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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The Barons of Breakfast

A chat with Seattle’s reigning maestros of the morning meal, Jeremy Hardy and Peter Levy, co-impresarios of Chow Foods.

06/16/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Top O' the Morning

39 ways to rise and shine and start the day right at the best breakfast spots in town!

06/16/2009 With Steve Wiecking, James Ross Gardner, Stefan Durham, Wilson Diehl, Naomi Zeitlin, and Carolyn McConnell Edited by Kathryn Robinson

Street Food News I

August Street-Food Fair

And other reports from the street-vendor front

06/15/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Dept. of Recession Economics

Mini-Me Restaurants

A crop of joints are spinning off adjuncts

06/12/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

You know you want one

Trophy Cupcakes Open NOW at U Village

Sorry, can’t talk right now, my mouth’s full

06/11/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Fish Tacos

Kirkland Gets an Agua Verde

If ever a restaurant could use a second location, this is the one

06/10/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Really! It is!

Happy National Donut Day

Celebrate at Krispy Kreme

06/05/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Yum!

Old School Frozen Custard Opens

Looks like Molly’s got some competition…

06/03/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Cause of the week

Food Lust 2009

Dining down on the farm

06/02/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Legends in the Making

Chefs reveal their inspirations for the best dishes in town.

05/29/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Dept. of Mughlai Korma

Naan-n-Curry in Renton…

…gives Renton new meaning

05/29/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

New at the U

Curio Confections Opens on The Ave

Apple pie, French macaroons, goat’s milk caramels, and homespun marshmallows at new dessert house

05/27/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Check the cover shot!

The Burgers We Love…

…the burgers we leave

05/26/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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How Dry I Am

Liquor, liquor everywhere, but not a drop shall I drink. For now.

05/22/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Best Burgers

The 13 yummy, juicy, downright awesome burgers that will change your life—or at least induce a moment of culinary ecstasy.

05/22/2009 By Steve Wiecking, Kathryn Robinson, Matthew Halverson, James Ross Gardner, Eric Scigliano, Laura Cassidy, Jessica Voelker, and Christopher Werner

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Myth Understood

Ethan Stowell’s Anchovies and Olives may not be quite what you were expecting.

05/22/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

New in Town

New Wine Bar in Belltown

Where you can purchase assembled dinners

05/20/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Every critic's most-frequently-asked question

Where the Restaurant Critic Would Go Out for Dinner…

…if it were up to her

05/19/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Eeeuw

How Grimy Can a Dive Restaurant Be…

…and still be considered a destination?

05/18/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Dept. of Lousy Service

How Not to Treat a Guest

Disappointment at Earth and Ocean

05/15/2009 By Kathryn Robinson