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.

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Campagne Reopens as Marché

03/23/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

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LloydMartin Brings Sophisticated Noshes to Queen Anne

A peripatetic Seattle chef brings aromatic meats and other fine noshes to a neighborhood that needed it.

03/23/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Road Trips

Destination Dining: The Willows Inn on Lummi Island

"Diners are not simply eating Northwest bounty; they are merging with its essence."

03/23/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

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Road Trips 2012

03/23/2012 By Kathryn Robinson, Laura Dannen, and Allison Williams

Critic’s Notebook

Which Am I More Willing to Give Up: One Year of My Life or a Well-Marbled Rib Eye?

What last week’s red meat buzzkill from Harvard means for meat lovers.

03/19/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

The Names They Are A-Changin’

When it comes to restaurant names, a rose by any other name may taste as sweet. Or not.

03/12/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

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Emergency Unpreparedness

Seattleites know the Big Earthquake is coming. So why aren’t more of us ready for it?

03/07/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

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Eat Here Now: Dining in the Melrose Triangle

03/06/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

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Terra Plata Features Chef Tamara Murphy’s Greatest Hits

03/06/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Mystery Menus

Would it kill restaurants to, I don’t know…use their menus to describe dishes? Apparently yes.

03/05/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

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The New Seattle Breakfast

03/02/2012 By Kathryn Robinson, Christopher Werner, and Allecia Vermillion With Allie Oosta, Brian Colella, and Emily Dhatt

Critic's Notebook

Rising Trend in Seattle Restaurants: “Only 30 Chickens a Night!”

Scarcity marketing comes to the dining room.

02/27/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

The Herbfarm Brings Back its Tree Feast

The Woodinville culinary legend goes all forest-to-table.

02/20/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Beware Falling Prices!

Trend of the month: Restaurateurs across town are repositioning themselves a little lower on the food chain.

02/13/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Theater Review

Oklahoma! in Color

An interracial cast gives new meaning to the musical at 5th Avenue Theatre.

02/10/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

How to Look Like a Seattle Restaurant

Opening a Seattle area restaurant? Check out our handy design template!

02/06/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Terra Plata’s Tamara Murphy Didn’t Invent the Happy Hour…

…well okay, in this town she kind of did. We spoke about that legendary happy hour’s effect on her late, great Brasa—and its effect on Seattle.

01/30/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

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Seattle’s Little Intimacy Problem

A native deconstructs our city’s little intimacy problem.

01/25/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

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Mezcaleria Oaxaca Opens on Queen Anne

01/25/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

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Altura’s Heavenly Italian Restaurant on Capitol Hill

01/25/2012 By Kathryn Robinson