Filet Tacos
Three filet mignon soft tacos served with pico de gallo, cheddar & jalapeno jack cheeses, guacamole and a cup of black beans.

Green Chile Cheese Crisp
Large tortilla with cheddar and jack cheeses, green chile sauce and diced tomato.

Grilled Chicken Quesadilla
Grilled chicken with green chile sauce and jalapeño jack.

Tequila Shrimp
Six Mexican shrimp marinated in tequila and fresh lime juice, grilled and glazed with orange-cilantro pesto. Served on a tortilla with black beans.

New Mexican Potstickers
Chicken and Anaheim chiles with sweet corn cream sauce.

Spicy Crab Cakes
New Mexico styled cakes, served on a lemon pepper tossed mixed greens with habañero aioli.

Carlsbad Brochettes
Skewered and grilled pieces of chicken, shrimp, sirloin beef, peppers and onions. Served with three dipping sauces.

Casa Nachos
Chipotle spiced chips, green chile chicken, black beans and melted cheddar and jack cheese.

Chips and Two Salsas
Tomatillo and salsa de casa.

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

Posole
Roasted pork and hominy in a cilantro lime broth.

Green Chile Stew
Roasted pork, green chiles, potatoes, carrots and roasted corn.

All salads with grilled or blackened chicken
All salads with grilled or blackened shrimp

House Salad
Mixed greens topped with cheddar and jack cheeses, red pepper and diced tomatoes. Served with jalapeño ranch dressing.

Filet Salad
Medium-grilled Certified Angus Beef filet mignon on a bed of mixed greens with roasted corn salsa, avocado, jalapeno bacon, tomatoes and served with chipotle ranch dressing.

Ruidoso Cobb Salad
Mixed greens, roasted turkey, jalapeño bacon, tomatoes, sliced eggs, blue cheese crumbles, mushrooms, red onion, red peppers. Tossed with jalapeño blue cheese dressing.

Spinach Salad
Fresh spinach, baked tortilla encrusted goat cheese, candied pecans, red onion and sundried cherries. Tossed with orange sherry vinaigrette.

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 BBQ & tortilla strips.

All ½ pound lean ground beef grilled over pecan wood.
Choice of beer battered fries, tossed green salad or pasta salad.
Chipotle mayonnaise on request.

Cheeseburger
Cheddar cheese, tomato, lettuce and red onion.

Green Chile Cheeseburger
Served open face on toasted sourdough, topped with green chile sauce and cheddar cheese.

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

Portales Portobello
Grilled portabello with roasted red pepper, avocado, pico de gallo, pepper jack cheese, red onion, lettuce and tomato. Served on foccacia bread with chipotle mayonnaise.

Green Chile Philly
Shredded machaca beef with sautéed chiles and onions. Served on a hoagie roll with jalapeno jack cheese.

Habañero Cheeseburger
Lots of freshly ground habañero chile mixed with lean ground beef, grilled and topped with melted jalapeño cheese. Served with fries & salad.
Warning Hot!! This burger may cause temporary blindness or loss of hearing.

Served with rice and black beans

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

Green Chile Burrito
Choice of grilled chicken, carne adovada or vegetable. Rolled in a flour tortilla with jalape ño jack and topped with green chile sauce with machaca.

Machaca & Tomatillo Chimichanga
Slow cooked machaca with roasted tomatillo sauce and pepper jack cheese. Topped with guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.

Blue Corn Enchiladas
Two cheese enchiladas, one stuffed with chicken and one stuffed with gulf shrimp. Topped with green chile sauce.

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

Enchantment Platter
Carne adovada burrito, chicken enchilada and chile relleno. Served with red and green chile sauce and a sopaipilla.

Served from 11am til 4pm

Santa Fe Club
Roasted turkey, jalapeño bacon, lettuce, tomato and chipotle mayonnaise rolled in a flour tortilla, with melted cheese on top.

Roswell Reuben
Thinly sliced pastrami with spicy marinated red cabbage, spicy thousand island dressing and jalapeño jack cheese, on grilled rye.

Spicy Lobster Croissant
Chucks of lobster sautéed with roasted peppers and served with melted Pepper Jack cheese and lemon-honey aioli on croissant .

