Ben Mesirow
Editor, Travel
Ben Mesirow is an Echo Park native, who writes and edits TV, fiction, food, travel, and sports. At one time or another, his writing has appeared in The LA Times, Litro, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Thrillist, and scratched into dozens of desks at Walter Reed Middle School.
Latest articles by Ben Mesirow
Everything you need to know before catching a match in Inglewood
The full list of winners from the second annual awards ceremony
Head to Amiguita for guava-glazed chicken wings and yuca latkes
Find inventive cooking and a bit of bedlam at the newly reopened Holloway
This could be the future of pizza in Los Angeles
The Northern Mexico–style taqueria serves some of the best carne asada and flour tortillas in town
These iconic steakhouses deserve very niche awards
Find mapo tofu, juicy xiao long bao, and chocolate lava soup dumplings at the Downtown destination
Skip the long drive and enjoy outstanding IPAs, lagers, and wings at Highland Park Brewery in Chinatown
The basturma brisket sandwich that went viral is just the beginning
