Cantina OK!

It may be tiny, but Cantina OK is much more than it seems. Mucho, the team behind several other bars in Sydney’s CBD, including Bar Herbs, Bar Bridge, and Centro 86, has converted a former single-car garage at the end of a delivery lane into one of Australia’s – and the world’s – finest agave-spirit bars.

The team samples, documents, and eventually imports Mexico’s most interesting mezcals and tequilas. These make up the bar’s menu, which is represented by a very well-designed, film-shot booklet listing one mezcal per page, detailing how they are made, who made them, and where they come from.

Behind the bar, there’s an ornate Nepalese ice-carving machine for those inimitable Margaritas and specials. All around you, is an earthy-pink and pine-lined room adorned on almost all sides with bottles of clear spirits. All of this is squeezed into a space that would struggle to accommodate a football team.