Critic's Notebook

Which 3 Seattle Spots Were Nominated as America’s Best New Restaurants?

Assessing Seattle’s prospects in Bon Appetit’s annual Hot 10.

08/05/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Feature

The A to Z Food Lover's Guide to Seattle

An alphabetical guide to our region’s incredible bounty of food, drink, and more

07/09/2015 By Allecia Vermillion and Kathryn Robinson With Natalie Lew and Aoife Reilly

Food Lovers Guide to Seattle

Five of Our Favorite Seattle-Made Meats

And the butchers who produce them.

07/09/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Walk Up, Sit Down

Two popular Southeast Asian walkups on Capitol Hill lock down restaurant spaces (with seats and booze). Mamnoon teases some cool new "special projects," and ramen returns to Ballard.

07/06/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Critic's Notebook

Chef Changes at Mamnoon Signal “A Couple New Projects”

Melkonian moves into broader new role.

07/06/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Seattle Restaurants with Lofts

Because there’s just something about dining upstairs.

04/27/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Best Restaurants

35 Essential Seattle Dining Experiences

In no particular order: Seattle Met’s list of dining experiences so exquisite, so iconic, so quintessential to living here—you can’t call yourself a Seattleite and miss ’em.

04/24/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

You Know Those CSA Boxes with 80 Pounds of Rutabagas? Yeah, London Plane’s Isn’t That.

And you have 12 more days to get the best deal on it.

03/19/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

5 Seattle Restaurants You Should You Never Drive To

Walk, bus, Uber, bike…just trust us, leave the car at home.

03/16/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

How Groundbreaking Is Tray Kitchen?

A few thoughts on small plate dining and some of Seattle’s purveyors

03/12/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Review

Tray Kitchen: Dim Sum from the Farm

This new concept isn’t so new after all.

03/09/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Review

Single Shot on Capitol Hill: A Shot of Style

This new watering hole is the hottest ticket in town.

03/02/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Feature

Seattle's Best Brunches

It might be the only good decision you’ll make all weekend. Here’s where to eat.

02/16/2015 By Kathryn Robinson and Allecia Vermillion

Critic's Notebook

What Does Vespolina Have that Aragona Didn’t?

And why high-end restaurants changing up names and formats has become the hottest move in town.

02/09/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Review

Vespolina and Hommage: Restaurant Do-Overs

What happens when big-ticket restaurants assume new identities?

02/09/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Picks

Seattle's Finest Italian Restaurants

Our collection of Seattle's best bets for Italian food

01/05/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Best Moments in Seattle Restaurants, 2014

The critic recalls a tasty year

12/24/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Just How Delectable is Morsel’s Biscuit Sandwich?

Here’s the picture. Now read the words.

12/18/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

What’s the Deal at Quality Athletics?

Apparently there’s some sort of football game in Pioneer Square this Sunday. You may be interested in the sports bar down the street.

12/11/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Alicia Fusion Bistro Brings Vietnamese Food to Leschi

Fusion’s tough to pull off. How’d they do?

12/08/2014 By Kathryn Robinson Photography by Olivia Brent