Celebrated Poltergeist chef Diego Argoti stands next to an arcade token machine in Button Mash in 2023. On Sept. 29, both Poltergeist and its host space, long-running Echo Park arcade bar Button Mash, ...

Today is Back to the Future Day, which means it’s a day to celebrate all things 80s: The hair, the clothing, the movies, the narcissism, the blind optimism. There is, then, no better way to spend this ...

It's the bane of fighting game fans worldwide: button-mashing. The act of randomly pressing buttons as fast as you can draws ire because it doesn't take skill, and it doesn't take thought: it's the ...

POLTERGEIST AT BUTTON MASH One of Echo Park's beloved establishments, Button Mash, has upped their game…food game, that is. Button Mash owners Gabe Fowlkes and Jordan Weiss and have partnered with ...

At the end of this month Button Mash owners Jordan Weiss and Gabriel Fowlkes will permanently unplug the blipping, blinging video game terminals in Echo Park’s bar and arcade. Along with Button Mash's ...