Scottsdale has a wide selection of restaurants ranging from American to Western style dishes making where to eat sometimes a difficult decision. If you’re in downtown Scottsdale and unsure on where eat let me make a recommendation for you, check out Cafe Carumba.

Pork Gordita

For those of you that love Mexican food you might be asking, “What a minute, that doesn’t look like a gordita!” Cafe Carumba has a unique food palate that’s primarily Southwestern infused with a bit of Mexican style cooking. What you see above is an open faced gordita loaded with beans, pork, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and fresh cheese with a side of sweet potato fries. The ingredients were very fresh and juicy. The gordita tortilla was fluffy, a great base to all the fixings on top. I’m a pretty big eater and this definitely hit the spot. It wasn’t too little or too much.

My colleague, Kelly, had the Chicken Chili Club Sliders.

Chicken Chile Club Sliders

This is their most popular dish on their $5.99 lunch menu. The Chicken Chile Club Sliders has two very generous portion sliders that has chicken, bacon, green chile, pepper jack cheese, and tomatoes. Kelly kindly let me sample a piece of one of her sliders and I have to say it was quite good. The chicken was very juicy with the tasty crisp bacon that’s smothered with the pepper jack cheese and green chiles. Another thing I really enjoyed was the chips and salsa which is complimentary. The chips were warm and lightly salted. The salsa is more of a garlicky style that’s not too spicy but not really mild, a great appetizer.

Their $5.99 lunch menu is a great deal. You can check out their menu here. They plan to add to their delightful selection seasonally so be sure to check that out. If you find that nothing on the lunch menu strikes your taste buds at that moment they have a fairly good amount of dishes to choose from their regular menu. Best of all, Cafe Carumba is in the heart of downtown Scottsdale and very easy to find.

Tags: Arizona, Cafe Carumba, Dining, Downtown Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Southwest

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