Food Tom Sietsema on Disguises, Memorable Reviews, and What’s Next The veteran food critic dishes on leaving the Washington Post and ditching anonymity. food critic, Tom SietsemaOctober 14, 2025
Food Tom Sietsema Is Stepping Down as Washington Post Food Critic He also publicly unveiled his face for the first time. Tom Sietsema, Washington PostOctober 7, 2025
Food The Washington Post Will No Longer Publish Starred Restaurant Reviews Critic Tom Sietsema says "restaurants merit more than a symbol." restaurant criticism, Restaurant review, stars, Tom SietsemaOctober 3, 2022
Food Veteran Restaurant Critics Are Stepping Down. Not Tom Sietsema. "I still have things to say," says the Washington Post critic of 22 years. Adam Platt, restaurant critics, Restaurant review, Tom SietsemaJune 16, 2022
Food La Vie Owner Responds to Washington Post Food Critic’s Scathing Zero-Star Review Tom Sietsema called the Wharf restaurant "so bad I’m only writing about it as a warning.” La Vie, Mike Bramson, The Wharf, Tom SietsemaAugust 29, 2018
Food Tom Sietsema’s All-Time 10 Nastiest Food Descriptions, Ranked Do not read this before ordering the ceviche. La Vie, The Wharf, Tom SietsemaAugust 29, 2018
Food Spies, Dossiers, and the Insane Lengths Restaurants Go to Track and Influence Food Critics Some top DC dining rooms will do anything for a great review. Do their tactics work? Best Features of 2017, Le Diplomate, Tom Sietsema, Washington PostDecember 6, 2017
Food Founding Farmers Counters Tom Sietsema Slam With “Everyone Is Entitled to Their Own Opinion” Defense Chef Geoff's, Founding Farmers, Lauriol Plaza, Tom SietsemaJune 9, 2016
Food The Seven Best Lines from Tom Sietsema’s Epic Founding Farmers Slam Founding Farmers, Tom SietsemaJune 8, 2016
