This Aloft offers the chain’s typical compact, efficiently designed, minimalist rooms. Each one features earthy colors, big windows, a work desk and 42in flat-screen TV. The clubby, game-filled lobby (another Aloft staple) is prime for mingling. So is Beatrix, a popular comfort-food restaurant and bakery that's on-site. Wi-fi is free.
If the hotel is full, there's another, newer Aloft less than a mile away.