With Cleveland Taco Week (May 9th-15th), we’re bringing you $2 Tacos from some of Cleveland’s most popular taco joints. Each participating Taco Week restaurant will be offering their own unique tacos. We’ll be printing passports to guide taco-lovers to participating restaurants — passports will be stamped by the restaurant for each order of tacos (minimum order of 3 tacos).
49th Street Tavern
4129 East 49th St., Newburgh Heights
49th Street Tavern in Newburgh Heights is offering three different offerings for Taco Week. Their steak tacos feature a soft shell, marinated steak, lettuce, tomato, onion, tomato salsa and sour cream, their chicken tacos come with a soft shell, cilantro, lime, tomato salsa and sour cream. Their shrimp tacos come with a creamy taco slaw in a soft shell. Credit: Photo ProvidedAcademy Tavern on Larchmere
12800 Larchmere Blvd., Cleveland
The Academy Tavern is offering three taco iterations for Taco Week. All three tacos are served with a soft shell. The Academy Taco comes with ground beef, lettuce and cheddar cheese, the buffalo chicken comes with grilled chicken, sauteed onions, green peppers and house made jalapeño cheese sauce and the cajun shrimp taco comes with cajun shrimp, lettuce, tomato and green chili salsa. Vegetarian option available. Credit: Photo ProvidedAñejo Tequila Joint
1051 West 10th Street, Cleveland
Añejo Tequila Joint is offering three tacos for Taco Week. Their diablo shrimp tacos come with crispy wild gulf shrimp tossed in diablo sauce (creamy spicy sauce), añejo house slaw and cotija cheese served in a flour or corn tortilla shell. Their veggie tacos come with black beans, roasted corn and peppers served in a flour or corn tortilla shell. Their cajun pollo tacos come with oven roasted cajun chicken, lettuce, tomato, and three-cheese blend topped with honey cajun sauce served in a flour or corn tortilla Credit: Photo ProvidedBalance Pan-Asian Grille
515 Euclid Ave., Cleveland
Downtown, Balance Pan-Asian Grille is offering their Korean BBQ 3.0 taco for Taco Week. It’s their twist on a Korean classic served with choice of protein and tortilla topped with homemade Kimchi pickles, shredded red cabbage, and scallions.
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4113 Erie St., Willoughby
In Willoughby, Ballantine is offering two tacos for Taco Week. Their carnitas taco comes with braised pork, jicama and carrot slaw. Their tofu asada taco comes with grilled tofu, jicama and carrot slaw. Credit: Photo ProvidedBarrio
Multiple Locations
At multiple locations across town (Tremont, Lakewood, Willoughby, Downtown, Kent and Cleveland Heights) Barrio is offering three unique tacos. The El Jefe Loco comes with a stoner shell (flour soft, corn hard, chorizo and queso), spice-rubbed chicken, queso fresco, Western Reserve smoked cheddar, pico de gallo, corn salsa, chipotle honey barbeque sauce and salsa roja. The El Gringo comes on a flour shell with chili-spiced ground sirloin, Western Reserve smoked cheddar, lettuce, pico de gallo and chipotle crema. The El Vegano comes with their lean goddess shell (corn soft, corn hard and guac), pan-seared portobellos, caramelized onions, poblanos, pico de gallo, corn salsa and salsa verde. Credit: Photo ProvidedBilly’s A Cappelli Martini Bar
7338 Industrial Park on Rt. 306, Mentor
Billy’s A Cappelli Martini Bar in Mentor is serving their mahi mahi tacos with a power blend slaw, pico de gallo and creamy avocado on a soft tortilla. Credit: Photo ProvidedBlue Habañero
6416 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, 8934 Brecksville Rd., Brecksville and 18066 Royalton Rd., Strongsville
Blue Habañero is offering barbacoa tacos served with cilantro, onions, tomatoes and tomato spiced salsa. They’re also offering their street tacos, with certified angus ribeye steak, chorizo and pineapple, served with onion, cilantro, topped with tomatillo sauce. Their final offering is their carnitas, with slow cooked pork, onion and cilantro, topped with tomatillo sauce. Credit: Photo ProvidedBomba Taco + Bar
2101 Richmond Rd., Beachwood and 19880 Detroit Rd., Rocky River
At two locations (2101 Richmond Rd., Beachwood and 19880 Detroit Rd.,Rocky River), Bomba is offering three different tacos. The Smoked Piggy comes with BBQ pulled pork, crispy onions and Salvadorian slaw. The Yard Bird comes with chipotle marinated roasted chicken, pickled red onions and guacamole. The kale and corn taco comes with garlic kale, tomato, corn, cotija cheese, hot sauce and crispy potato strings. Credit: Courtesy BombaCafé Avalun
4640 Richmond Rd., Cleveland
