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.

Review

Biscuits and Coffee at Morsel and Bean

A newer outpost of Morsel on the Ave, which inherited its biscuit mandate from the much-mourned Nook, feeds Ballard.

12/01/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Picks

Downtown Restaurants to Stop While You Shop

Because all that holiday shopping makes you hungry.

12/01/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Restaurant Review

Quality Aesthetics

Josh Henderson’s ironic vision comes to Pioneer Square.

12/01/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Restaurant Review

Alicia Fusion Bistro in Leschi

Meet Green Leaf’s ambitious new sibling.

12/01/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Welcome to Turkey Week

What better way to celebrate than with chicken?

11/24/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

The Comfort Food Seattle Can’t Get Enough Of

And the practical questions it raises.

11/20/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

The Restaurants That Changed Seattle

In honor of Dahlia Lounge’s 25th birthday over the weekend, the critic names the game-changers.

11/17/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

10 Things About Paseo I’m Not Going to Miss

Go ahead, wail your hungry little heart out. When you’re ready to stop, read this.

11/12/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

The Prime Seattle Restaurant Neighborhood You May Be Overlooking

Now if only we could do something about the parking.

11/10/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Best New Restaurants of 2014

It’s a surprising group this year, no doubt about it.

11/06/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Back Fence

In Search of the Anti–Background Check Argument That Makes Sense

11/03/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Best Restaurants 2014

Best Restaurant of 2014: Loulay

Thierry Rautureau’s three-level showpiece bucks nearly every ascendant trend.

11/03/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Cornell Researchers Show There Are “Skinny Tables” in Restaurants

Just as you always suspected: It’s not your eating habits that make you fat, it’s where you sit when you go out to dinner.

11/03/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Restaurant Review

Pomerol is Fremont by Way of France

Vuong Loc turns a former Turkish rug shop into a most neighborly French restaurant.

11/03/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Best Restaurants

Seattle's Best New Restaurants 2014

From buoyant fusion to transcendent bar food, Seattle Met presents 10 newcomers that defined the year in food.

11/03/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

8 Great Seattle Cheap Dates

Where does the restaurant critic go for date night when she and her fella are on their own dime?

10/30/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Here’s Why You’re Happy It’s Monday

Honestly, Seattle restaurants do such cool stuff on Mondays.

10/27/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

And the Seattle Met 2014 Restaurant of the Year Is…

…just seriously great. Really.

10/21/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

16 Dishes Trending Now on Seattle Menus

What researching Seattle Met’s annual Best Restaurants issue revealed about pigs’ ears, eggplant puree, and Frito pie.

10/20/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Need a Stiff Drink? Can’t Beat This Neighborhood in the Thirst Department

Not bad if you’re hungry, either.

10/16/2014 By Kathryn Robinson