OUR NEXT EVENT IS LIVE!
JOIN US for OUR NEW STORY-WORTHY FOOD SERIES!
On June 2nd, we kick off the third chapter of our Story-Worthy Food Series, where members of our team curate a special menu reflecting the pieces from their lives and journey that have shaped them and brought them to Baltimore.
We are pleased to introduce Chapter 3 with Iris and her special menu honoring her hometown of Cahuatache in Guerrero, Mexico, from June 2nd-6th.
Iris joined the kitchen team at Mera last year, and every Saturday morning, she surprises the team with a new dish to try, so we’re thrilled she can share these with the rest of Baltimore.
“I created this menu to introduce people to my hometown in Guerrero, a place many have never heard of. I want everyone to know it, and to taste it.”
Where: Mera Kitchen Collective, 1301 N Calvert St, Baltimore, MD
When: Tuesday, June 2 - Saturday, June 6 - the special menu will be available all day!
How: Walk-in for dine-in (no reservations needed), limited online orders for pick-up
STORYWORTHY MENU
Chapter 3: Iris
from Guerrero, Mexico to Baltimore, Maryland
Ensalada de Nopalitos (vegetarian) | Cactus paddle salad with cherry tomato, onion, cilantro, lime, queso panela & queso fresco
Sopa de Frijol (vegan, gluten-free) | Toasted black bean & dried chili soup w/ hoja santa
Pozole Verde (gluten-free, vegan w/o chicken) | Tomatillo and jalapeno stew with hominy, optional add-on: chicken
Ensalada de Coditos (vegetarian) | Chilled pasta salad w/pickled jalapeno, corn, carrot, celery, onion, mayo & crema dressing
Tamale de Vegeteranio (vegan, gluten-free) | Epazote, tomato, potato, onion, jalapeno
Barbacoa de Chivo (gluten-free, dairy-free) | Chili-marinated braised goat, served w/refried beans, white rice, salsa verde w/avocado
Pollo en Pipían Verde (gluten-free, dairy-free) | Chicken leg quarter in pumpkin seed mole verde with epazote, refried beans, red rice
Ensalada de Frutas ( vegetarian, gluten-free) | Seasonal fruit in sweetened cream, with shredded coconut and walnuts
Plus house-made juices and speciality cocktails!
*note - a limited Mera menu will also be available, so you will be able to enjoy your usual favorites alongside Iris’s menu.
More about the series:
The Story-Worthy Food Series grew out of our early experiences at Mera, and a desire to share meals that reflect one’s personal identities, highlighting pieces from their life and journey that have shaped them and brought them to Baltimore. Each dish and each cuisine offers its own interpretation, just as language does. The same experience can be described in different words, and yet some words only exist in certain languages. Food works the same way: rooted in a specific place and moment, and yet constantly generating new meanings as it travels. Tradition and its evolving versions exist side by side, each one informing the other.
This is what our food series explores. It highlights individuals from our team, the places they have lived, and the dishes most sentimental to them. How does a dish carry someone back to a place they have known? How does it introduce them to one they have not? And how does that change them? This series is about the human story of where we come from, how we travel, and what we carry with us. Does a conversation change what we eat? Or does what we eat change the conversation?
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(SOME) Past Events:
October 2025 | Hallow-Mera Halloween Party
April 2025 | Brazil Night with Diego Soares Rebouças
November 2024 | Brunch Fundraiser with Chef Marcelle Afram of Shababi
March 2024 | Brunch Fundrasiser with Z&Z
December 2022 | Last Call with The Empanada Lady + BlkAss Flea Market
December 2022 | Voyage à Ouagadougu Dinner with Emilienne
November 2022 | A Night In Red with Eric
August 2022 | Une Noche En Tlapa Dinner with Rogelio and Dionisia
June 2022 | Wonders of Damascus Dinner with Iman
March 2020 | Syrian Brunch @ Wet City
November 2019 | World Comfort Kitchen @ Compass Rose
July 2019 | Chef’s Iman, Mona and Anna @ Fadensonnen
June 2019 | Third Refugee and Immigrant Arts Feast
May 2019 | Mezze on the Roof @ Lord Baltimore Hotel Skybar
April 2019 | Aisha @ TEDxJHU
March 2019 | Chef Zaid & Chef David Diaspora Dinner @ Ida B’s Table
March 2019 | Chef Iman’s Shawarma @ Fadensonnen
January 2019 | Chef Iman’s Shawarma @ Fadensonnen
January 2019 | Mera x Cajou @ Lord Baltimore Hotel
December 2018 | Second Refugee and Immigrant Arts Feast
November 2018 | Habibi Dinner
October 2018 | The Stories of Mera Kitchen @ Baltimore Museum of Art
September 2018 | Charm City Night Market
September 2018 | Shawarma on the Roof @ Lord Baltimore Hotel Skybar
July 2018 | Damascus Meets Caracas @ Alma Cocina Latina
April 2018 | Refugee and Immigrant Arts Feast @ 2640 Space
December 2017 | Eritrean Coffee Ceremony @ Greenmount Coffee Lab
November 2017 | Wonders of Damascus @ Clavel
June 2017 | Wonders of Damascus @ Hersh's