Carlos'n Charlie's is a chain of casual dining Mexican restaurants, primarily located in Mexican and Caribbean tourist destinations.
Carlos is Carlos Anderson, founder of Grupo Anderson's, who died in a 1990 plane crash, and Charlie is Charles Skipsey, his business partner. The company, founded in 1963, says that 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.
Carlos'n Charlie's restaurants averaged $3.6 million in 2005 with an average check of $22.50. They expected sales to grow from $105 million to $112 million in 2006.
The parent company, Grupo Anderson's, is headquartered in Cancún, Mexico. - Address in Spanish: "Blvd. Puerto Cancún, Centro Corporativo NID, Puerto Cancún, 77500 Cancún, Q.R. "
Locations
Mexico Acapulco Cancún Cozumel Cuernavaca Ensenada Playa del Carmen Saltillo San Ángel, Distrito Federal, Mexico City
United States West Palm Beach, Florida Las Vegas, Nevada
Former locations Manzanillo, Mexico Austin, Texas La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico Monterrey, Mexico Oranjestad, Aruba Lake Mary, Florida Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Chihuahua, Mexico Guatemala City, Guatemala New York, New York Los Angeles, California San Diego, California
The restaurant in Oranjestad, Aruba became a location of interest in the investigation of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in 2005. Holloway was last seen leaving the establishment by her friends. Three years after Holloway's disappearance, the restaurant was closed and a nearby location in Palm Beach was opened under the sister brand of Señor Frog's.
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