At De Santos, the high-end restaurant serving up Italian-American fare in the West Village for the better part of three years, waiters buzz around armed with sleek iPad 2 tablets, swiftly taking orders and swiping credit cards on the devices.
Behold, the future of restaurants.
De Santos officially unveiled its new system August 1, thus earning the distinction as the first restaurant in New York completely run on iPads.
“The customers love it,” says Sebastian Gonella, one of the owners and co-founders of De Santos. “Who doesn’t like an iPad? They go nuts.”