Juju Cantina, Pune's first tequila-led bar in Kalyani Nagar, marked three years in business from 29 October to 1 November 2026 with Fiesta Loca, a new food and Lotería-inspired cocktail menu.
Punekar News reported the anniversary on 30 October 2026, detailing a four day program built around a refreshed drinks list led by Bar Maestro Sarthak Bisht and a food menu overseen by Chef Partners Hanoze Shroff and Parikshit Ghalwadkar. Co-founder Vijeta Singh was quoted describing how routines and repeat guests had become as central to the bar's identity as its menu.
What's in the new Lotería cocktail menu
The cocktail program takes its structure from Lotería, the Mexican card game built on illustrated imagery and chance. According to the outlet's account, the new list draws on ideas and figures from Mexican culture to frame how guests select drinks, turning the ordering process itself into part of the theme. The food menu, developed separately by Shroff and Ghalwadkar, was built to run alongside the cocktails rather than as a separate track, with an emphasis on contrasting textures and flavors across the two lists.
How the four day Fiesta Loca program is structured
The celebration opened on Thursday, 29 October, with an evening called Noche de Tres, which Punekar News described as the formal introduction of the refreshed menus by what the bar is calling its three Maestros: Bisht, Shroff and Ghalwadkar. The program runs through 1 November 2026, four days in total, though the published reporting details only the opening night by name. What specific format the remaining three evenings take, whether themed nights, guest appearances or ticketed events, has not been laid out in the coverage reviewed.
Juju Cantina's three years in Kalyani Nagar
Juju opened in Kalyani Nagar roughly three years ago as what local coverage at the time called Pune's first tequila bar, a positioning built around a bar program heavy on agave spirits. A Zee Zest review published near the opening described the venue stocking more than 25 labels of tequila and mezcal alongside other spirits, with a menu pairing Mexican dishes against an India market where cocktail bars built specifically around agave were still rare. Early coverage from 30 Best Bars India credited the venue to Vijeta Singh and Karan Khilnani, with Khilnani also a founder of the Kalyani Nagar bar Elephant & Co, and named Hanoze Shroff and then head mixologist Rahul Kamath as the original creative team behind the food and drinks programs.
Three years on, the bar is now describing itself in broader terms. Punekar News reported that Juju is moving toward a wider Mexican cantina identity rather than the narrower tequila bar framing it launched with, a shift the outlet tied directly to the anniversary relaunch of both menus under Bisht, Shroff and Ghalwadkar.