November 13th, 2012

E La Carte Releases More Powerful Version Of Customized Tablet For Restaurants

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E la Carte, a company that develops a tableside tablet for the restaurant and related hospitality industries, is debuting a brand new version of its hardware for restaurants. → Read More

May 14th, 2012

One Year Post-Launch, E La Carte Has 20,000 Tablets Ready To Be Deployed

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It’s been a year since E la Carte launched its customized tablet for restaurants, which brings menus, wine lists, nutritional info, play-while-you-wait games, and payment options tableside, and now the company has new numbers to reveal. This time last year, there were around 20 restaurants using the tablet; today there are now over 600, including national chains Pizzeria Venti and Umami Burger… → Read More

August 30th, 2011

E La Carte Raises $4M From Groupon Co-Founders To Bring Tablets To Restaurant Tables

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E la Carte, a company that develops a tableside tablet for the restaurant and related hospitality industries, has raised $4 million in funding from Lightbank, the venture fund created by Groupon co-founders Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell. The Y Combinator-backed startup previously raised more than $1 million from angel investors including SV Angel, Dave McClure, Joshua Schachter, Roy Rodenstein… → Read More

April 19th, 2011

E la Carte: Table-Top Computers Bring Restaurants To The Future (With Bonus Trivia!)

When you stop and think about it, the restaurant song-and-dance routine we’ve all memorized is a bit strange: we take our seats, wait, order some drinks, wait, order some food (and some smalltalk with the waiter), wait, eat til we’re full, wait, become frustrated that our waiter has apparently gone on their break and look around until we catch the busboy’s eye and make the “Check, please?” hand… → Read More