We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Debbi Anderson. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Debbi below.
Debbi, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Naming anything – including a business – is so hard. Right? What’s the story behind how you came up with the name of your brand?
When making the move full time to the mountains and opening a wine bar I decided I wanted to bring the community feeling I had with our friends in Denver to Frisco with us. My husband and I would host dinners at our house and we loved entertaining and sitting in the back yard enjoying delicious wine with our friends. When thinking about a name it was important to have the feeling of community with a nod to our friends. I had lived on Vine Street in Denver in two different areas for almost the entire 24 years. Our good friends and neighbors dubbed ourselves the Vine Street Social club for our get togethers. The name stuck and so I thought what better way to bring them with us to Frisco than the bring the name as well. We dropped the club because the idea is that everyone is welcome. It is exactly the feeling we are trying to create in Frisco with our new neighbors. We want to create community and have the wine bar be a place to not only enjoy good food and wine but to meet up with friends or make new ones.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
After 25 years as a CPA, I found myself seeking a new path—one that aligned with my passions for wine, travel, and building community. My long-standing connection to the wine industry, through one of my larger clients who is a beer and wine distributor, made the transition a natural one. Opening a wine bar felt like the perfect way to share my love for wine while fostering a space where people can come together, connect, and enjoy great wine.
Even in the short time we’ve been open, I’ve already felt the connections forming, with regulars becoming a familiar and exciting part of the experience. Seeing the community come together is truly the most rewarding aspect of this journey.
What’s been the best source of new clients for you?
The absolute best source of new clients is referrals. Engaging with customers and providing them with an experience that they will tell their friends about has by far been our best form of advertising.
Any advice for managing a team?
In my prior business and this one the most important thing is to take care of your employees and they will take care of the business. If you treat your employees with kindness, pay them well and respect they have a life outside of work then they will work hard for you and make your business profitable. Employees are the most valuable resource of your company and it is very important they feel valued and the rest will come much easier.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.vinestreetsocial.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinestreetsocial
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vinestreetsocial
Image Credits
Mountain Cat Media