When I started Swift & Granite back in 2023, I made it a point to give my friends, who are absolute geniuses behind the bar, a platform for their cocktails and service to be appreciated by you. The Swift & Granite Team is comprised of San Diego’s top talented bartenders working at reputable cocktail bars (Pendry Hotel, La Fayette Hotel, Polite Provisions, Kettner Exchange, Captains Quarters, and Raised By Wolves. When it comes down to it you want a bar team that is going to nourish your soul and palate. All of us have earned our dues in the service industry and it shows immensely during private events. You know the saying, the proof is in the pudding?

You even get a cocktail menu at a really fancy cocktail bar and wonder how the fuck they come up with the drinks? Touching on “elevated bartenders”, part of spending 6+ years behind many various bars with many various managers translates to a lot of knowledge. Knowledge of how to build classic cocktail, riffing on them, bridging flavors, making scratch tonics or syrups, molecular gastronomy, garnishing, and so much more. We’ve all worked in bars that expect us to customize cocktails for guests, but truly its what we love. Thats why we consider ourselves speakeasy bartenders, you the hosts have a lot of influence into your cocktail menu. We just bring to life your vision with stunning garnishes, colors, speciality ice, and decadent glassware.

We feel the absolute most overlooked part of many bartending companies services are the ambiance. From our eyes, yes its 10% of what matters but truly its 60% to our guests. Creating an aesthetic contemporary cocktail bar is no joke, thats why we have an inventory of custom satellite bars that are hand crafted by Simple Luxe Builds in LA that you can rent for your event. We also carry a unique line of 1910 Gatsby glassware to really elevate the feel and presentation of your cocktails: nica nora, coup, etched rocks, etched highball, goblet, and Chardonnay glass. Candles and flowers are such an important piece of building the ambiance, thats why we always coordinate directly with your florist/candle vendors to make your pictures come out more stunning than you thought.

Your cocktails deserve tender love and care, and if you see a bartender using sour mix or sweetened lime juice then please walk away from their bar. We at Swift & Granite only use organic local ingredients from Specialty Produce to prep every aspect of your cocktail menu from scratch. Every citrus is freshly hand squeezed: lime, lemon, grapefruit, orange, yuzu etc. All of your speakeasy style concoctions are made in house like coffee orange tonic, rose water cordial, lychee mandarin foam, coconut ube puree, and papaya infused blended vermouth. We price everything how we do because we use expensive ingredients and put a lot of thought and work into prepping your cocktails even before the event day.