Osaka found an ad for the place on Craigslist -- as had plenty of other people. "Everybody who approached the landlord wanted to open another bar," he remembers. "I was the only one who wanted to open a restaurant."
And that's why Osaka thinks he won out.
Good thing he did -- not just for Osaka himself, but for Larimer Street, which has changed significantly in the five years since he opened his restaurant. And has twelve been a good thing for Denver diners? Find out tomorrow when my review of twelve is posted on westword.com.
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