Ah, the things you see on Twitter. Just now @Elianneke linked to this Torontoist article about the hand-painted signs at Honest Ed’s. Yes, they’re hand-painted, in one department at least, by Wayne Reuben and a colleague called Douglas. I bet Honest Ed’s could do a good sideline in selling used signs online - I’d buy some.
Pictures from the the Torontoist article
Of course, there are more photos of the signs on Flickr, including this one, which I could quite happily have on my wall:
Photo by Andy van der Raadt