Remember when you would walk into a restaurant and say to the server, we’ll just be having apps. Wanna talk double and triple meanings: That sentence now has greater significance in our IPhone universe of possibilities. Yes, Blackberry and Pre users there are applications (apps) , but the range of possibilities is light years behind what Apple has planned for you! Most of these are available on the IPhone and IPod Touch. There are plenty of food apps making their way onto our virtual offices–whole meals, not just appetizers, but sophisticated software applications.

Whether it’s general food news such as where to dine, there’s Zagat To Go ’09 ($9.99). A much cheaper, as in free version, is available with GPS tracking from the Yelp folks. If you want to take your Open Table (free) restaurant reservation concept with you, they make it easy.

Recipes have become the new food app darlings with allrecipes offering the DinnerSpinner App (free), and Whole Foods (free) just deciding to join the mobile client and not be limited to email followers. We’re talking thousands of recipes on these two sites alone; you’ll never starve.

Beverages do not want to be ignored. How about 5800+ Drink & Cocktail Recipes (free)–that should keep you busy for a while. Or sign up for wine writer Natalie MacLean’s mobile version of her popular food and wine pairing info, Nat Decants Food & Wine Matcher ($2.99).

When restaurants put up a sign that says no cellphones please, that is so old world. Now the sign will need to read: No texting. Stop trying to outsmart the server or sommelier. Put away all IPhones. Shut off the apps.

Order an app; virtual or tableside.

Which ones do you like best?