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RISING FROM THE ASHES:
ANAHEIM WHITE HOUSE
by bill biss
Bruno Serato, the owner of the revered dining establishment known for three decades as Anaheim White House, is a remarkable humanitarian in his charity work and a chef supremo, putting his passion, talent and heart into every detail. In February of this year, Serato, his family and staff watched as their beloved restaurant was almost completely destroyed because of an electrical fire. His nephew, Sylvano Ibay, the managing partner of Anaheim White House and also the vice-president and chairman of Bruno Serato’s Caterina’s Club, was there by Serato’s side as it happened. [More on Caterina’s Club later.] How has it been since the horrible event? Bruno Serato stays positive, saying, “We
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are on top with the reconstruction and should be open in January. The look will be completely different from before but the beauty of the frame is still the same.” Ibay offers his perspective in dealing with such a heart-wrenching occurrence. “It’s been frustrating to say the least; in the first few weeks it was really difficult to go in. It just broke my heart every single
time...really difficult. You know what we’ve had for thirty years of just working day-in-day-out and we just cried at what we had over there. To see it in shambles and rubble, it was hard to see.”
44 RAGE monthly | DECEMBER 2017
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