Metro Theatre

667 Bloor Street West,
Toronto, ON

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Metro Theatre

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Built in the 1940s, the Metro now serves as an adult movie theater.

Contributed by Jason R

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Azzaelea
Azzaelea on January 14, 2010 at 9:51 pm

July ‘09 BlogTO article on the Metro Theatre—>
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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on April 8, 2010 at 6:41 pm

Here is a photo from September 2009:
http://tinyurl.com/yeszewc

wgmewes
wgmewes on July 20, 2011 at 3:03 pm

The address at the top of this page is wrong. It should be “677 Bloor Street West”

JCharles
JCharles on August 4, 2012 at 11:08 am

Renovations and a format change are underway with the theatre re-opening on Aug. 17th, 2012:

http://tinyurl.com/bshcwxd

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on August 4, 2012 at 8:51 pm

This the theater’s official website: http://www.metrotheatretoronto.com/

There is a history page indicating that it opened in 1939; the website suggests that although it still has an adult-theater emphasis, it is also marketing itself to some extent as mixed-use venue.

JCharles
JCharles on August 9, 2012 at 1:11 pm

The website for the new incarnation of the theatre is located here: http://www.projectionbooth.ca/#!PB%20Metro%20Home/cee5

JCharles
JCharles on August 17, 2012 at 7:02 am

Another article on the revamped theatre, which is now scheduled to re-open on Aug. 24/12: http://tinyurl.com/crqscjd

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on August 17, 2012 at 1:38 pm

Apparently, according to the articles, the new business model is to continue running porn during the day and switching to independent and alternative fare in the evenings after a thorough daily cleaning of the theater with isopropyl alcohol. I think I will go elsewhere when I am next in Toronto.

JCharles
JCharles on January 15, 2013 at 4:57 am

The attempt to add mainstream programming to the Metro was a predictable failure. While horror and schlock audiences may have been willing to attend a dumpy old porn theatre, no one else was. During the fall of 2012, the Metro advertised a series of mainstream movies, but it was not clear how many of them were even shown. I stopped by at the beginning of November for the advertised “Pythonfest” screenings of MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL and LIFE OF BRIAN only to be told that, no, the theatre was showing porn that night. When I called the Projection Booth the next day for an explanation, I was told that the house belonging to the Metro’s owner had been robbed, thus he wasn’t at the theatre that night and the other person there (some older guy named Warren) didn’t know how to run the digital projector, hence them showing porn instead. Bizarre. At any rate, as of January 2013, the Metro is still listed on the Projection Booth’s website, but nothing is scheduled, so it is presumably back to its all-adult programming.

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