Clavel
Mexican restaurant · Baltimore
225 W 23rd St, Baltimore, MD 21211
Highlights
Authentic Mexican tacos, mezcal, and cocktails served in a hip room.
Authentic Mexican tacos, mezcal, and cocktails served in a hip room.
"For an introduction to Baltimore’s food scene, there’s no better place to start than Clavel—it’s the city’s buzziest restaurant and Maryland’s first mezcaleria. Tortillas are nixtamalized on site, with corn from small producers in Oaxaca and Puebla, and they’re best experienced by ordering the tamales loaded with elote and queso chihuahua, hongos con huitlacoche, and barbacoa de borrego tacos. This spot is always busy, so come early for a better chance at securing a wooden stool at Happy Hour for margaritas and queso fundido. The team behind Clavel also runs the speakeasy W.C. Harlan and wine bar Faddensonnen—both are located nearby on West 23rd Street in Old Goucher." - michele berry
"Clavel is a family-run mezcaleria and taqueria where the drinks and food are so authentic and fresh, you'll think you just crossed the border. The drink menu is as mouth-watering and extensive as the enticing menu, which features individually-sold tacos, fresh cheviche options, all of which centers around their homemade tortillas from a fifth generation family recipe." - Ashton Design
"For an introduction to Baltimore’s food scene, there’s no better place to start than Clavel—it’s the city’s buzziest restaurant and Maryland’s first mezcaleria. Tortillas are nixtamalized on site, with corn from small producers in Oaxaca and Puebla, and they’re best experienced by ordering the tamales loaded with elote and queso chihuahua, hongos con huitlacoche, and barbacoa de borrego tacos. This spot is always busy, so come early for a better chance at securing a wooden stool at Happy Hour for margaritas and queso fundido. The team behind Clavel also runs the speakeasy W.C. Harlan and wine bar Faddensonnen—both are located nearby on West 23rd Street in Old Goucher." - Michele Berry
"For an introduction to Baltimore’s food scene, there’s no better place to start than Clavel—the city’s buzziest (and most fun) restaurant and Maryland’s first mezcaleria. Tortillas are nixtamalized on site, with corn from small producers in Oaxaca and Puebla, and they’re best experienced by ordering the tamales loaded with elote and queso chihuahua, hongos con huitlacoche, and barbacoa de borrego tacos. Our favorite move is to come for Happy Hour (when it’s easier to get in) and have a few rounds of margaritas and queso fundido." - anne cruz
"Plants in clay pots, twinkling string lights, and simple white walls transport diners at this concrete, Sinaloa-style taqueria in Old Goucher as plates of bubbling queso and silver trays of tacos, ceviches, and more from fly out of the kitchen. Smoky mezcal stars at the James Beard-nominated bar and the chefs grind their own corn for masa in a newly added nixtamalería." - Jess Mayhugh
