Claire's Corner Copia

Many, many cappuccino machines reside in New Haven, waiting to be explored, yet I usually go to Claire's Corner Copia. It's not a coffee shop at all, it's a vegetarian restaurant. Located on the corner of College and Chapel St, I usually stop there on my way to the theater. Now, I'm certainly no vegetarian, but the food is so cool, it's a refreshing change from devouring road kill between cars and birds puréed by jet engines (which are scarce). They do in fact serve a tasty cappuccino. The vegetarian cuisine notwithstanding, they sell a dessert named Trifle. This is no ordinary cake. It's so rich, it's amorphous. It comes in a bowl, and invokes a brain shattering sugar orgasm every time. Once, I bought a bowl for two young women who were eating salads there, knowing they would never order it for themselves. This act brought the karma of the universe into balance.