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

Reviews

La Bête: "The Current Toast of Capitol Hill"

Seattle Met‘s critic hunkers down at Bellevue Ave’s new crowd-packer.

12/07/2010 By Christopher Werner

Reviews

The Sitka and Spruce Reboot

How is the restaurant settling into its new Melrose Market digs? Seattle Met’s critic finds out.

09/27/2010 By Christopher Werner

Dining Out

The Restaurant Review Index

Forty-plus picks—and some pans—from a cultured critic.

09/01/2010 By Christopher Werner