Cantina Bar

Best Known For

Gourmet tacos such as slow-cooked beef cheek with chipotle, house slaw and fresh shallot.

For an intimate Latin-Mex street food experience head to Sydney’s harbourside suburb of Balmain to find Cantina Bar on Darling Street. With a menu drawing inspiration from street food vendors in Mexico, Spain, Portugal and Cuba and a bar selection laid out over 44-gallon drums; even the most-fickle gringo says arriba to tacos and tequila in funky surrounds of wall murals, exposed brick and recycled timber. Corn and zucchini fritters appeal for brunch, with tahini yoghurt, avocado, soft eggs, pine nuts, sumac onion and currants; while later diners chow down on slow-cooked lamb tacos, slaw and pickled red onion, or Baja crispy fish with pickled cabbage, chipotle mayo and jalapeño. Perhaps seared scallop tostadas hit the mark, or eye fillet, risotto cake, onion jam, aioli and red wine jus.