There's an app for that

Lindsey Tramuta has an article in The New York Times about the latest app:

Save for fanny packs and sneakers, little is as anti-chic in a city like Paris as lugging around and exposing weighty travel tomes, practical and valuable as they may be. It’s true that, until recently, navigating the city’s vast culinary enclaves and judiciously selecting the right spots for a short trip required such material. But for Francophile gastronomes everywhere, knowing where to eat just got a lot easier (and far more discreet).
After over a year of testing addresses with the help of a small team, Patricia Wells, the award-winning author and former food critic for The International Herald Tribune, condensed her favorites into The Food Lover’s Guide to Paris, a digital version of her pre-eminent culinary bible of the same name last updated in 1999.
Lauded as one of the foremost authorities on French cuisine, Wells has spent the last 32 years straddling Paris and Provence, and written or co-written more than thirteen books. Needless to say, the app was poised for success the moment it was conceived.
Far from being an amalgam of unduly hyped hot spots, too often the case for destination guides, Wells’ mobile companion is a meticulously curated collection of over 350 of the city’s finest restaurants, wine bars, bakeries, cheese shops, and chocolatiers. Some are old favorites, while others are part of the new wave of Paris food creatives she discovered for the first time.
The app is convenient to use and features a clickable address map with GPS, a dining dictionary, and a favorites bookmarking tool. The browsing function is well conceived, allowing users to search by category, price, neighborhood, specialty, and most important, detail (open on Sundays, good for children, Michelin stars, etc.).
As for Wells’ foray into handheld publishing, it’s as much a godsend for discerning expats as for visiting hedonists. “I hope it will not only open their eyes to all that is there but make it totally accessible,” she said.
Those in the traditional guidebook contingent will have to sit tight: the fifth printed edition of The Food Lover’s Guide won’t hit shelves until 2014 at the earliest.

The Food Lover’s Guide to Paris is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, $4.99.

Rico says he's downloaded it (yes, and paid the $4.99) for when, hopefully, he and the ladyfriend make it back to Paris...