You know and love @MrKal_El on Twitter, now know and love him here as he gives us a rundown of restaurant apps on webOS!

Who doesn’t like going out to restaurants? But we can all use some help finding where to go and what’s good, especially when traveling. For those who know me on Twitter: I love food and travel. One of my favorite things to do involves going out to try new and exciting restaurants. As a launch day webOS user, some of the first apps I downloaded dealt with finding great new places to go to. After the break I’ll walk you guys through the apps I typically use on my webOS device to help me accomplish this. This guide is great for local use or when traveling. Hopefully it will help any foodie or casual diner out there find interesting and unique eats.

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TripAdvisor (app on left, mobile site on right)

Normally the quick app is an app that we want to draw attention to for positive reasons. TripAdvisor is not one of those apps. To call it half-baked may very well be generous, as the webOS TripAdvisor app is merely a poorly-executed portal to their mobile website. In fact, the website is actually more functional, because you can do things like use the back gesture. In the app there is no way to go back at all, you’re limited to hitting the home button in the top left corner (same as the website) and losing all your progress. The only advantage that the app provides is the nearby button, serving to locate you via GPS. Is finding your location worth the hassle of using the app? Well, it is free, so we can’t ask too much. If you’re looking for a full-featured “what’s around” app, we’re going to recommend something like Zagat To Go or OpenTable, and hope that TripAdvisor gets an update to bring it more in line with what you can get on other platforms.

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The App Catalog has seen impressive growth since it first went live a little over 6 months ago.  Palm’s Early Access program brought in dozens of developers who have created over 1,000 applications in that time frame, and while we don’t have access to as many apps as other smartphone platforms do, there are a number of high quality ones that fit into all of the important categories.

With that in mind, we’ve created a list of the must have applications that have come our way in 2009.  If you’re new to webOS (you should also see our getting started guide), or have been with the platform for awhile and are unaware of how the Catalog has grown over these last few months, this is a guide for you.

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We reported a few weeks ago that more apps were coming soon to the App Catalog, and finally this is coming to pass – two new apps are now available, OpenTable and Fliq Bookmarks. OpenTable helps you find a restaurant nearest you, with functionality like adding to your Calendar and getting directions. Fliq Bookmarks is [...]

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