Carlos'n Charlie's

Carlos’n Charlie’s is a chain of casual dining Mexican restaurants, primarily located in Mexican and Caribbean tourist destinations.The restaurant's menu includes Mexican and American foods, seafood, pasta, soups, salads and appetizers. [ [http://www.carlosandcharlies.com/menu/index.htm Menu] ] The restaurant claims to be a family-friendly 100% Mexican restaurant, [ [http://www.carlosandcharlies.com/about/index.htm About us] ] offering a kids menu. [ [http://www.carlosandcharlies.com/locations/index.htm Locations] ] and suggesting patrons feel free to sing loudly and off-key, and dance on chairs. [ [http://www.carlosandcharlies.com/about/feel-free.htm Feel free] ]

"Carlos" would appear to be Carlos Anderson, founder of Grupo Anderson's, who died in a 1990 plane crash, and "Charlie" would appear to be Charles Skipsey, his partner. [ [http://www.senorfrogs.com/news/forbes.pdf Forbes, September 19, 2005] ] The company, founded in 1963, claims their more than 50 restaurants makes it Mexico's largest restaurateur. In addition to Carlos’n Charlie’s, Grupo Anderson's has the Señor Frog’s chain, along with other similarly-branded restaurants/bars like Carlos O'Brians and El Squid Roe. [ [http://www.carlosandcharlies.com/about/index.htm Company profile] ]

Carlos’n Charlie’s restaurants averaged $3.6 million in 2005 with an average check of $22.50. They expect sales to grow from $105 million to $112 million in 2006. [ [http://www.carlosandcharlies.com/news/CC-press-kit.pdf Press kit] ] The company is headquartered in Cancún.

Locations

Carlos’n Charlie’s currently has 10 locations in Mexico:
* Acapulco
* Cancún
* La Paz (Baja California Sur)
* Cozumel
* Cuernavaca
* Distrito Federal
* Monterrey
* Playa del Carmen
* Saltillo

and 1 elsewhere:
* Austin, Texas, United States

There was one in Aruba but that location closed.

References

External links

* [http://www.carlosandcharlies.com/ Carlos'n Charlie's] - Official website
* [http://www.carlosncharliesaruba.com/ Carlos'n Charlie's Aruba website]