Jim’s Cafe, 59 Chatsworth Road, Clapton, Borough of Hackney, London E5, 2011 • Italian cafe from the 1960s that once housed an ice cream factory, and closed circa 2008 when the (non-original) owner died. The frontage is still there, but it’s now a sourdough-serving hipster cafe (getting patchy reviews on Tripadvisor in early 2017, before being relaunched under new management in late 2017). There’s a good article here and some photos from its caff days here.
Shopfront Elegy 
It’s important that we record these hidden gems before they are all redeveloped and turned into bland shi*e!