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.

Wait Watchers

What’s Better than a Waiter Who Knows Food?

Just about nothing

05/05/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Dept of WooHoo

Best Wine Bar in the Country Is Right Here in Seattle

Food’s pretty good, too.

05/04/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

It's May 9

Mother’s Day Critic’s Picks

Take the dear lady someplace to charm her socks off

04/28/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Tasty

Taste at SAM Celebrates Three Year Anniversary

Come in for cheapies and freebies next Wednesday.

04/27/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

What to Eat Now

Raw!

04/19/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Specials

Three Martini Lunch at Salty’s

Come in this week for three courses, served in martini glasses

04/19/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Watering Hole

Fonté Café and Winebar

04/19/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

The Cheese Stands Alone

Artisanal Brasserie’s cheese spread is a regional treasure just waiting to be discovered.

04/19/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

A Star Is Born…

…but will her mother survive the delivery?

04/16/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Californians dreamin'

Seattle’s Dreamiest Dishes

My foodie friends are back in town and look what they’re eating!

04/14/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

You're eating out anyway, right?

Dine Out, Help A Worthy Cause

And get a cookbook for signing up

04/12/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

If we had it to do over...

Pizza, Pizza, Pizza

A trio of joints we wish we could have sampled for our pizza smackdown.

04/07/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

(It's really two weeks, but who's counting)

Seattle Gets Restaurant Week!

Like Dine Around Seattle…on steroids

04/05/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Tipping

Gratuitous!

It’s buyer beware for parties of six or more, folks

03/31/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Finds

What’s a Liege Waffle?

And was it sent to Seattle to bewitch us?

03/24/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Rabbit, anyone?

Easter Feastin’

Critic’s picks on where to eat on Easter

03/22/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Cookbook Recs

The Cookbooks of Our Lives

A cookbook with recipes that are inedible, and a value that is immeasurable.

03/19/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

This Just In

Seattle Chefs Table Pulls a Switcheroo

In with Tamara, out with Joseba

03/17/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Recipe Contest

Feel Like Cooking?

Osteria La Spiga certainly hopes you do

03/15/2010 By Kathryn Robinson