For example, Honest Ed's was featured in the film The Long Kiss Goodnight and can be seen in several background scenes in the film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World when Scott and his friends are dining at Pizza Pizza across the street from the store.
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From February to March 2009, the store hosted "Honest Threads", an interactive artwork by installation artist Iris Häussler, curated by Mona Filip of the Koffler Centre of the Arts.
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One of the fight sequences in the third volume of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim comic book series takes place at Honest Ed's, with the characters suffering sensory overload due to the incredible amounts of merchandise.
Honesty (Honest Ed's/Koffler Centre of the Arts, 2012; Dora Award nomination for actress Virgilia Griffith)