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 La Bonne Franquette to Close

Critic's Notebook
Biggest Trend We Found in Compiling Top 100 Seattle Restaurants?

Critic's Notebook
Do You Know How Much Food You Waste?

Critic's Notebook
How to Choose the 100 Best Restaurants in Seattle

Best Restaurants 2016
Best New Restaurants of 2016: Upper Bar Ferdinand

Best Restaurants 2016
Best New Restaurants of 2016: Eden Hill

Best Restaurants 2016
Best New Restaurants of 2016: Sushi Kashiba

Best Restaurants 2016
Best New Restaurants of 2016: Marine Hardware

Best Restaurants 2016
Best New Restaurants of 2016: Copine

Best Restaurants 2016
Best New Restaurants of 2016: Peloton

Back Fence
Married, But Sleeping in Separate Beds

Best of the City
Seattle's 100 Very Best Restaurants

Critic's Notebook
And Seattle Met's 2016 Restaurant of the Year Is…

Best Restaurants 2016
Seattle Met’s Restaurant of the Year: Bateau

Best of the City
Seattle’s 100 Best Restaurants

Critic's Notebook
When Is a Restaurant More Than a Restaurant?

Critic's Notebook
A Wine Corkage Deal at Sullivan’s Steakhouse

Critic's Notebook
Volunteer Park Cafe Launches Happy Hour—and It’s Legal

Critic's Notebook
The Only Thing Slab Sandwiches and Pie Has Been Missing…

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