The Restaurant Issue

Restaurant Trend of the Year: The Asian Remix

The only trend more rampant right now than restaurants opening on Capitol Hill? Menus taking informed liberties with Asian traditions.

10/26/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

The Restaurant Issue

Stateside Is Our 2015 Restaurant of the Year

In a year of impressive newcomers, a subtropically styled dining room on Pike Street delivers the most exuberant experience in town.

10/23/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

How Well Do You Know Your Seattle Restaurants?

A quiz for serious gastronomes

05/07/2015 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 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

Ten Best Bites of 2014

Seattle tasted pretty good this year. Here are the forkfuls that tasted best.

12/31/2014 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

Best New Restaurants of 2014

It’s a surprising group this year, no doubt about it.

11/06/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Best Restaurants 2014

Best Restaurant of 2014: Loulay

Thierry Rautureau’s three-level showpiece bucks nearly every ascendant trend.

11/03/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Best Restaurants

Seattle's Best New Restaurants 2014

From buoyant fusion to transcendent bar food, Seattle Met presents 10 newcomers that defined the year in food.

11/03/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Best Seattle Restaurants for September Dining

Fall means harvest—and you know what harvest means. Our picks for Seattle’s best farm-to-table dining experiences.

09/08/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Picks

Seasonal Restaurants for Harvest Time

September is the month to dine at these microseasonal gems.

09/01/2014

Critic's Notebook

Can You Name the 12 Biggest Restaurant Trends of 2013?

Tell you what, I’ll give you two for free.

11/18/2013 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

How I Chose the 50 Top Dishes of 2013

My highly scientific process, unveiled at last.

11/11/2013 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Seattle's Best Restaurants

It’s been a tasty year in Seattle restaurants. Here’s where it tasted best.

11/01/2013 By Kathryn Robinson

Dining

Restaurant of the Year 2013: Mamnoon

Mamnoon brings down-to-earth values, genuine exoticism, and extraordinary harmonies of Middle Eastern fare.

10/25/2013 By Kathryn Robinson

Best of the City

Seattle’s Best Seafood

Where to find the most flavorful, sustainable fish in Seafood City, USA.

01/23/2013 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Ooops, There’s One More Best Restaurant of 2012!

See which extraordinary Seattle restaurant accidentally got left on the cutting-room floor.

11/05/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

How I Picked the Best Restaurants of 2012

They’re up today, folks. You will be surprised.

10/29/2012 By Kathryn Robinson