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.

Morning Memo

Plum and Homegrown Serving Breakfast

10/05/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

New Downtown Restaurant

Troiani Goes Fishhouse

What’s downtown hungry for: fish or Italian? Chad Mackay’s betting fish.

09/30/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Ask the Critic

Restaurants Open Monday?

Just trying to find a lousy plate of food tonight. Better yet, a great plate of food.

09/28/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Chewing for Charity

Third Floor Fish Cafe Feeds the Hungry…

…especially on Sunday nights

09/23/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

The Rest of the Best

40 of the city’s top restaurants.

09/22/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Ask the Critic

Indian Summer Supper

Where to enjoy the last of Seattle’s alfresco dining?

09/21/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Feature

10 Best Restaurants 2009

09/21/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Feature

The 30 Seattle Restaurant Experiences You Must Have Before You Die

Call it our Where-to-Eat Bucket List: Dining moments so special, so iconic, so emblematic of the culinary extravaganza we call Seattle…you must experience them at least once in your life.

09/21/2009 By Kathryn Robinson With Kristin Cordova

Food Fight!