MUCHO News: Stories, updates & the inside word from the MUCHO Team!
Cantina OK! x Maybe Mae Takeover!
Jordan and Chris visited Adelaide with a takeover shift and Handcrafted Hospitality seminar at Maybe Mae!
Bar Planet Mega Martini Launch! (Gotcha!!)
Continuing the MUCHO tradition of mega-fying cocktails, we launched the Mega Martini at Bar Planet! Alas, this one was an April Fools joke but you can get your hands on a real Mega Margs at Tio’s and a Grande Spicy Marg at Centro 86!
Bar Planet x Hendricks Hot Air Balloon Adventure
Sienna and Kate travelled down to Australia’s majestic capital city of Canberra to break (or set?) the record for the World’s Highest Porron Pour from above the clouds in Hendricks Gin’s magnificent hot air balloon.
Centro 86 wins Sydney’s “Best Cocktail Bar”
Centro 86 was named Time Out’s Best Cocktail Bar at their 2025 Food and Drink Awards!
Cantina OK! “Mezcal Magic” Hats Return
The return of an icon.
Cantina OK! x Maison Balzac Collaboration!
Cantina OK! launches a collaborative Weekly Special cocktail with Australian brand, Maison Balzac, to celebrate their iconic Chilli Gobelets! Try the Spicy Watermelon Margarita before it’s gone, or learn how to make one at home below!
Bar Planet x Messina Guinness Scorpino Collaboration
When Messina offers you Guinness gelato, you create a Guinness Scorpino. This one was in celebration of St Patrick’s Day.
Split the atom G together!
Bar Planet 50 Best Discovery
Bar Planet was placed in the 50 Best Discovery List! An honour to be named alongside so many other amazing venues!
Centro 86 x The Cloakroom
Our friends from The Cloakroom paid Centro 86 a visit all the way from Montreal to whip up a delicious Bergamot number for our weekly special!
Tio’s $1000 Marg Giveaway
To celebrate Margarita Month, we partnered with el Jimador to give one lucky individual $1000 worth of margaritas at Tio’s! Participants were tasked with suggesting their most unhinged margarita flavours to enter the draw, and some of the ideas were diabolical...
Bar Planet x Tim Blackwell
Australian media legend and Bar Planet merch-wearer Tim Blackwell teamed up with us to create a weekly Scorpino inspired by his iconic interview with the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in 2002 with the launch of Nova Perth.
Cantina OK! x Goodwater Takeover
Chris and Jordan visited our besties at Goodwater for a legendary takeover shift and a Handcrafted Hospitality seminar for the wonderful people of Melbourne.
Centro 86’s 1st Birthday!
Our youngest is growing up so fast!! Centro 86 turned 1 and we celebrated by opening a few bottles of extra-fancy tequila!
Date With Tait at MUCHO!
The wonderful Tait McGregor visited 3 MUCHO venues on her quest for love, and brought along a few familiar faces. We were honoured to host Benee at Bar Planet, Wallows at Tio’s and Caleb from Spacey Jane at Centro 86 on their dates with Tait!
Tio’s 13th Birthday!
Tio’s turned 13!!!! And we celebrated with a tequila ice luge! Time flies when you’re having fun!!
Cantina OK! x Ken Done
It was an honour to collaborate with Australian legend Ken Done to create a drink at Cantina OK! inspired by his monumentally iconic art style. We visited Ken in his studio in The Rocks and chatted about his time in Mexico while he doodled on some Cantina coasters.
Bar Planet x Annie Hamilton Merch
Annie Hamilton popped by Bar Planet to create a Scorpino celebrating her new album ‘Stop and Smell the Lightning’. She also customised some of our merch that we gave away to one lucky winner!
Goodbye OK! Seltzer!
All good things must come to an end and we decided to say goodbye to OK! Seltzer. It’s been an incredible 3 years but in the wise words of MUCHO Creative Director Jeremy Blackmore, ‘it’s time to concentrate on what we do best. Weird, fun, delicious, soulful venues for Sydney to love.’ A huge thanks to everyone who helped along the way!!
Bar Planet “Tarot” Menu Launch
Our 2024 Spring/Summer menu is for all of the Inner West mystics.
✨ Tarot ✨
We took three iconic tarot cards, painted them with the Bar Planet brush, enlisted the help of the freshest of produce, and ended up with a delicious menu of seasonal symbolism.
Centro 86 “Entrar a la Plaza” Menu Launch
Toreador. Matador. Picador. Three historic cocktails brought into the year 2024.
Before the Margarita existed, there was a whole genre of early tequila cocktails.
All three of these seasonal creations harken back to recipes from 1937’s ‘Cafe Royale Cocktail Book’, reimagined through the lens of what we can do in 2024 that we couldn’t before.
How can we revisit classic combinations with an emphasis on a wider, more international pantry, modern techniques and a focus on the freshest ingredients?