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There’s a Lot to Love about Tin Table…

Watch for our full review of Tin Table, the dinnertime masterpiece in the Century Ballroom, to come soon.

(Oops…did we tip our hand?)

In the meantime, didn’t want to waste a minute in the credit-where-it’s-due department. On a recent visit we were well-served by all manner of kindly hipsters, from the genuinely welcoming spiky-haired greeter at the door to the long-haired lovely who refilled our water glasses with nothin’ but love.

Well…and water.

But our server, Deb, stood out from the field. She knew the menu, inside and out. We asked for the superstars on the apps list and she didn’t miss a beat recommending two. They were sensational. (Whoa, there we go reviewing again.)

Without prodding she recited the specials—amazing how rare that is these days—with (even rarer) their pricetags. She told us frankly when we were making a mistake. She had laser-like wine recommendations. Her tone was bright, efficient, sensible. So sensible, she’s probably rarely called out as a superstar.

So here you go, Deb. We think you’re a superstar.











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Kathryn Robinson
Kathryn Robinson
Senior Writer Seattle native Kathryn Robinson, award-winning restaurant critic and senior writer at Seattle Met, has been anonymously reviewing restaurants for over 30 years—first as editor of the Best Places guidebook series, then as staff critic at Seattle Weekly and contributing critic at The Seattle Times and Seattle magazine.  Midcareer she spent a year-long sabbatical studying comparative religion as a Knight Fellow at Stanford University where she had been an undergrad 10 years earlier, gaining a knowledge base she now calls upon for her monthly “Back Fence” column on our collective urban existence and the meaning it holds for our personal lives. In her off hours she is a partner and a parent—which means she has no off hours.