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Gil Asakawa

Gil Asakawa began his Denver media career at Westword, serving as its first music editor and writing news stories in the 1980s. He served as Westword’s interim food editor for four months in 2025. He’s worked for daily newspapers, magazines and online sites writing about food, culture and music. He also co-authored The Toy Book” (Knopf, 1991), a history of baby boom-era toys, Being Japanese American (Stone Bridge Press, 2014) and Tabemasho! Let’s Eat! The Tasty History of Japanese Food in America (Stone Bridge Press, 2023). Learn more at nikkeiview.com.

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chicken-fried steak and pancakes.

A Popular Denver Breakfast Diner Is Closing After Almost Fifty Years

By Gil AsakawaMay 19, 2025

“As the owner for the last 21 of those years, I’ve been in foreign countries and met people who have eaten at my restaurant.”

Spam Musubi from Adrift Tiki Bar

Free Spam Musubi? Yes, Please!

By Gil AsakawaMay 19, 2025

Adrift Tiki Bar is offering free Spam musubi, a Hawaiian staple, in landlocked Denver, during a five-day special.

One Fair Wage and restaurants committing to paying fair wages.

One Fair Wage Rewards Five Denver Restaurants and Eateries

By Gil AsakawaMay 15, 2025

“Recognizing (my team) with a living wage was the number one thing as part of my business plan.”

Denver Organ Grinder

Pipe Dream: Do You Remember the Organ Grinder?

By Gil AsakawaMay 13, 2025

This restaurant wasn’t about the food. It was about the experience.

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Best Breakfast Sandwich in Colorado? This Spot Leads the List

By Gil AsakawaMay 13, 2025

A local mini-chain makes a breakfast sandwich that’s reason to rise and shine.

Teahee Far East Center grand opening

Teahee in the Far East Center Is Not Your Typical Boba Shop

By Gil AsakawaMay 12, 2025

“I always knew I wanted to go back to doing tea. All my own tea blends and everything…I wanted to open up a little tea house, traditional tea.”

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PineMelon delivery

Delivery Service PineMelon Is Closing the Store

By Gil AsakawaMay 9, 2025

“We’re proud of what we and our team have achieved, connecting our community to Colorado’s farmers, ranchers and producers.”

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Mendocino Farms Now Serving Upscale Fast-Casual Sandwiches in Cherry Creek

By Gil AsakawaMay 6, 2025

“So we really pride ourselves on being a chef-driven neighborhood sandwich shop, but one of our key missions is really to just wow with unexpected flavors and friendliness.”

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Ma Kaing Legacy Lives on at Taw Win Thai and Burmese Restaurant

By Gil AsakawaMay 6, 2025

She was a refugee, community activist and victim of neighborhood violence; on May 2, her convicted shooter was sentenced to life in prison.

Denver Restaurant Makes James Beard Foundation’s TasteTwenty

By Gil AsakawaMay 5, 2025

With two founders on the list of up-and-coming chefs, this is definitely a restaurant to watch.

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Meet the Interim Food & Drink Editor

By Gil AsakawaMay 5, 2025

I started my career at Westword and now I’m home again, filling in for Molly Martin while she’s out on medical leave.

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Restaurant Roll Call: Every Opening and Closing in April

By Gil AsakawaMay 3, 2025

Another busy month of openings includes expansions of local concepts Birdcall, HashTAG and Los Dos Potrillos. And yes, Cracker Barrel came to town.

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‘It’s Not a Phase, Mom’: Punk in the Park Festival Aims to Celebrate Outsiders

By Gil AsakawaMarch 3, 2025

While Punk in the Park is a national touring festival, AEG promoter Danny Sax says for Denver, the local AEG staff booked the stage to show their love for the local music scene’s bands and fans.

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Rounding Up the Story of Buffalo Bill’s Filipino Roughriders for Exhibit at David B. Smith Gallery

By Gil AsakawaJanuary 30, 2025

“The exhibit is not just a historical project, but one that sort of talks about contemporary immigration and what that looks like today.”

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Black American West Museum Dedicates the Dr. Justina Ford Garden

By Gil AsakawaJanuary 28, 2025

The home of Denver’s first African American doctor now houses the Black American West Museum…and a garden.

Faaaar Out: John Denver Would Have Been 81 Today

Faaaar Out: John Denver Would Have Been 81 Today

By Gil AsakawaDecember 31, 2024

His plane crashed on October 12, 1997, 25 years after his biggest hit was released.

Keith Urban's rise to stardom is a testament to the borderless power of music.

Keith Urban Brings His High and Alive World Tour to Denver this Summer

By Gil AsakawaDecember 19, 2024

Tickets are on sale now for the July 17 concert at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre.

Revamped Denver Public Library Lets Teens Be Themselves, With or Without Books

By Gil AsakawaDecember 12, 2024

Denver Public Library’s Central Library, next to Civic Center Park downtown, is now home to a Teen Library. It’s a judgment-free zone.

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Warren Haynes Returns to Red Rocks With New Band and Colorado Symphony

By Gil AsakawaAugust 29, 2024

The Warren Haynes Band’s Now Is the Time tour will play Red Rocks Amphitheatre with the Colorado Symphony on Tuesday, September 10, at 7:30 p.m.

Colorado’s Phish Story Goes Back Many Years

By Gil AsakawaAugust 1, 2024

Phish’s annual Labor Day weekend shows at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City have become a beloved tradition.

green sign of Herman's, a Denver music venue.

Remembering Herman’s Hideaway, a Local Music Powerhouse

By Gil AsakawaJuly 5, 2024

On July 1, crews began transforming the 62-year-old venue into a Latino dance club.

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Broomfield Baker Shares Her Recipes in Japan and Adds Bentos to Her Bakery

By Gil AsakawaJune 21, 2024

Maki Stephens opened the Enchanted Oven in 2019 selling specialties like cream pans, shokupan, artistic cakes and more.

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