Field Notes

West Seattle's Grillbird Revisits Seattle’s Teriyaki Traditions

A former Pizza Hut enters a stylish future built on char-grilled chicken.

08/05/2020 By Allecia Vermillion

In Brief

A Look at Our Seattle Restaurant Reviews in 2019 (So Far)

Nduja-spiked "cheesy bread," a bread course of heirloom wheat pandesal, eel wrapped in a tamago ribbon—yeah, you need to get these on your dining bucket list...

11/18/2019 By Seattle Met Staff Edited by Annika Lindburg

Review

Soup's On Point at Pho Bac Sup Shop

The family behind Seattle’s first pho shop recasts the city’s relationship with one of its signature dishes.

06/19/2018 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Chona Kasinger

Critic's Picks

Recently Reviewed

Five spots where we're eating this month.

08/01/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Picks

What's Good in the 'Hood

A few of our favorite neighborhood restaurants.

05/01/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Dining Out

Of Meat and Men

Jason Wilson of Crush goes all caveman at Miller's Guild. Did we mention they butcher whole animals?

04/01/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Picks

Tables for Two

Romantic hideaways and cozy nooks for enchanted evenings.

02/01/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Picks

15 Restaurants To Help Keep Your New Year's Resolutions

Resolved to eat more salads and veggies in 2014? Here's 15 places you need to try.

01/02/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Picks

12 Recently Reviewed Restaurants Not to Miss in 2014

Bring a fresh flavor to the new year.

01/02/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Stoneburner Sets the Stage

Curtain’s up on the latest production from Seattle’s reigning restaurant showmen.

10/01/2013 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Chico Madrid Olé

A tiny gem on Capitol Hill introduces Spanish sandwiches and killer drinks.

08/01/2013 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Certifiably Sweet and Sour

Maria Hines’s third restaurant…when she is good, she is very, very good.

05/22/2013 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Seriously Syrian Dining

For such a shiny Capitol Hill hot spot, Mamnoon has an old soul.

02/20/2013 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

The Tale of the Wandering Goose

A skinny little restaurant is stuffed with personal history and Southern charms.

12/19/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Can a Restaurant Serving Mediocre Food be Worth Visiting?

Weirdly, yes. I dined at three of them last week.

08/06/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Reviews

New Restaurant Review: Cuoco

The South Lake Union pasta house "lacks a fresh vision."

08/01/2011 By Christopher Werner

Reviews

Taking Stock of Two New Vegas-Style Restaurants

Our reviewer gives Munchbar and Pnk a go.

05/10/2011 By Christopher Werner

Reviews

Madison Park Conservatory: “Best Restaurant Real Estate in Seattle”

Seattle Met’s restaurant critic reviews the Cormac Mahoney dinner house.

03/30/2011 By Christopher Werner

Reviews

Lecosho: Where Porkophiles Go to Eat

(We could’ve said "pig out," but that’s just too easy.)

02/24/2011 By Christopher Werner

Reviews

New Restaurant Review: The Book Bindery

The restaurant is destined to make chef Shaun McCrain famous, says Seattle Met’s critic.

01/04/2011 By Christopher Werner