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Toad's Place
Toad's Place is a concert venue and nightclub located in New Haven, Connecticut.
==History==
The building, located on York Street down the street from Ashley's Ice Cream and Blue State Coffee and across an alley from Mory's Temple Bar, was the original location of the Yale Co-op. During the 1960s, it was a popular restaurant called Hungry Charlie's and then the location of Caleb's Tavern. In 1974, Michael Spoerndle, formerly a student at the Culinary Institute of America, rented the building for a French and Italian restaurant, which opened in March 1975. He named it Toad's Place, after a childhood joke. He said, "When my parents were going out to dinner, they would tell me they were going to such-and-such, and I thought it would be funny if they said, 'We're going to Toad's Place.' Plus, people who didn't go out and stayed at home, we'd call them 'toads.' It was the equivalent of a couch potato."〔Fried, Fran, "Twenty years of rock 'n' roll: Toad's Place hits milestone", ''New Haven Register'', January 1, 1995, page A1〕 In 1976, Spoerndle turned the restaurant into a live music venue,〔(Ball, Molly, "After swerving off-course, a grab for the wheel", ''Yale Herald'', September 29, 2000 )〕 working with a local musician named Peter Menta to bring in bands. Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Koko Taylor were some of the first performers.〔 In 1976, Brian Phelps joined as manager and eventually co-owner. Phelps took control in 1995, after Spoerndle's numerous problems with alcohol and drug addiction.〔 Spoerndle died on May 6, 2011.〔http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_haven_cty/toad%27s-place-founder-dies〕
In 1983, a second location opened in Waterbury, Connecticut, although it lasted only three years. In 2007, a franchise location in Richmond, Virginia opened with a concert by the Squirrel Nut Zippers. It included a restaurant and club for up to 1,500 visitors.〔Neman, Daniel, "Toad's Place opens on a smooth note", '' Richmond Times-Dispatch'', June 22, 2007, page B3〕 The principal owner was Charles Joyner, a local physician who was a disc jockey at Toad's Place while he was a Yale undergraduate in the 1980s. On 9 March 2009, Toad's Place Richmond was closed.〔(Peters, Mitchell, "Toad's Place In Richmond To Close?", ''Billboard.Biz'', March 10, 2009 )〕 All scheduled shows were canceled and/or moved to The National, another venue in Richmond. A third location was planned for Trenton, New Jersey.〔(Verel, Patrick, "For a Hopping Club, The Beat Goes Onward", ''New York Times'', November 19, 2006 )〕
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