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Haven.</p></div> <div class='article_authors' id='article_links'> Nov/Dec 2024 </div> <div class='first' id='body_copy'> <div> <div class='pagebreak_block clearfix' id='page_container'> <span style="width:315px; float:left; margin-right: 25px"><a class="full_image" rel="lightbox" href="/uploads/images/14700147/1729533357/5299 copy.jpg" ><img class="" style="" id="" src="/uploads/images/14700147/1729533357/5299 copy_595x444_0_0_315.jpg" alt="Mark Alden Branch ’86" /></a><h4 class="image_credits">Mark Alden Branch ’86</h4><h4 style="width:315px;" class="image_caption"> <a class="full_image" rel="lightbox" href="/uploads/images/14700147/1729533357/5299 copy.jpg" >View full image</a></h4></span><p>Claire's Corner Copia, the vegetarian restaurant on Chapel Street that has soothed generations of Yalies with its Lithuanian coffee cake, turns 50 next year. 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