Cafe Campagne<\/a>. Love their food, but not what I need for a workday lunch.\u00a0 But when I tried the app on a lunch hour a few days later the app delivered. Some joints across the street I knew were good, and a couple of spots nearby I had not heard of.\u00a0 Discovering new food spots was fun.<\/p>\nI’ve tried the app in Portland and got good results. I checked Foodspotting on a recent trip to Dallas where I was staying near the airport, not an area known for good food. But again the app delivered. I found results for tacos, pizza and pho, which I admit surprised me in Dallas.<\/p>\n
Like Locavore, this is an app worth using now and will only get better as more users join up. It has some weird parts that need to get worked out – the picture of a wood table on startup is a bit strange. After a couple of weeks of using the app I am still not sure what “Nom it” means. Weird features will get worked out, but Foodspotting is a great mobile foodie app because it helps you discover new food in a way that is only possible on mobile. These are the apps that Apple should be promoting. I like Nigella as much as the next guy, but there isn’t anything mobile about her app.<\/p>\n
Check out the apps for foodies in iTunes, but don’t let Apple’s choices limit you. There are a ton of good apps for foodies in the iTunes store. Apple is just figuring it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The iPhone and now the iPad can be great tools for the modern foodie. It seems the folks at iTunes understand that too.
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