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MUCHO Tequila & Mezcal Festival 2025: Sydney Bar Week Highlights
Centro 86 was the place to be on Sunday for the annual MUCHO Tequila & Mezcal Festival, as part of Sydney Bar Week 2025. If you love tequila, mezcal and the weird world of agave as much as we do, it was a wild takeover.
Join us to help raise funds for Lifeline this National Suicide Prevention Week
Suicide remains the leading cause of death among people aged 15–44 in Australia. It’s a tough topic, but we need to talk about it. Join us this week to help raise much needed funds for Lifeline. Between September 8-14 we’ll be donating $1 from every special across our venues to Lifeline, helping support the 24/7 crisis support line for all Australians.
Broadsheet Dine Out 2025: Clarence St Dual Happy Hour
As part of Broadsheet's Dine Out Festival, Cantina OK! and Herbs Taverne join forces for the ultimate Clarence St Dual Happy Hour! Start at Cantina OK! and enjoy the world-famous Margarita OK! for just $12, then venture downstairs to Herbs Taverne a few doors down to enjoy Herbs’ Aperol Spritz for the same price. Don’t forget to swing past later for a nightcap, with both bars open late until 2am.
MUCHO Tequila Trail
Who doesn’t love free tequila?! World Tequila Day is July 24, and we’re celebrating it all week with Sydney’s free & first ever Tequila Trail! To celebrate, we’re inviting you all to join the trail as we pour tequila on the house at Centro 86, Cantina OK! and Tio’s. The trail features a trio of Herradura tequilas to try: Herradura Plata Tequila at Cantina OK!, Herradura Reposado Tequila at Tio’s, and Herradura Añejo Tequila at Centro 86.
Cantina OK! x The Calile
Jordan and Jax visited Queensland with a takeover shift at The Calile!
Cantina OK! x Bar Glue
Tequila, Mezcal, Lime, Dulse, Coconut, Strawberry, Beetroot
Chris’ Special, in collaboration with Liverpool’s finest, Bar Glue. Bright red with a Dulse and Coconut Sorbet.
Cantina OK! New Menu: Ritual
Sour OK! Nevada OK! Whip OK!
An ode to little rituals, on Council Place and beyond.
Cantina OK! x Smoke & Bitters Takeover
Tequila, Mezcal, Iramusu, Lime, Pineapple, Silvertip Bitters.
Inspired by his recent trip to Sri Lanka and Sunset Shift at the incredible Smoke & Bitters, Jax created a weekly special built around the Iramusu and Silvertip Tea that was passed onto Jax as a parting gift.
Cantina OK! x Maybe Mae Takeover!
Jordan and Chris visited Adelaide with a takeover shift and Handcrafted Hospitality seminar at Maybe Mae!
Cantina OK! x Evi O
We collaborated with self-taught artist, designer, author, and publisher Evi O, the creative force behind beloved Sydney design studio, Evi-O.Studio.
Evi’s practice explores the concepts of optimism, joy, and metamorphosis in the world we live in, often expressed through her use of colour and abstraction, in both 2 & 3 dimensional forms. For this special we ran her iconic pastel piece, ‘A Laissez-faire Attitude’, through the liquid Cantina OK! lens.
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!
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.
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.
Cantina OK! “Zoo” Menu Launch
Jumbo OK! Bongo OK! Agro OK!
Three drinks inspired by our favourite megafauna. There are no more charismatic animals on earth than the hippo, the elephant and the croc.
An idea born from the making of our very own croc pechuga, a literal distillation of crocodile spirit found in the Agro OK!.
Find your spirit animal.
Cantina OK! 50 Best
An honour to be named on this list alongside the world’s best bars! Thank you to everyone who’s visited us on Council Place and who make Cantina such a special place.
Cantina OK! x Messina
We teamed up with your favourite gelateria for the greatest spicy marg Sydney has ever seen, alongside an exclusive weekly gelato flavour!
Cantina OK! x Kenney
Kenney returned for one night and one night only and created the weekly special of our dreams!
Cantina OK! x Lyaness Pop-Up
Storm and Jeremy continued their tour of Europe with a pop-up alongside London cocktail bar Lyaness! Held at The Umbrella Workshop with a very special menu of Patrón drinks for three days only, they had the best time!
Cantina OK! x Tlecan
Our friends at Tlecan over in Mexico City sent over the recipe for their coveted Manzano-Grapefruit Jam that we used as the base of a delicious weekly special!