What Do We Carry In-Store?

We're constantly adding products to the website, but there will always be much, much more in our brick and mortar stores! We strive to carry everything a home kitchen needs, as well as useful tools for professional kitchens.

We've had home cooks say that the abundance in our shops make them feel like a kid in a candy store! It would be nearly impossible to make a comprehensive list of the items we carry, but here's a start:

    • Cookware 
    • Bakeware
    • Knives & Cutting Boards
    • Small Kitchen Appliances
    • Gourmet Olive Oil & Balsamic Vinegar
    • Kitchen Linens
    • Tableware & Flatware
    • Serveware
    • Cookbooks
    • Cleaning Gadgets
    • Kitchen Organization & To-Go Containers
    • Seafood Tools
    • Grilling Tools
    • Cocktail & Wine Tools
    • Pepper & Salt Mills
    • Specialty Coffee Tools & Top-of-the-line Espresso Machines
    • Gifts
    • Specialty Ingredients
    • Fine Foods & Sweets, Locally Made Chocolates
    • Bedding & Bath (Martha’s Vineyard Store Only)
    • Home Decor - Lamps, Rugs, Curtains (Martha’s Vineyard Store Only)
    • Local Beer & Wine (Portland, Scarborough Stores Only)
    • Utensils, gadgets, gadgets, gadgets, and more gadgets...
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Old Leroux Storefront photo from 1980 on Martha's Vineyard

Our Story

Founded in 1980

LeRoux was founded in 1980 on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. Originally a clothing and shoe store, our products reflected the energy of summers on Island. Summers that were filled with coastal adventures and evenings with friends and family, preparing great meals using local produce and fish. The LeRoux lifestyle was young, hip and active with the kind of energy that was fun, wholesome and healthy. We remember those years filled with days feeling safe, relaxed and truly carefree.

  • From Michael Levandowski, LeRoux Co-Founder:

    In 1988 my wife and business partner, April, and I moved to the Island full time, breaking with corporate to try island life together. After leaving our jobs and selling our Beacon Hill home, we moved to a small summer house on Chappaquiddick. Moving to the Island changed our lives. It was in these early days that we fell in love with coastal living and its sense of place. This decision strengthened our friendship, gave us commonality and allowed us to explore our passion for life. In that Chappy cottage, on an old wooden dining table, we began planning our future.

"We fell in love with coastal living and its sense of place."

  • We asked ourselves how we could further develop LeRoux to complement our new life. This was the time to plan change and redefine the business, and it was important to us to build it in a way that reflected our interest in cooking and home. We wanted LeRoux to fill the needs of our community, something of which we could be proud. That planning and desire guided us as we worked to build the business which is now over 40 years old and has extended its reach to the coastal communities of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. 

    Today, LeRoux is more than just a great home and kitchen supply store. Rather, the assortment of products and ingredients we sell serve as components for something larger. We aspire to help our customers create unique experiences for themselves, for their friends and for their family through the preparation and enjoyment of food. While the stories we can tell about products are finite, the ability to weave a narrative around a meal is limitless. That’s why— whenever possible— we aim to take what we do to a deeper place, the emotions inherent in cooking; the fun, the excitement, the wonder, the curiosity, and the love. When we all communicate the passion that goes into cooking and the bonds that can develop from sharing a meal, it allows all of us to form a more meaningful and memorable connection to our own lives and those we share it with.

"While the stories we can tell about products are finite, the ability to weave a narrative around a meal is limitless."

  • The goal of this website is to create a path to connect our kitchen to yours, by sharing ideas, recipes and that sense of place that is home. This connection allows us to strengthen our community through sharing delicious food, and living a wholesome, healthy and happy lifestyle. Over time the content in the site will build as we bring you the stories, ingredients, recipes and products that we all find and enjoy. This project will never be complete but will evolve as we continue to collaborate with vendors, purveyors, and our customers. With the pace of change, we believe today more than ever people want to slow down, relax, exercise creativity, connect with others by sharing and telling stories. For us these experiences often start at home in the kitchen, cooking together for family and friends. By visiting LeRoux and experimenting, we hope you derive inspiration, adventure, confidence, and that satisfying connection with life.

"We believe today more than ever people want to slow down, relax, exercise creativity, connect with others by sharing and telling stories."

  • Special thanks to Amy, John & family for generously providing their home for our initial photo shoot.