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“Everyone is welcome,” says restaurant accused of putting everyone not white in one corner

Jason Weisberger
Oct 15, 2025
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The Los Angeles area chain of restaurants, Great White, denies racism as customers and ex-staff describe years of bias.

Great White co-founders Sam Trude and Sam Cooper also previously owned a restaurant called Gran Blanco. Sarah Rose Brier, who was an employee of Gran Blanco in Venice Beach in 2023, tol…

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