 sides. 2 tacos.
El Guapo’s Brisket Tacos
$11.59
2 flour tortillas crowned with oven-baked cheese, filled with roasted beef brisket, Monterrey jack, diced poblano, and hatch green chilies, lightly sauteed onions, and poblano cream sauce. Choice of 2 sides. 2 tacos.
Street Tacos
Carlos’ best street fare. Marinated grilled chicken sprinkled with our own Cantina seasoning.

Fresh Salads


Tostada Grande Salad
$9.99
A big crispy flour tortilla layered with our bacon refried beans, our legendary chili con queso, and ground beef. Topped with fresh shredded lettuce, made-today-guacamole, and shredded jack cheese.
Tostada Grande with Slow-braised Mexican Brisket Salad
$10.99
A big crispy flour tortilla layered with our bacon refried beans, our legendary chili con queso, and ground beef. Topped with fresh shredded lettuce with slow-braised Mexican brisket.
Taco Salad
$10.99
A crisp tortilla bowl filled with fresh mixed greens, and shredded cheese. Topped with tomatoes, sour cream, chives, and southwestern croutons.
Charbroiled Chicken Salad
$10.99
A bed of crisp greens, onions, lite cheddar cheese, tossed with sweet corn, green and red peppers, black beans, chives, and tomatoes. Topped with sliced charbroiled chicken breast and served with pico de Gallo, fat-free raspberry vinaigrette, and baked no-fat flour chips.
Chicken Fiesta Salad
$11.79
Fresh mixed greens, with sliced avocado, diced tomatoes, black beans, sweet bell peppers, and red onions. Topped with Carlos’ green chile ranch.
Cantina Chicken Salad
11.99
Carlos grilled cantina chicken breast. Mixed field greens tossed in our new Mango Lime Vinaigrette. Sweet corn kernels, black beans, queso fresco crumbles, crunchy tortilla strips, crispy bacon, pico de gallo, guacamole and crunchy pepitas. Fresh and Tasty

$Chimichangas


The Cadillac Chimi
$12.79
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, freshly prepared guacamole, and hand-diced pico de Gallo.
Chimichanga El Dorado
12.79
The ultimate chimichanga – a flour tortilla stuffed with chipotle chicken and a mix of cream cheese, Monterrey jack, sour cream, and green chilies – deep-fried to golden perfection and topped with the world’s best chili con queso and pico de Gallo. Served with your choice of two sides.

$Carlos Originals

Your choice of meat and 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 2 sides.
Chicken Picado
$11.99
Tender pieces of marinated chicken breast with butter garlic sauce.
Shrimp Picado
$13.99
Chipotle-basted shrimp blended with poblano cream and diablo sauce.
Pasta Diablo Grilled Fajita Chicken
$11.99
Sauteed green peppers and onions, and rotini pasta mixed with our diablo sauce. Topped with Monterrey jack, tomatoes, chives, and sour cream. Mildly spicy.
Pasta Diablo Shrimp
13.99
Sauteed green peppers and onions, and rotini pasta mixed with our diablo sauce. Topped with Monterrey jack, tomatoes, chives, and sour cream. Mildly spicy.

$Los Burritos


Fajita Steak Burrito
$12.99
Grilled fajita steak, sautéed peppers and onions, rice, and chili con queso wrapped up in a large flour tortilla and topped with both red & cheese enchilada sauce and a dollop of sour cream. Mildly spicy. Served with your choice of 2 sides.
Sancho Especial
$11.79
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 2 sides.
Enchilada de Monterrey
$11.79
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 2 sides.
Chipotle Chicken Burrito
$12.79
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 2 sides. Mildly spicy.
Suiza Con Pollo
11.99
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 2 sides.

$Los Enchiladas


Seafood Enchiladas
$12.99
2 flour tortillas filled with grilled Mahi and shrimp along with Monterrey Jack and sauteed peppers and onions. Topped with a blend of 2 of our premium sauces – poblano cream and diablo. Oven-baked and your choice of 2 sides.
Enchiladas de Poblano
$11.59
2 flour tortillas stuffed with pulled chicken and cheese and covered with poblano cream sauce. Served with your choice of 2 sides.
Spinach and Mushroom Enchiladas
$10.99
Vegetarian. 2 flour tortillas stuffed with a blend of spinach and sauteed mushrooms and onions and covered with our creamy butter garlic sauce and Monterrey Jack. Topped with sour cream and chives and your choice of 2 sides.
Enchiladas San Carlos
$11.59
2 pulled chicken enchiladas made with flour tortillas, one covered with poblano cream sauce and the other with diablo sauce. Your chance to try 2 of our most distinguished sauces. Served with your choice of 2 sides.
Lite Fajita Chicken Enchiladas
2 tasty enchiladas high on flavor but low on guilt! Flour tortillas stuffed with charbroiled chicken breast covered with our made from scratch lite enchilada sauce and topped with lite cheddar cheese, tomatoes, and chives. Served with Mexican rice.

