THE GO-TO BAR WHEREVER YOU ARE.

Present Tense is a mobile bar offering bar solutions where there is no bar. We can provide craft cocktails, drop off catering, elevated bar snacks, and an up close magic lounge experience in your home, office, or event space. We curate beverage experiences that help people come together and live presently.

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CATERING THE BAR FOR YOUR EVENT

  • Corporate Happy Hours

    Present Tense brings the complete Happy Hour experience to your office. We will create a custom beverage menu as well as bring all the requisite bar nosh to complete the package. A convenient way to unwind after a day at the office.

  • Bar Magic Experience

    Looking for a unique way to entertain a crowd? We turn your home, office, or event space into a magic lounge. This 2 hour experience combines happy hour, cocktail tastings, up close magic, bar nosh, laughs, and whimsy. Enjoy the show.

  • Weddings and Events

    Enhance your event with the best bartenders and beverage menus anyone can offer. No one delivers like we do. Just check out our ratings on Google. The people have spoken.

  • Drop Off Catering

    Need to feed a crowd lunch or a light dinner? We got you. We specialize in petite sandwiches, cheese boards, charcuterie platters, and crudité platters to keep everyone well fed. Perfect for snacks or for an entire meal.

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Mercer Magic

Present Tense is a mobile bar providing craft beverages, skilled bartenders, and snacky bar food for your next event.

Party planning is stressful, but it doesn’t have to be. We offer full-service beverage catering. We take the bar off your plate. We leverage our 20+ years in Michelin-starred restaurants and events to bring a classy, delicious, and worry-free beverage program to your event.

We bring the bar to you.. We’re a legit mobile bar from the minds that brought you the award-winning cocktail program at Chicago’s own Blackbird restaurant, which closed in 2020.

We’ve curated a selection of our favorite bar foods as well as a cocktail catering menu complete with beers and wines to give you a world-class bar experience wherever you happen to be. Book Present Tense to take your next get-together to the next level.

Make your future perfect with Present Tense.

Meet our founder, Derek Mercer!