David Landis

LGBTQ News & Calendar for the Bay Area

LGBTQ News & Calendar for the Bay Area

By David Landis– The dictionary definition of the word “anomaly” is “something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified.” That’s an apt description for the culinary inventiveness on display at Anomaly SF, a new must-visit destination restaurant from young Chef Mike Lanham (an alumnus of Spruce and Commis) and his youthful team in lower Presidio […]

LGBTQ News & Calendar for the Bay Area

By David Landis– Ash Walker is the new, conductor of the 40-year-old ensemble East Bay-based Pacific Edge Voices (PEV). I had the pleasure of speaking with him for the San Francisco Bay Times prior to PEV’s upcoming Bay Area concerts April 2 & 8. David Landis: What inspired you to go into music? Ash Walker: […]

By David Landis– During its many incarnations, the location that houses The Academy in the Castro has been: a clock shop, a leather bar, a sex club, and a restaurant, among other businesses. But now, the edifice at 2166 Market Street is something even more: a home away from home. You feel it the minute […]

By David Landis– When I first moved to San Francisco to open Davies Symphony Hall in 1980, the surrounding neighborhood (now called Hayes Valley) was a scary proposition. There were basically three places to eat if, like me, you worked in the Civic Center: the Hayes Street Grill (the oldest establis…

By David Landis– (Editor’s Note: In this issue of the San Francisco Bay Times we welcome David Landis as a new food columnist! We have admired David’s work over the years—his namesake business Landis Communications, Inc., has won numerous awards over the years. A few members of our team, however, vi…