The Globe and Mail
🏢 Globe and Mail Inc. (Woodbridge)
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Jul 29, 2026
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A side hustle with extra polish: Inside Bay Street’s actor-owned shoe shine
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Waxing poetic
Working actors in Toronto have embraced a surprising side hustle in the underground shoe shining business
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AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY DUANE COLE
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
PUBLISHED 42 MINUTES AGO
Jenny Young, owner of Penny Loafers Shoe Shine Company, at one of her locations in the PATH in Toronto.
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