Carmelita's Kitchen

Mexican Food, Ice Cream, and More Entering the East Village | Eater San Diego

"Founded in 1962 and named by the Orange County Register as one of the 20 best full-service Mexican restaurants in the region, Carmelita’s is a third-generation family restaurant that I expect will add the East Village to its Rancho Santa Margarita, Laguna Beach, and Sacramento locations; it’s scheduled to open here in March 2019. The menu includes shrimp-stuffed chile rellenos, chicken mole enchiladas, and pork chile verde, and they offer margaritas such as cilantro-cucumber and pineapple-jalapeno." - Candice Woo