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.

Department of Deals

Happy Birthday, Seastar

South Lake Union branch turns one.

01/18/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Blastoff

Step right up to Fresh Bistro’s giddy culinary theme park.

01/15/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Department of Trapezes, Swings

Cabaret Dinners Heat Up January

Saucy? Oh, they’re saucy.

01/13/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Doesn't get much cheaper, folks

Free Dinners at Grand Cru Continue. Yes…Free

Plus: Have Dinner On Us is back at Metropolitan Grill and Elliott’s.

01/12/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

What Recession?

New Restaurants Galore

Exciting eats on the horizon.

01/11/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

News

The Dan Thiessen Shuffle

Where the chef has gone; what he left behind

01/08/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Deal of the Week

Duck! It’s January!

Campagne goes quackers all month

01/06/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

What Happened?

Matthew Mina Leaves the Hunt Club

It’s off to the Salish for the winner of the Hunt Club’s Iron Chef.

01/04/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Service

The Single Weirdest Thing I’ve Ever Encountered on an Appetizer Plate…

…and how I feel about it

12/30/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

This Just In

New Year’s Eve at Rover’s

Chef in the (Party) Hat, Anyone?

12/28/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Splurge!

New Year’s Eve Guide: Dining Out

Savor your way out of the decade.

12/21/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Eight More Days!

The Christmas (Dinner) List

If you don’t want to cook, this is the post you’ve been waiting for

12/17/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Yum

What’re You Doing Christmas Eve?

You might consider eating

12/16/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

The Vision Thing

Looking at the world through eggplant-colored glasses.

12/14/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Seven easy steps!

Delancey Schmancey

A survival guide to the hottest restaurant in town

12/14/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Occasions

Coffee with a Kick

12/14/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Thriller

Ba’s Belltown boite leaves one veteran diner almost speechless.

12/14/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Ask the Critic

Chinese Food Christmas

Where to deck the fish balls?

12/09/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

They're everywhere!

This Just In: Glassybabies Now More Omnipresent in Seattle Restaurants than Pork Belly

Might be quicker to post a list of the restaurants that don’t have ’em

12/07/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Ask the Critic

I’m Planning the Office Holiday Party…

…and I think I’m a little late. Help!

12/02/2009 By Kathryn Robinson