WordPress dynamic searchable table with Jquery UI

Features : custom page template with dynamic post table. The table is then enhanced with Jquery dataTables to add search and sort functionality.
The goal was twofold : to present data in a searchable format for visitors. To make it easy to update for the website admin with no html knowledge.
Using custom fields, the client can enter a new post in a specific category, and it will appear in the table.
Here is the code for the custom page template:

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="display" id="food" style="width:600px"


Location
Dish
Type


ID, 'food-location', true );
$food_name = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'food-name', true );
$food_type = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'food-type', true );
echo '
';
if(!empty($food_location ) )
{
	echo '
' . $food_location . '

';
	/* Add any additional code. */
}
if (!empty($food_name ) )
{
	echo '
' . $food_name . '

';
	/* Add any additional code. */
}
if (!empty($food_type ) )
{
	echo '
' . $food_type . '

';
	/* Add any additional code. */
}
echo '

';
?>

You can see the demo at:
http://sideradesign.com/krf/food-drinks/