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 ...

The din of a video game arcade that doubles as a restaurant is as unbridled as you’d imagine. On a busy night at Button Mash in Echo Park, a thousand different bleeps jangle the air. Half the crowd ...

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 ...