I don't know anything about Coffee Union so forgive me if any of this is wrong.

If the cafe was indeed in trouble and not managing to stay afloat, surely one of the things they could have done would be to actually inform the public of their troubles and get more people to support them, drinking there instead of say, Starbucks. Just some sort of campaign to rally people. But, I've heard nothing about this so I can only assume that there was nothing.

Just a thought.

As for the photo itself, it's fantastic. I love the natural transition of Bold Street and the shop interior. Excellent.