Popular California restaurant was forced to close after a massive crime wave in the neighborhood

A popular Los Angeles restaurant was forced to close after a spate of violent crimes cost the restaurant tens of thousands of dollars.

Ceviche Stop in Culver City lost about $30,000 last year alone due to increased crime in the area.

Owner Walther Adrianzen told CBS News that his Peruvian restaurant has been broken into four times in the last year alone and he himself was recently violently attacked by a homeless man.

“A homeless guy broke a tequila bottle on my head,” he told the outlet.

“They almost killed me, but because I wasn’t killed it wasn’t that big of a crime to be a crime.”

The latest incident occurred while customers were inside the restaurant, prompting the businessman to close the shop.

Adrianzen said that one day he would like to pursue his dream of bringing Peruvian food to Los Angeles, but that it would probably be about an hour away in La Puente.

“My wife and I will come back stronger” Adrianzen, who grew up in Peru, said defiantly.

Cevich Stop was recently named one of the best restaurants in Culver City by Eater.

The dishes “harken to traditional Peruvian flavors and techniques like lomo saltado and classic ceviche, as well as more new-school takes like lobster nachos,” the review says.

The restaurant grew out of a food truck that only served two dishes Adrianzenand his wife Diana.

The couple opened the doors of their Culver City restaurant in 2021.

Local police data shows burglaries at Culver City businesses decreased between 2022 and 2024.

However, Adrianzen said the problem has reportedly only gotten worse.

Last year alone, Ceviche Stop lost around $30,000 due to rising crime rates

Ceviche Stop was recently named one of the best restaurants in Culver City by Eater

Other businesses across LA have been forced to close due to increased crime in the city.

In August, an iconic 77-year-old deli in the city was on the verge of closing as the street outside was flooded with homeless people and drugs.

Last month, popular Mexican restaurant Pink Taco also closed its doors on the city's famous Sunset Strip after 12 years.