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The Shape Of Water

Lakeview Restaurant

Toronto · Canada  ·  Giles pines after a server

The Shape Of Water filmed at Lakeview Restaurant, Toronto. A lonely neighbour pines after a waitress in this faux-Southern pie diner, a 24-hour restaurant dating from the 1930s. On screen it's Dixie Doug's.

Lakeview Restaurant, Toronto

Where to go

43.64955, -79.420331

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

Good to know

Title
The Shape Of Water (2017)
On screen
Dixie Doug's
In real life
Lakeview Restaurant, Toronto
Can you visit?
Open to the public, ticketed
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable

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Lakeview Restaurant 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 The Shape Of Water film at Lakeview Restaurant?
At 43.64955, -79.420331 in Toronto. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Lakeview Restaurant?
Open to the public, ticketed.
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