COVER STORY
Club Boston
Inman/Kendall squares
The B-SIDE LOUNGE
92 Hampshire St., Cambridge (near Kendall Square). 617-354-0766. (Get directions).
Food New American and Southern cuisine, Sun. 5:30-11 p.m; Mon.-Wed. 5:30 p.m.-midnight; Thur. 5:30 p.m.-1 a.m.; Fri. 5:30 p.m.-2 a.m.
Music Retro-style jazz and lounge.
Cover None
Age Fri.-Sat. 21+ after 10 p.m.
Atmosphere: The decor looks like a stylish diner circa 1947. The walls are covered in darkly stained wood, the restored tin ceiling is a soft green hue, and the chrome booths are covered in vinyl earth tones. The crowd is almost as stylish as the interior. It's a mix of locals, folks who've ventured down the street from the trendy Inman Square restaurants, and grad students looking for a slightly more grown-up place to sip mixed drinks. Even though the music stays in the background, the chatter on weekend nights can be deafening.
- C.M.
KENDALL CAFE
233 Cardinal Medeiros Ave., Kendall Square, Cambridge. 617-661-0993. (Get directions).
Food Dinner until 10 p.m.
Music Rock, country, folk, Celtic; mostly local bands.
Cover Sun., Mon., Wed. free; Tue. $4; Thur.-Sat. $5.
Age 21+
Atmosphere Small, but with such good bookings, who needs elbow room?
- A.F.
RYLES
212 Hampshire St., Inman Square, Cambridge. 617-876-9330. (Get directions).
Food Full menu in downstairs club, emphasis on sandwiches and salads, served 7 p.m.-midnight; also Sun. brunch.
Music Downstairs Tue.-Sat. and Sun. brunch: jazz, Latin, and occasional blues and rock. Upstairs Wed.-Sat.: Latin and swing dancing.
Cover $4-$12
Age All ages
Atmosphere Casual jazz club downstairs, probably the only one on earth with a piano on the wall but none on the bandstand; bare-bones upstairs room offers salsa and merengue lessons Thur. and swing dancing lessons Sat. New Brazilian night on Wed. features programs on both levels.
- B.B.
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