2 Best Nightlife in New Haven, Mystic, and the Coast, Connecticut

This spot is a cross between a dance club, a brick-oven pizzeria, and a brewpub. Come for live music and dancing Wednesday–Saturday; pizza and beer, anytime—but you must be age 21 or older.

Alternative and traditional rock, hip-hop, blues, and other types of bands play at Toad's Place, which has attracted college students and other "cool" clubbers since the 1970s.