Erin Wade Of Vinaigrette Restaurants: How To Successfully Ride The Emotional Highs & Lows Of Being An Entrepreneur

Positivity is infectious, and it makes people want to come to work and do a good job. This is invaluable for any company.

Erin Wade is a farmer and restaurateur who has opened six restaurants and two farms (that grow food for the restaurants) in three cities across two states since 2008 when she opened her first restaurant. Before her life in food, she graduated from Harvard College with a BA in English & American Literature and Language, interned at Harper’s Bazaar, and studied fashion design in Milan. Erin still writes the menus and tests recipes for her restaurants Vinaigrette, Modern General Feed and Seed and The Feel Good.

Thank you so much for joining us in this interview series! Before we dive in, our readers would love to “get to know you” a bit better. Can you tell us a bit about your ‘backstory’ and how you got started?

I am the owner/founder of six restaurants and two sustainable farms in New Mexico and Texas. My company includes three locations of a full-service upscale salad restaurant Vinaigrette, two retail-restaurant hybrids called Modern General Feed and Seed, and a little wine bar inspired by my amazing…