LDV Winery

LDV Winery uses a hand-crafted, all-natural approach to winemaking. Every 45-60 days we go thru the time consuming process of racking each barrel to remove sediment from our reds. We prefer this gentle process, rather than adding substances or using filters to clarify our wines. Our approach is gentler, creates a better mouth feel, and […]

Le Napoleon Pastries and Cafe

These days it’s easy to find a bakery that specializes in the pastry trend of the week. Cupcakes? Yup. Macarons? You bet. But what about a place with an array of sweet delights ranging from hard-to-find European pastries to handmade chocolates. For that, you’ll want Le Napeleon bakery on the west side of town. It’s […]

La Petite France

Serving a menu of reasonably priced regional specialties from France, including scrumptious dishes of traditional Alsatian cuisine influenced by next-door Germany, this unpresumptuous restaurant, featuring breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Scottsdale’s Seville Shopping Center, seems to have gathered all the charms of its homeland and gathered them into a single, neighborhood French bistro plopped down […]

Le Sans Souci

Assuming you don’t live in or near Cave Creek, it may take you a while to get up to Le Sans Souci. But we promise the drive is worth it. Open since the ’90s, Le Sans Souci (it means “without worry”) serves French fare during brunch, lunch, and dinner in its cozy, tiled dining room. […]

LeDu Thai

From the outside, LeDu Thai is unassuming. The white stucco building sits back from the sidewalk, with an Edison-bulb-strewn patio lighting the way. Inside, this new downtown Phoenix eatery pops, from its vibrant decor to its bold dishes. The name LeDu comes from a Thai word that means “season.” The owners aim to celebrate family […]

Lee Lee International Supermarket

Fry’s and Bashas might be your favorite grocery store for eggs, milk, bread, and other common American foods. But when you need fish sauce, soba noodles, or kimchee, you’d better head to Lee Lee International Supermarket in Chandler or Peoria. The store also stocks hard-to-find produce like bitter melon, lychee, Thai eggplant, Korean daikon, and […]

Lee Lee International Supermarket

Fry’s and Bashas might be your favorite grocery store for eggs, milk, bread, and other common American foods. But when you need fish sauce, soba noodles, or kimchee, you’d better head to Lee Lee International Supermarket in Chandler or Peoria. The store also stocks hard-to-find produce like bitter melon, lychee, Thai eggplant, Korean daikon, and […]

Lee’s Sandwiches

The capital of banh mi in AZ, banh mi being those Vietnamese submarine sandwiches crafted with crusty French bread and filled with any number of items including pork meatballs, barbecued pork slices, head cheese, ham, cilantro, pickled daikon, and so on. These Southeast Asian sammies are dead cheap — usually under $3 per — and […]

Leo’s Island BBQ

Located in the Arrowhead shopping district, this cheery, locally owned spot specializes in the Hawaiian plate lunch: a magical mass of two scoops of rice, mayonnaise-heavy macaroni salad, and mountains of meat piled into a plastic foam container. A menu of nearly 30 selections lists traditional Hawaiian plate lunches – Korean kalbi, Japanese katsu, Hawaiian […]

Let Them Eat Cake

This award-winning, family-owned and operated bakery/boutique offers custom-designed and decorated wedding and all-occasion cakes, and always uses fresh, moist, house-baked cake-never frozen cake or layers baked elsewhere. The friendly, knowledgeable and professional staff have been doing this since 1977, and are happy to make a cake shaped like just about anything, and in most any […]

Liberty Market

Named for the family-owned grocery store originally housed there, Liberty Market offers breakfast, lunch and dinner menus, and a separate coffee counter, the Strada Espresso Bar, serves coffee drinks. A colossal wood-burning oven bakes Traina’s thin-crust pizza pies. Appetizers are both familiar (a hummus plate; a roasted brie platter) and more adventurous, like the shrimp […]

Liberty Station Tavern

Liberty Station, an American tavern and smokehouse is now open at 34522 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 180. Liberty Station is the latest culinary endeavor from Keeler Hospitality Group, who own Market Street Kitchen in DC Ranch and Spencer’s for Steaks and Chops in Omaha, Nebraska.

Lighthouse Sports Bar

It’s a safe bet that sports fans probably need a drink or two (no, make that several… dozen) to help forget all those underwhelming performances by multimillion-dollar buffoo… er, athletes from one time to another. The good news is that the Lighthouse’s barkeeps can pour ’em long and strong, regardless of which mind eraser you’d […]

Line Thai Restaurant

Spacious Thai restaurant from the former manager of Thai Rama, Rattiyaporn Chaiyasut, who has ventured out on her own and made a splash in Sun City. The place practically doubles as an art gallery, featuring huge Thai oil paintings and charming sculptures. The food ain’t half bad, either, with all the standards done well, from […]

Ling & Louie’s Asian Bar & Grill

It’s not what you think. Louie was a promising young baseball pitcher from Toledo, Ohio who loved the comforts of Mom’s meatloaf and Kung Fu movies. When Louie was a kid, his family hosted Hao, whose cousin, a rising table tennis phenom from Shanghai named Ling, grew up to be a stunning beauty and an […]

Ling & Louie’s Asian Bar & Grill

It’s not what you think. Louie was a promising young baseball pitcher from Toledo, Ohio who loved the comforts of Mom’s meatloaf and Kung Fu movies. When Louie was a kid, his family hosted Hao, whose cousin, a rising table tennis phenom from Shanghai named Ling, grew up to be a stunning beauty and an […]