Yale Daily News

Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 11:46 a.m.

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THE DEATH OF DOODLE

Published Wednesday, January 30, 2008

At the extreme rear of Yankee Doodle is a mirror.

Peer inside the 280 square feet of historic diner space — past the 12 lonely stools and the silver skillets — and come face to face with your own reflection.

Even when the Doodle is closed, no fret: The trick works just the same. Press your nose to the window. The mirror magically transports you inside — a cozy room, a different era.

There is, in fact, only one circumstance in which the mirror can’t be seen: when a bustling Yankee Doodle crowd is blocking it.

Those moments, however, became fewer and farther...

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