The Prairie Fire Grill


Chicken or Beef Fajitas
Grilled chicken or steak served to sizzle with onions, sweet red and green peppers, warm flour tortillas, cheese, lettuce, sour cream, and pico de Gallo. Freshly prepared guacamole on request.
Shrimp Fajitas
$15.29
Broiled chipotle-basted shrimp served to sizzle with fajita veggies and garnished with southwest slaw, lettuce, jack cheese, pico de Gallo and fresh guacamole on request. Served with black beans.
Fajita Trio
16.29
3 distinct flavors. Grilled chicken, grilled steak, chipotle-basted shrimp. Served with fajita veggies and a garnish of cheese, lettuce, sour cream, and pico de Gallo. Fresh guacamole on request.

$Mex Grill


Prairie Fire Steak and Enchiladas
$16.79
A grilled 8-oz sirloin steak, lightly basted with the smoky flavor of chipotle peppers and served with 2 ground beef enchiladas covered with red enchilada sauce. Garnished with sour cream and chives and your choice of 2 sides.
Traditional O’Kelly Cheeseburger
$8.99
2 quarter-pound patties on a brioche bun. Served with cantina fries.
Chicken Fingers and Fries
$10.29
Tender strips of chicken breast breaded and lightly fried. Served with cantina fries and a side of honey mustard sauce.
Grilled Fajita Chicken Quesadillas
$11.99
2 large toasted tortillas stuffed with grilled fajita chicken, Monterrey jack and cheddar cheese, diced poblano and hatch green chilies, and sauteed onions. Served with sour cream, freshly prepared guacamole, and hand-diced tomatoes.
Cheese Quesadillas
$9.99
2 large toasted tortillas stuffed with Monterrey jack and cheddar cheese, diced poblano and hatch green chilies, and sauteed onions. Served with sour cream, freshly prepared guacamole, and hand-diced tomatoes.
Pulled Chicken Quesadillas
$10.99
Two large toasted tortillas stuffed with pulled chicken, Monterrey jack and cheddar cheese, diced poblano and hatch green chilies, and sauteed onions. Served with sour cream, freshly prepared guacamole, and hand-diced tomatoes.
Mexican Beef Brisket Quesadillas
$10.59
Two large toasted tortillas stuffed with Mexican beef brisket, Monterrey jack, and cheddar cheese, diced poblano and hatch green chilies, and sauteed onions. Served with sour cream, freshly prepared guacamole, and hand-diced tomatoes.
Baja Chicken Wrap
9.79
A true Carlos original: Tasty pulled chicken, creamy cilantro-lime rice, crunchy Southwestern croutons, and your favorite chili con queso – all wrapped in a warm, grilled flour tortilla and served with cantina fries.

$Combo Platters


# 1 Combo Platters
$11.59
A seasoned ground beef enchilada, a cheese and onion enchilada, and a ground beef taco.
# 2 Combo Platters
$11.99
A ground beef, bean, and cheese burrito, a cheese and onion enchilada, and a seasoned ground beef taco.
# 3 Combo Platters
$12.99
A ground beef, bean, and cheese burrito, a cheese and onion enchilada, a ground beef enchilada, and a ground beef taco.
Fiesta Sampler
$13.99
An opportunity to try three different sauces, three different fillings, and get a tostada to boot. A Mexican beef brisket chimichanga with red enchilada sauce, a pulled chicken enchilada with poblano cream sauce, a ground beef enchilada with cheese enchilada sauce, and a ground beef and bean tostada.
Cinco Sampler
14.59
A five item combo: A pulled chicken enchilada and a beef brisket enchilada, both with cheese enchilada sauce, and a ground beef enchilada with red enchilada sauce plus a pulled chicken flauta and a brisket flauta with cheese sauce for dipping.

$Make Your Mex


Enchilada Dinners
$10.79
Our oven-baked enchiladas made with corn tortillas and your choice of filling. Topped with your choice of a sauce and sour cream and chives. 2 enchiladas.
Smothered Burrito Dinners
$10.99
A flour tortilla wrapped around your choice of an inspired filling and topped with your choice of a sauce.
Chimichanga Dinners
$11.99
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.
Burrito Dinner
11.79
A flour tortilla wrapped around your choice of an Inspired filling and topped with your choice of a sauce.

$Burritos Delight-size


Chipotle Chicken Burrito
Grilled fajita chicken, sauteed green peppers and onions and cheese, covered with smoky diablo sauce. Served with 2 sides.
Suiza Con Pollo
Grilled fajita chicken, a blend of cream cheese, Monterrey jack and sour cream, topped with poblano cream sauce. Served with 2 sides. Delight-size 9.79 full-size 11.9
Sancho Especial
Seasoned ground beef, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes covered with cheese enchilada sauce and topped with Crema Fresca. Served with 2 sides.

