You provide the spirits. We provide the proof.

Proof & Provisions started with a simple observation: hosts in Lake County can find a caterer, a florist, a DJ and a photographer in an afternoon — and then spend three weeks trying to find someone reliable to run the bar.

So we built the thing everyone said they couldn't find. Certified, background-checked, uniformed bartenders. Transparent flat pricing. Online booking that takes two minutes instead of two weeks of email tag. And a 100% arrival guarantee, because reliability is the whole job.

The dry-hire model, explained

You buy and own the alcohol. We bring the staff, the tools, the ice plan, the garnish prep, the setup and the cleanup. That's the standard structure for mobile bartending in Illinois, and it's good for you: no retail markup on bottles means most hosts save 30–50% versus a full-service caterer's bar. Anything left over at the end of the night is yours — it always was.

We'll send a shopping list sized to your guest count so nobody over-buys, and if you'd rather not think about it at all, our concierge add-on places and picks up the order for you.

Where we work

Lake County & the North Shore — Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Libertyville, Vernon Hills, Long Grove, Gurnee, Grayslake and the Chain O'Lakes.