There is angst and heartache on the menu at The Stand. Not because of all the different hot dogs that are on it, but because you have to choose from among them. Kierkegaard wrote about this sort of conflict in his 1844 work “The Concept of Tubular Anxiety.” This predicament can grow even worse when you start hearing the hot dogs say things like “Pick me!” “No, pick me!” This is not a hallucination. It is simply what happens when hot dogs know they are loved. The solution is to choose one and promise the others that this is not goodbye. It is only “see you again soon.” 5200 Bluffton Road, 260.747.7300, standfanfw.com

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