"Why is Lookout consistently ranked among the most beloved queer bars in the city? It’s probably the location, a second-story perch surveying a massive six-way intersection in the Castro and all who sashay across it. But it could also be the way the kitchen churns out Tex-Mex queso and fries, alongside the boozy slushes and bourbon shots served at the bar. Enjoy Lookout’s ground-level expansion into Noe Street, whose occasional closures to traffic is one of the best things to happen in the Castro in a while." - ricky rodriguez, peter astrid kane