A Former Lawyer Ditched His Day Job to Serve Up Impeccable Ceviche in Silver Lake

At Ceviche Project, Octavio Olivas’s colorful take on seafood comes to life
Garrett Snyder • Los Angeles Magazine • June 17, 2019
Clad in a linen shirt and a double-breasted white jacket—a look that might befit a dapper naval officer on leave on some Caribbean island—Octavio Olivas sets the scene behind his restaurant’s marble-topped bar. The 39-year-old former lawyer, who...
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