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Hairspray

Gale's Snack Bar

Toronto · Canada  ·  Tracy's home above the joke shop

Hairspray filmed at Gale's Snack Bar, Toronto. This Toronto snack bar stands in for the Turnblad home above the joke shop. The stone cladding added for the film has since been removed. On screen it's Hardy Har Hut.

Gale's Snack Bar, Toronto

Where to go

43.658218, -79.339129

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
Hairspray (2007)
On screen
Hardy Har Hut
In real life
Gale's Snack Bar, Toronto
Can you visit?
Open to the public, ticketed
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable

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Gale's Snack Bar today

Photography of the place as it is now — production stills from the publications that covered the shoot, and freely-licensed photographs. Each links to its source.

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Questions

Where exactly did Hairspray film at Gale's Snack Bar?
At 43.658218, -79.339129 in Toronto. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Gale's Snack Bar?
Open to the public, ticketed.
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