In search of spicy papadums for a recipe, my daughter and I walked Gerrard from Coxwell to Lahore Tikka (found some where we should have looked first, Koh I Noor.) Little India is getting the 'Greektown' treatment. A number of 'non-Indian' shops are moving in and a lot of the non-sari Indian shops are boarded up. I hope, for Gerrard's sake, the transformation brings this stretch back to some of its former glory. It'll be sad, however, if it completely loses its Little India feel.
Getting rid of this Coffee Time, however, is nothing but a good thing.