Shortly after the club's liquor license was suspended by the state and operating permit was revoked by the city, the building was gutted by two fires that broke out in different locations within the structure on the same morning.

[1] Advertisements placed in the Venice Vanguard in 1946 announced that steak dinners were served from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., that there was no cover charge, and that Haven Johnson "with his funny songs" would be playing piano as part of the "continuous entertainment".

[3] Fortnight magazine interviewed Johnny Toscano for a 1951 article entitled "The Los Angeles Bump & Grind Industry - How Wicked Is Burlesque?

[5] In addition to a "variety of potent cocktails" served at the "mirrored bar," the Toddle House offered its patrons "lots of convenient free parking".

[5] In August 1953, a series of articles in the Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News suggested that the club was a hangout for bookmakers, racketeers, and pimps, namely Sam Lazes, Jimmy Fratianno, Jimmy Utley, and Sam Farkas, and was co-owned by Phil Tapper, described as a "gambler and bookmaker," and Johnny Toscano, who had a burglary conviction in New York.