Producer
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.

Critic's Notebook
A User’s Guide to Cafe Barjot

Review
The Alpha Omega Ouzeri

Critic's Notebook
Sweet Parking Hack Comes to Seattle

Critic's Notebook
Next Week: Very Important for Seattle Seafood Lovers

Critic's Notebook
Seattle’s Gluten-Free Claims to Fame

Critic's Notebook
Who Humbles Both Chef and Restaurant Critic?

Food Lovers Guide to Seattle
Love (Or: Celebrating Chefs Who Celebrate Farmers)

Critic's Notebook
The Singular Joy of the Sauced Starch

Critic's Notebook
Chef Changes at Mamnoon Signal “A Couple New Projects”

Critic's Notebook
Is Shaker and Spear a “Seattle” Restaurant?

Review
Shaken and Speared

Cover Story
Food Lovers Guide to Seattle

Back Fence
Does Anyone Love Seafair?

Critic's Notebook
The Best Seattle Restaurants When It’s Hot Outside

Critic's Notebook
The Heartbreak of the Awful Restaurant Recommendation

Critic's Notebook
The Back and Forth of Le Petit Cochon

Critic's Notebook