Twenty years ago, the metro Phoenix suburb of Mesa didn't have an Asian District. Then, the transformation of an abandoned ...

Buchanan, whose mother is Vietnamese, lives in San Tan Valley ... Lai's shop is in a strip mall filled with other Asian businesses, like a Korean barbecue restaurant, a Chinese traditional ...

Even more restaurants and shops radiate out from the central intersection of Dobson and Main Street. In a suburb with a population that's only 2.4% Asian — this is remarkable. Need a break?