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.

Weekend Pass

You Know, For Kids

Decadence and magic at Grand Mound’s Great Wolf Lodge.

01/15/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Eastside, Big City

In this special section we examine the new Eastside.

01/15/2009 By Steve Wiecking, Kathryn Robinson, Juliette Guilbert, and Megan Clark

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Swanky Days are Here Again

Or, at El Gaucho’s new Eastside steakhouse maybe they never left.

01/14/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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But Is It Art?

Minimalism goes to radical extremes at the Four Seasons.

01/13/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Tokyo R Us

Kushibar brings Japanese street food to Belltown.

01/12/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Italian Soul Food

Handmade Piedmontese pasta is heaven on 14th Avenue.

01/11/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Third Time’s a Charmer

Now in yet another incarnation, Seattle’s most beautiful restaurant goes Spanish.

01/10/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Bravo Boat Street!

Wait Watchers

01/09/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Calorific!

What if King County Put Calorie Counts on Menus…

…and no one read them?

01/09/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Because It’s Tasty

Spring Hill elevates food to an art—and a science.

01/09/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Crashing Corson

Tuscany meets Georgetown in a little farm with big flavors.

01/08/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Villa Victoria

01/07/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Quinn’s

01/07/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

INTRODUCING…

TXORI

01/07/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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A Star is Reborn

Who needs paparazzi when the calamari is this good?

01/07/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Great Deals

207 Ways to Spend Smart & Live Rich

01/06/2009 With Kathryn Robinson, Laura Cassidy, Roger Brooks, Sarah Anderson, Laura Peach, Wilson Diehl, Naomi Zeitlin, and Michael Baldwin By Jessica Voelker

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The Never-Ending Txori

The space is small, the plates are tiny, and the experience  is the full-meal deal.

01/06/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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High Steaks

What’s a nice grille doing in a place like this?

01/06/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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How to Name a Restaurant

At How to Cook a Wolf, Ethan Stowell delivers simple plates, simply.

01/05/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

INTRODUCING…

Lucky Strike Lanes

01/04/2009 By Kathryn Robinson