She moved to The Lobster Club and Arcadia, in NYC and working with Anne Rosenzweig before traveling in Northern Italy which became an influence on her cooking style.

Whilst there, the restaurant was nominated twice for a James Beard Foundation Award and she frequently cooked for Barack and Michelle Obama.

[3] She became executive chef at A Voce, changing the menu completely with the exception of two dishes, and would oversee the opening of a second location.

[7][8] It is an Italian pasta restaurant, though Robbins never originally set out to specialize in it, commenting, "I just always had an affinity for the ingredients … the cheeses and olive oils … and then as I started getting older and traveling, there’s something about Italy that just resonated with me".

[12] Half the menu is devoted to primi, featuring pasta shapes, including linguine, spaghetti, pappardelle, malloreddus, occhi, and strangozz.