Yep, Metropolitan is a good spot, 1/2 block more or less from the Marriott and the Renaissance -- the bar does over look the main dining room, and there is also a downstairs room, but that is mostly for meetings. They also have some outside sidewalk seating too, and there is a few other places on the corner where Metropolitan is, so there is people watching outside as well.
The whole Thursday being the new weekend is just (years later) catching on in Cleveland, so it's variable on Thursday nights out, but the crowd should be decent as the other places in the Warehouse district are all within 2 blocks walking.
Anytime works for me, but should we say 7:30?