Cafe Avalaun is offering two tacos for Taco Week. Their Holy Mole comes with three tacos where you can choose grilled chicken, braised pork or roasted jackfruit and served on soft corn tortillas with dark mole sauce, pickled onions, radish, crumbled queso fresco cheese and guacamole. Their baja fish taco comes with battered catfish with pineapple citrus slaw and avocado-lime crema on soft corn tortillas. Credit: Photo ProvidedGrumpy’s Cafe
2621 West 14th St., Cleveland
In Tremont, the popular breakfast spot is offering the breakfast taco, served with scrambled eggs, chicken chorizo, cheddar cheese, tomatoes and avocado and their fiesta fresh taco filled with black beans, corn salsa and avocado, topped with a drizzle of chipotle mayo (vegan without mayo). Credit: Photo ProvidedGunselman’s Tavern
21490 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park
Gunselman’s is offering three unique tacos for Taco Week. The Texas pulled pork taco comes with tender pulled pork topped with cumin cilantro coleslaw, cheddar cheese, fried onion crisps and a drizzle of housemade Gunny spicy BBQ sauce. Their blue fire crispy chicken taco comes with breaded chicken tenderloin, fresh greens, pico de gallo, shredded cheddar cheese and Tabasco and blue cheese infusion. Their hot and sweet shrimp tacos comes with beer battered shrimp tossed in sriracha dry rub, fresh greens, pico de gallo and a drizzle of sweet chili aioli. Credit: Photo ProvidedHail Mary’s Food and Drink
27828 Center Ridge Rd., Westlake
Hail Mary’s in Westlake is offering their poblano chicken tacos, served with crispy chicken tossed in house-made poblano verde sauce, topped with shredded lettuce, house-made cilantro lime crema, and house-made pico de gallo – all nestled in a soft flour tortilla. Credit: Photo ProvidedHouse of Creole
668 Euclid Ave., Cleveland
House of Creole is offering three tacos for Taco Week. Their coconut shrimp taco shots come with fried coconut shrimp topped with avocado lime aioli and mango salsa. Their voodoo chicken taco shots come with shredded buffalo chicken topped with creole coleslaw, jalapeños, and blue cheese crumbles. Their margarita lobster taco shots come with Patron margarita marinated lobster topped with red cabbage slaw, pico de gallo, fresh lime, and a side of jalapeño aioli (+ $2 Per Taco). Credit: Photo ProvidedNorth High Brewing
2814 Detroit Ave., Cleveland and 26300 Cedar Rd. Ste. 1103, Beachwood
The Columbus-based brewery is offering two tacos for Taco Week. Their chicken taco comes Southwest seasoned with shredded lettuce, Cheddar blend, jalapeno relish, house pico, black bean and corn salsa and our cream. Their Nashville hot chicken taco comes with grilled chicken, Nashville hot seasoning, shredded lettuce, chopped pickles, mixed cheddar, pickled relish and avocado ranch. Credit: Photo ProvidedO’Toole’s Tavern and Gallery
13601 Detroit Ave., Lakewood
In Lakewood, O’Toole’s Tavern and Gallery is offering three tacos for Taco Week. They have a tandoori chicken taco, a beef poblano taco and a veggie taco, all served with pico de gallo, lettuce, cheese and sour cream on a crispy flour tortilla. Credit: Photo ProvidedSol
38257 Glenn Ave., Willoughby
At Sol in Willoughby, they’re offering their baja pork tacos, served with fire roasted green chilis, crunchy lettuce, cotija cheese and pico de gallo with mojo aioli. Credit: Photo ProvidedThe Foundry Concert Club
11729 Detroit Ave., Lakewood
This concert club and bar is offering three different tacos for Taco Week. The meat tacos come with your choice of beef and chorizo blend or seasoned chicken, topped with shredded cheddar, mixed greens, your choice of salsa, and sour cream. They also have a vegetarian taco with seasoned black beans topped with shredded cheddar, your choice of salsa, and mixed greens (can be made vegan without cheese). Their taco of the month is their sushi taco made with white rice, cucumber, crab salad, sriracha aioli, jalapeño cream cheese and guacamole on a soft tortilla. Credit: Photo ProvidedThe Ivy
1212 West 6th St., Cleveland
In the Warehouse District, The Ivy is offering a variety of tacos including adobo or herb grilled chicken, Coca Cola marinated steak, chorizo, slow roasted pork, char grilled chimichurri shrimp or fried grouper. Choose from a multitude of toppings, cheeses, salsas, sauces and shells. Credit: Photo ProvidedTwisted Taino
5633 Pearl Rd., Parma
One of Twisted Taino’s offerings for taco week is their chicken tacos served with soft corn tortillas and filled with their creole chicken, topped with micro cilantro, pico de gallo and avocado cilantro sauce. Their Caribbean pork roast tacos are served with soft corn tortillas and are filled with their Caribbean pork roast and topped with micro cilantro, pico de gallo and avocado cilantro sauce. Their vegan tacos are served with soft corn tortillas and are filled with their fajita mix vegetables and topped with micro cilantro, pico de gallo and avocado cilantro sauce Credit: Photo Provided