Enchiladas Delight-size


Seafood Enchilada
Grilled Mahi and shrimp with Monterrey jack. Topped with 2 of our signature sauces - poblano cream and diablo sauce.
Enchilada de Poblano
Pulled chicken and cheese, covered with poblano cream sauce.
Enchilada de Monterrey
Pulled chicken, Monterrey jack covered with cheese enchilada sauce and topped with Crema Fresca. Served with 2 sides.
Spinach and Mushroom Enchilada
Vegetarian. Spinach and sauteed mushrooms and onions, topped with butter garlic sauce and Monterrey jack. Served with 2 sides.

Only at Carlos Delight-size


Chicken Picado
Tender pieces of marinated chicken breast with butter garlic sauce. Served with 2 sides.
Shrimp Picado
Pasta Diablo Grilled Fajita Chicken
Rotini pasta mixed with sauteed veggies, Carlos diablo sauce, and Monterrey Jack. Mildly spicy.
Pasta Diablo Shrimp

Tacos Delight-size


Grilled Mahi Taco
Lolo’s Chicken Taco
Street Tacos
Carlos’ best street fare. Marinated grilled chicken sprinkled with our own Cantina seasoning.

Combos

Enchilada and Taco. Your choice of 2 sides.
Beef Brisket Combo
$7.99
Red Enchilada sauce.
Pulled Chicken Combo
$7.99
Cheese Enchilada sauce.
Ground Beef Combo
$7.99
Red Enchilada sauce.
Soup and Quesadilla Combo
$6.99
Made from scratch white–bean chili paired with cheese quesadillas. Served with sour cream.
Soup and Salad Combo
5.99
Made from scratch white–bean chili paired with a festive garden salad.

$Deserts


Sopa Bites Mini
$1.99
2 mini sopapillas created to shake things up.
Mini Cheesecake Empanada
$1.99
Mini Fried Ice Cream
$1.99
Cheesecake Empanadas
$4.99
Carlos Famous Fried Ice Cream
$4.99
Sopapillas
$3.99
Oreo Brownie
$5.59
Served with ice cream and hot fudge.
Churros Y Chocolate
Crispy, cinnamon and sugar loops served with our original chocolate sauce, prepared in house with Mexican Abuelita chocolate.

Veggie and Gluten Free

Make most veggie items gluten free with corn tortillas.
Chili Con Queso
Choose a size
Naked Nachos Grande
$9.99
Fresh Cuacamole
Made fresh daily.
Cheese Quesadillas
$9.99
Two flour tortillas, Cheddar Cheese, Hatch Chilies. red bell peppers, garlic and onions.
Black Bean Quesadillas
$10.99
Two flour tortillas Black Beans, Cheddar Cheese,Hatch Chilies, red bell peppers, garlic and onions.
Cheese and Onion Enchiladas
$10.79
Two flour tortillas, Cheddar and sauteed onions with Red Enchilada sauce.
Poblano and Hatch Crisp
$8.99
A fried flour tortilla topped with Monterrey Jack, Poblano Cream Sauce
Black Bean Burrito
$11.79
Classic Enchilada Dinner
$10.79
Made with corn tortillas . Two enchiladas
Veggie Taco Salad
$9.00
Fresh greens and shredded cheese surrounded by crispy corn chips.
Taco Salad
$10.99
Fresh greens and shredded cheese surrounded by crispy corn chips.Pulled Chicken or Ground Beef
Cantina Chicken Salad
$11.99
Carlos Grilled Cantina Chicken breast. Mixed Feild greens tossed in our new Mango Lime Vinaigrette. Black beans, queso fresco crumbles, crunchy tortilla strips, crispy bacon, pico de gallo, guacamole and crunchy pepitas. Fresh and tasty.
Veggie Cantina Chicken Salad
$10.49
Carlos Grilled Cantina Chicken breast. Mixed Feild greens tossed in our new Mango Lime Vinaigrette. Black beans, queso fresco crumbles, crunchy tortilla strips, crispy bacon, pico de gallo, guacamole and crunchy pepitas. Fresh and tasty.
Prairie Fire Fajitas
$15.29
Soft corn tortilla, served sizzling. Choice of Steak, Shrimp or Combo.
Grilled Chicken Prairie Fire Fajitas
$14.29
Soft corn tortilla, served sizzling.
Veggie Prairie Fire Fajitas
11.29
Soft corn tortilla, served sizzling.

$Carlos Family Packs

Each meal serves 5-6 and includes: Large bag of chip, pint of Carlos Salsa and Two family sized sides.
Carlos Ground Beef Taco Kit
$30.00
Serves 5-6 and includes: Large bag of chip, pint of Carlos Salsa and Two family sized sides
Carlos Grilled Fajita Chicken Taco Kit
$35.00
Serves 5-6 and includes: Large bag of chip, pint of Carlos Salsa and Two family sized sides
Chicken Picado Family Pack
$45.00
Serves 5-6 and includes: Large bag of chip, pint of Carlos Salsa and Two family sized sides
Poblano Chicken Casserole Family Pack
$40.00
Pasta Diablo Family Pack
$40.00
Serves 5-6 and includes: Large bag of chip, pint of Carlos Salsa and Two family sized sides

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