Critic's Notebook

Here's the Thing About the Nachos at Cantina Leña

So bad....yet so very, very good

06/18/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

What Privilege Looks Like from a Restaurant Seat

Race and class privilege are top of mind these days, across the country and in “15Now” Seattle. So yeah, it’s uncomfortable when activity right outside a restaurant window reinforces one’s sense of the widening gap between the haves and the have-nots.

06/15/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Which of Our Next Hot Chefs Got Fired?

And why it doesn’t matter

06/11/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

The 6 Most Craveable New Seattle Restaurant Dishes

Seriously, don’t even try these unless you want them in your dreams forever.

06/08/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Tomorrow: Free Fries at Pike Street Fish Fry

Turns out people will spend a lot of money in the name of free.

06/04/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

It’s Baseball Week in Seattle: New Places to Eat in Pioneer Square

Amid lots of good bars, there’s only one Good Bar.

06/01/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

It’s the Party No Seattle Food Lover Should Miss

Partly because Seattle Met throws it. Mostly because the food will be astonishing.

05/28/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

What the Drought Will Mean at Your Dinner Table

It’s not just about expensive guac, folks…

05/26/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Kurt Timmermeister, Dishing More Than Ice Cream

Seattle’s restless culinary entrepreneur has been a restaurateur, a farmer, a memoirist, a cheesemaker, and now an ice-cream artisan at Kurt Farm Shop in Capitol Hill’s Chophouse Row. So…what is he best at?

05/18/2015 By Kathryn Robinson