CitySide

miami pacers
sam brick red is on tap here
watch sports, drink alone

This is probably the nicest bar in the Cleveland Circle area.  They have a decent menu (ahi tuna salad, sweet potato fries, along with the usual bar fare).  They have outdoor seating.  The windows open up nice in the bar downstairs in the summer.  And I find more of the Cleveland Circle locals/young professionals here than, say, at Roggies.  

If you're looking for a decent bar/food/hang out and want to avoid undergrads (as much as you can in this area), you may pay a little more, but the quality and the atmosphere is here at CitySide

This place is great if you want to pay a little bit more and sort of tuck in for the evening at a single bar. The beer is your average Boston $6 a pint, but they do have specials on Miller/Bud drafts. They do have a great selection of drafts and the downstairs has a ton of T.V.s for watching sports and the upstairs has a lot of patio space where you can people watch, see the lake at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, and the surrounding hills. It is a very relaxing bar/restaurant.

On the weekends it is packed with B.C. students, but chill on most week nights with good specials (half priced burgers on Wed afternoons!) and really friendly waitstaff.

The food is good too, my husband and I loved the Rattlers (an appetizer: shredded chicken, ranch, pepperjack cheese, and habanero salsa in a wonton wrapper), the Parmesan Chicken sandwich, and the Hickory BBQ burger.

It is a great place to spend a couple hours eating, sipping on a beer and people watch/watch the game. But you are going to pay a little bit more for the atmosphere. Still, we usually spend around $30 for the both of us for dinner and a couple drinks-so it isn't too bad.

I would recommend it-a great way to spend a hot summer night!

Let me first start off by saying our service was outstanding.
After a long day starting off at the Harpoon Brewery, and slowly making our way back to Brighton, all we wanted to do was cool off (it was around 90 degrees plus humidity), eat and get a few more drinks.

Because we had 10 people coming to dinner, we were sat upstairs where the A/C was less than ideal.  We moved around the large extra unit towards our table.  So it was hot, but we had our own area of the restaurant.

Our waitress was great, she was very attentive and joked with our table.  We were ready to invite her to sit with us!

The food was really good, my blueberry lemonade (I think) was delicious.

The only big issue that my tablemates complained about was the blurry tv.  Since the screen was stretched, it made for annoying edges.  If you are a bar, you probably should set your tvs to the correct sizes.