Taiwanese braised pork rice with pork meatball soup, pickled mustard greens, and chili-oil pork ear at MonGa Café in Bellevue’s Bel-Red neighborhood. | Jade Yamazaki Stewart
The Bel-Red (Bellevue-Redmond) neighborhood has transformed from Coca Cola’s industrial thoroughfare in the early 1990s to a bustling and residential multicultural hub in recent years. The expansion of Microsoft, Facebook, and other tech companies into the Eastside, as well as the development of the Spring District and upcoming 130th Avenue Light Rail station, has brought a lively commercial presence that sustains over 100 restaurants, including beloved global chains, mom-and-pop shops, and legacy institutions that have weathered the vicissitudes
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