Alistair Levine
Managing Partner
alevine@vinesolutions.com
415.927.3308 x119
Alistair Levine is the Managing Partner of Vine Solutions. He was born into the restaurant industry and invested in his first restaurant when he was 8 years old. He is extremely passionate about dining in and learning about restaurants from street food stands in Thailand to Michelin starred restaurants in London. His belief is that food is one of the best ways to experience and understand another culture. He is also an adventurous and accomplished home cook (not chef) and spends much of his leisure time in the kitchen creating and sharing meals and wine with his wife and friends.
Alistair’s entrepreneurial drive emerged early and with success. At 7 he made over $100 selling lemonade (later to be invested!). In high school he started a DJ business. Working his way up through the audio world, he spent the last 10+ years doing business in the luxury audio space. During his tenure he spearheaded the creation of a Luxury Yachting division and the development of new markets in Asia (India, Thailand etc.) doubling sales over a 5 years period and substantially increasing bottom line profitability. He has done deals in more than 20 different countries on 3 continents, before joining Vine Solutions full time in 2020.
His focus at Vine Solutions is to empower restaurant owners and operators with timely information made possible by technology improvements. His journey to Vine Solutions started two decades ago when his father, Ed Levine, created and grew Vine Dining Enterprises from the initial Left Bank restaurant in Larkspur and shortly thereafter Vine Solutions, all the while Alistair watched, listened and learned. With Ed’s untimely passing in 2017, Alistair took up the torch, becoming deeply engaged on the boards of both companies. This allows him to have the unique advantage of seeing the industry from both the restaurant owner perspective and the service provider lens allowing for a synthesis of both viewpoints that drives valuable insights that few others can offer. With a greater understanding of restaurant financials and their exposition of areas of opportunity, our clients use that knowledge to drive bottom line results.
Alistair is always hungry for knowledge and loves learning from the Vine Solutions team and our incredible clients.