I was reading the Dining section of the New York Times online earlier today, and the restaurants I read about keep getting more and more interesting.  I think now is a great time to be a restaurant customer, and it’s one reason I’m so excited about orderTopia.  Everything about restaurants is getting better:  increased usage of local ingredients, better designed stores, more advanced kitchen equipment.  And of course,  great food coming out of the kitchens.  Perhaps the food offerings have always been this good in America, but I feel like we’re in the middle of a restaurant renaissance.  I’m constantly reading about new restaurants or chains that sound like great concepts.  Which is why it’s a great time for orderTopia.  One area restaurants have been slow to change is their technology.  orderTopia is going to offer restaurants all kinds of new services that haven’t been available before.  We’re going to start rolling them out at the end of this year, but you’ll hear about them first here on the blog, and also on our website.