Red River Chicken
Grilled 7 oz. chicken breast with cilantro pesto, red chile, mushrooms and jalapeño jack cheese. Served on rice and black beans.

Crab Stuffed Poblanos
Two poblano chiles stuffed with crab, peppers, onions and cilantro.
Served with a smoked cascabell & yellow bell cream sauce
and rice and black beans.

From the Pecan Rotisserie
½ Rotisserie Chicken
Spicy garlic pepper rubbed and slowly roasted in our pecan fired rotisserie.
Served with green chile mashed potatoes and salad.

Fresh Snapper Tacos
Build your own soft tacos with spicy baked red snapper, pico de gallo,
cheese, lettuce, tomato and sour cream. Served with rice and black beans.

Ruben's Chicken Fried Chicken
Buttermilk marinated chicken breast on sour dough bread, topped with chorizo gravy.
Served with green chile mashed potatoes & salad.

Lobster Enchiladas
Two fresh Lobster Enchiladas sauteed with roasted minced peppers and stuffed in corn tortillas with jalapeno jack cheese.
Served with a 3 chile sauce, wild rice & asparagus.

It's a known fact that 3 grams of chile seasoning
a day burns an extra 45 calories.
"Whole Chile Pepper Book"

Served from 4pm til 10pm (11 pm on weekends)
Chipotle Stroganoff Chicken Pasta
Grilled chicken, mushrooms, onions, cilantro and spicy chipotle. Tossed with angel hair pasta.

Garlic Shrimp Pasta
Six sautéed Mexican shrimp with roma tomatoes, avocado, red onion and cilantro. Tossed with linguine and romano cheese.

Carlsbad Pasta
Grilled chicken, andoullie sausage, chiles, onions, black beans and pine nuts in a spicy peppercorn cream. Tossed with penne pasta.

Served from 4pm til 10pm (11pm on weekends).

Carlsbad Ribeye
Twenty-ounce, bone-in chipotle-honey-glazed Certified Angus Beef ribeye with roasted pepper relish served with a cheese quesadilla, avocado salsa and fresh asparagus.

Fillet Mignon
Beef tenderloin grilled over pecan wood and topped with gorgonzola ancho butter and mushrooms. Served with green chile mashed potatoes and veggies.

Osso Bucco
Pork shank slow roasted with serranos, garlic, onion and leeks, then finished off with an apple chipotle glaze. Served with green chile mashed potatoes, veggies and salad.

Chimayo Chicken
Blackened chicken breast topped with sautéed artichokes, mushrooms, and white wine. Served with wild rice and veggies.

N.Y. Carne Asada
Chile rubbed Angus N.Y. Steak grilled, topped with a mushroom cholula sauce & served on a bed of black beans. Served with a cheese quesadilla with roasted corn & avocado salsa.

Taos Pork Tenderloin
Apricot and habañero glazed pork tenderloin grilled over pecan wood with fried leeks. Served with sweet potato and cheddar mashed and veggies.


Rating	Scoville Units	Chile Varieties
10	100,000 - 300,000	habañero
9	50,000 - 100,000	chiltepin, thai
8	30,000 - 50,000	pequin, cayenne, Tabasco
7	15,000 - 30,000	de arbol, japones
6	5,000 - 15,000	serrano, pasilla de oaxaco
5	2,500 - 5,000	jalapeño, guajillo,
4	1,500 - 2,500	NM pods, hot, cascabel, chihuacle negro
3	1,000 - 1,500	anchol pasilla, Negroan
2	500 - 1,000	aheim, NM pods-mild, mulatto
1	100 - 500	a cherry
0	0	bells, pimento

The relative heat of the chiles is measured and deciphered to us in Scoville Units.

Basket 'o' Sopas with powdered sugar and honey
Carmel Flan - Prickly Pear or Chocolate Grand Marnier
Chocolate Bread Pudding with butter scotch sauce
Key Lime Pie
Chocolate Mousse Cake
Chocolate Eruption

Fresh Mashed Green Chile Potatoes
Guacamole
Rice & Beans
Green Chile Macaroni & Cheese
Biggie Fries
Sweet Potato & Cheddar Mashed
Veggies

For kids under 12 only please
Cheeseburger with french fries
Grilled Cheese with french fries
Chicken Tenders with french fries
Happy Kids Pasta