The 15 Restaurants Where You Can Score $2 Tacos During Cleveland Taco Week (May 17-23)

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.

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Academy 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. Their drink specials include a $4 Dos Equis and a $6 Suavecito Margarita.

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Añejo Tequila Joint

1051 West 10th Street, Cleveland

Añejo Tequila Joint is offering three tacos for Taco Week. Their beef tacos come with ground beef, lettuce, tomatoes, cotija cheese, Añejo house sauce and a hard corn shell. Their shrimp tacos come with sauteed shrimp Añejo house slaw and a soft corn shell. Their veggie tacos come with tomatoes, corn, zucchini, yellow squash, yellow onion, red bell pepper, black beans and cilantro and are served in a soft corn shell. They have $4 Modelo and Modelo Negra, $4 Suavecito Blanco, $6 Suavecito Reposado, $8 Suavecito Añejo, $10 Suavecito Extra Añejo and $6 Suavecito Margarita.

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Balance Pan-Asian Grille

515 Euclid Ave., Cleveland

Downtown, Balance Pan-Asian Grille is offering three different tasty tacos. The Mongo comes with sweet and smoky Mongo Sauce atop wok-fired steak, Japanese mayo and spiral-cut carrots, and garnished with Balance Farm Micro Cilantro. The Bang Bang tacos come with grilled chicken smothered in spicy BangBang sauce and a cool yogurt sauce and garnished with red onion, cilantro and crunchy noodles. The wasabi aioli tacos come with a Japanese-inspited Wasabi Aioli over grilled chicken, served with red cabbage, kimchi pickles, a vegetarian sauce and Balance Farms microgreens for a spicy, citrusy and salty flavor.

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Barrio

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. Their Suavecito Special is a Skinny Suave (Suavecito Blanco, lime juice, agave and soda water) for $10 and $4 Modelos.

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Blue Habañero

6416 Detroit Ave., Cleveland

Blue Habañero is offering barbacoa tacos served with cilantro, onions, tomatoes and tomato spiced salsa and tinga tacos served with simmered chicken, fresco queso, avocado and tomato spiced salsa.They’re also offering a bbq pork taco with slowly roasted pork that’s then shredded with BBQ sauce and topped with fresh home made corn pico salsa. They also have a carne asada taco featuring their ribeye steak.

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Bomba Taco + Bar

Two Locations

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 Smokin’ Brussels comes with smoked brussels sprouts, pickled red onions, fish caramel and red fresno peppers.

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Grumpy’s Cafe

2621 West 14th St., Cleveland

In Tremont, the popular breakfast spot is offering the breakfast taco, served with scrambled eggs, chorizo, cheddar cheese, tomatoes and avocado, the taco de pescado, filled with lightly breaded & grilled haddock, slaw & jalapeño crema and their fiesta fresh taco filled with black beans, corn salsa and avocado, topped with a drizzle of chipotle mayo. All come in a flour tortilla.

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Gunselman’s Tavern

21490 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park

Gunselman’s may be known for their tasty burgers but they are offering some delicious tacos for Taco Week. The Gunny short rib street taco features their house recipe braised short rib, pico de gallo, lime crema and lettuce. Their adobo seasoned ground beef taco comes with adobo seasoned ground beef, pico de gallo, lime crema and lettuce. And their lime pepper garlic chicken tacos come with pico de gallo, lime crema and lettuce. They offer a flour or corn tortilla with each taco. Their drin specials include $3.50 Modelo bottles or buckets of 5 for $15 and a Suavecito Margarita for $5.

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