Can you view 3 categories at once?

Question

I am working on organizing my iCal (I am finally trying to make the switch to using iCal as my primary address organizer), but I can't seem to find a way to view Groups, Contacts, and Contact Information (3 separate categories) all at the same time. 
The problem it presents for me is this: I travel for work a lot, and have categories for different cities.  When I create a category, such as;
Restaurants, L.A.
I can only see that category (on the left hand side) and the names of contacts on the right.  However, I can't necessarily remember where each individual restaurant (out of hundreds) is located.  Therefore, I am forced to individually click on each contact (which "flips" the page, allowing me now to only see Contacts on the left hand side, and Contact Information on the right hand side), verify what city it is in, then "flip" BACK to Groups/Contacts before I can organize it in the appropriate folder.  This may seem insignificant, but over the course of hundreds of entries, the time consumption is highly frustrating. 
I assumed that Apple would have included the capability to view all 3 categories at once (similar to how in Itunes you can view Genre/Artist/Album, etc.), but I have been unable to figure it out if it is there.
Again, I'd like be able to view Groups/Contacts/Contact Info all at the same time.  Is this at all possible?
If not, please Apple - add this to your next update.
Thanks for you time.

Answer 1

I think you are talking about AddressBook. In Snow Leopard it used to be 3 column as you describe but in Lion it has adoptd a iOS look. Lots of complaints here.
The more who send feedback the more likely it will get done.
For now all I can suggest is that that clicking on the bookmark ribbon will display groups and names.
There is also a third party utility that will display as 3 column.
You might try on MacUpdate