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 […]

Legend City Studios

Owned by local artist Randy Slack, Brandon Sullivan and Camerawerks, this 7,000-square foot downtown Phoenix gallery hosts some of the best shows of the annual Art Detour event.

Legends Never Die

Next door to Pretty Penny, a new restaurant from master mixology team Sam Olguin and Brenon Stuart, lives Legends Never Die. The speakeasy-style bar is the latest cocktail concept from the duo behind Killer Whale Sex Club, F.Y.P.M. and Disco Dragon. Upon entering, your eyes adjust to the blue and orange neon glow as you […]

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 It Roll Bowl

It’s hard to imagine a more natural pairing than bowling and cocktails. Ever since The Big Lebowski and its protagonist, The Dude, achieved cult status, the notion of sipping White Russians while rolling one toward the pins has been ingrained in viewers. Pretty much any old bar will do, but the management at Let It […]

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 […]