Pogacha, Bellevue

Opened in 1986, this restaurant turns out wonderful Pogacha Bread and tantalizing pizzas. A classy place hidden behind a strip mall facade, it's large, and it's loud thanks to high ceilings. In the evening, it gets crammed with families. Most folks come for the trademark wood-oven-baked pizzas. But the pastas are elegant and hearty, salads even more so. There are Eastern European touches in some of the cream-sauced entrees. The Croatian Bread Puffs please the crowds. Watch out because the puffs do in many an appetite while hapless diners wait for food.