The Floor Is Theirs

It’s a Friday afternoon in Vancouver, and the conversation has already been going for ten minutes before we reach a formal question. There are check-ins about weekend plans, a bit of laughter, the easy rhythm of people who genuinely enjoy working together. That warmth and connection is not incidental to the story of Banda Volpi. It is the story.

We spoke with six of the women of Banda, and they not only represented, but actually demonstrated, something quietly unusual in the restaurant industry. To start, more than fifty percent of Banda Volpi's leadership is female, across every role: ownership through directors, general managers, sommeliers, front and back of house. The natural assumption could be that this was by design. Emily Goodrich, a Partner and Director of the group, is quick to point out otherwise.