Tod,
I live about 15-20 minutes north of Brighton. I drive by it everyday. I belong to the Brighton Masonic Lodge. I have some friends that live in the area.
Well we went to Lu & Carl's last Thursday night and it was packed. Lot's of 20-ish people with some older ones mixed in. It's just a bar/restaurant (with attractive waitresses.) Champs is pretty laid back, usually open tables. Stout kinda comes and goes, probably depends on the night. I think most weekends and some weeknights they have a guy singing irish songs.
There are quite a few places in brighton. Where are you staying? These are just the ones off the top of my head since they are the ones I've been to most recently.